Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7257 by pjh2

Question: Q: What county did the Roman invasion of 43AD begin in?
Answer: A: Kent
Categories: History (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 7256 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the modern name for the Roman city of Verulamium?
Answer: A: St Albans
Categories: Geography (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 7255 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ship sank as RMS Carpathia rescued roughly 700 of the former's survivors?
Answer: A: RMS Titanic
Notes: *: Sank 1912
Categories: History (1) 1910s (1) Travel (1)

Pub quiz question 7254 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the longest, widest, tallest passenger ship ever built when she was launched in 1882?
Answer: A: RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2)
Categories: 1800s (2) History (2) Travel (2)

Pub quiz question 7253 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ship was found abandoned between Portugal and the Azores in 1882?
Answer: A: Mary Celeste
Categories: History (4) Travel (4) 1800s (4)

Pub quiz question 7252 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the only remaining classic clipper, which can be seen at Greenwich?
Answer: A: Cutty Sark
Categories: Travel (5) History (5) 1800s (5)

Pub quiz question 7251 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of Jacques Cousteau's most famous research vessel?
Answer: A: Calypso
Categories: Travel (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 7250 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Cunard ocean liner was sunk by German torpedoes on 7 May 1915?
Answer: A: RMS Lusitania
Categories: 1910s (7) Travel (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 7249 by pjh2

Question: Q: What woman's name was the last word spoken by Napoleon?
Answer: A: Josephine
Notes: *: Died: May 5, 1821
Categories: History (1) 1800s (1)

Pub quiz question 7248 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US President once wore a Nazi uniform in a movie?
Answer: A: Ronald Reagan
Notes: *: Desperate Journey, 1942
Categories: Entertainment (3) Politics (3) 1940s (3)

Pub quiz question 7247 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does Caerphilly's ancient castle have that people travel all over the way to Pisa to see?
Answer: A: A leaning tower
Categories: Buildings (2) History (1) Geography (1)

Pub quiz question 7246 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which saint died in the last 6th or early 7th century after founding a monastery in what is now Pembrokeshire?
Answer: A: St David
Categories: Religion (4) History (4)

Pub quiz question 7245 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country was separated from England by Offa's Dyke?
Answer: A: Wales
Categories: Geography (2) History (2)

Pub quiz question 7244 by pjh2

Question: Q: What annual Welsh event is thought to have developed from a music and poetry festival staged in the 12th century by Rhys ap Gruffydd?
Answer: A: Eisteddfod
Categories: History (8) 1200s (8)

Pub quiz question 7243 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country's tribes included the Silures and Ordovices, who managed to resist Roman rule for several years?
Answer: A: Wales'
Categories: History (6) Military (7)

Pub quiz question 7242 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country was missing from the map on the cover of the 2004 'Eurostat Statistical Compendium' of all the facts and figures about Europe?
Answer: A: Wales
Categories: Politics (6) 2000s (6) History (5)

Pub quiz question 7241 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US President walked down the aisle with a three-months pregnant Nancy?
Answer: A: Ronald Reagan
Notes: *: March 4, 1952
Categories: Politics (3) 1950s (2)

Pub quiz question 7240 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which anti-trade union US President was a former head of the Screen Actors Guild?
Answer: A: Ronald Reagan
Notes: *: 1947 to 1952 and in 1959
Categories: Politics (3) Entertainment (3) 1940s (3) 1950s (3)

Pub quiz question 7239 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US President used his wife's astrologer for advice on 'virtually every move and decision?'
Answer: A: Ronald Reagan
Categories: Politics (5) Mythology (5) Religion (5)

Pub quiz question 7238 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Ronald Reagan's first wife?
Answer: A: Jane Wyman
Categories: Politics (6) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 7237 by pjh2

Question: Q: What four words did boxer Jack Dempsey use when he lost the Championship to Gene Tunney that Ronald Reagan echoed to Nancy when he was shot?
Answer: A: I forgot to duck
Notes: *: Boxing fight in 1926, assassination attempt 1981.
Categories: Sports (7) Boxing (7) Politics (7) 1920s (7) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 7236 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose reputation for laying down his cloak to keep Elizabeth I's feet from touching a puddle is actually a Victorian invention?
Answer: A: Sir Walter Raleigh's
Categories: Royalty (1) 1500s (1)

Pub quiz question 7235 by pjh2

Question: Q: What better-known, and several times copied, name was given to the ship which Walter Raleigh originally called the 'Ark Raleigh?'
Answer: A: Ark Royal
Categories: History (3)

Pub quiz question 7234 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which famous explorer, poet, and courtier was born at East Budleigh, Devon, in 1552?
Answer: A: Sir Walter Raleigh
Categories: 1500s (3)

Pub quiz question 7233 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Sir Walter Raleigh's wife keep with her for 29 years after his execution?
Answer: A: His head
Categories: 1600s (6)