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Pub quiz question 125 by pjh2

Question: Q: Cold feet start Helen Baxendale went on to join which successful US sitcom for 2 seasons?
Answer: A: Friends
Notes: *: As Ross Geller's second wife Emily
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Pub quiz question 124 by pjh2

Question: Q: To which group of mammals do apes and monkeys belong?
Answer: A: Primates
Categories: Biology (1) Science (1) Nature (1)

Pub quiz question 123 by pjh2

Question: Q: Why did Matthew Simmons make the sporting headlines in 1995?
Answer: A: He was the fan who Eric Cantona fly-kicked afer being sent off.
Categories: Sports (5) Football (4)

Pub quiz question 122 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did the Booktown Rats not like in 1979?
Answer: A: Mondays
Notes: *: From the song "I don't like Mondays"
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Pub quiz question 121 by pjh2

Question: Q: The mythological creature known as the Centaur is half man half what?
Answer: A: Horse
Categories: General Knowledge (2) Mythology (1)

Pub quiz question 120 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which country did the "Rumble in the Jungle" between Muhammed Ali and George Foreman take place in 1974?
Answer: A: Zaire
Categories: Sports (5) Boxing (2)

Pub quiz question 119 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of the Mitchell sisters in Eastenders, the daughters of Archie Mitchell?
Answer: A: Veronica (Ronnie) and Roxanne (Roxy)
Categories: Entertainment (4) Television (4) Soaps (3)

Pub quiz question 118 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote "The Unfinished Symphony?"
Answer: A: Franz Schubert
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Pub quiz question 117 by pjh2

Question: Q: What colour had does the goalkeeper in a water polo team wear?
Answer: A: Red
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Pub quiz question 116 by pjh2

Question: Q: In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," who did Alice join at tea party with the Mad hatter?
Answer: A: The March Hare and the Dormouse.
Categories: Literature (3) Children (3)

Pub quiz question 115 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the fundamental oath usually associated with doctors?
Answer: A: The Hippocratic Oath
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Pub quiz question 114 by pjh2

Question: Q: How long is a 10-pin bowling alley?
Answer: A: 60 feet (just over 18m)
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Pub quiz question 113 by pjh2

Question: Q: The film "Silkwood" was based on a true story about nuclear industry hazards. Who played Karen Silkwood - the protagonist who died in a suspicious car accident?
Answer: A: Meryl Streep
Categories: Film/Movies (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 112 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World stood at Olympus?
Answer: A: The Statue of Jupiter/Zeus
Categories: General Knowledge (3) History (3)

Pub quiz question 111 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are Philadelphia's NFL team called?
Answer: A: Philadelphia Eagles
Categories: Sports (6) American Football (3)

Pub quiz question 110 by pjh2

Question: Q: "Tired of Hanging Around" was a 2006 album for which group?
Answer: A: The Zutons
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Pub quiz question 109 by pjh2

Question: Q: The human backbone is a flexible chain made up of how many bones?
Answer: A: 33
Notes: *: There are 5 fused together in the sacrum (between the hips) and beneath that 4 fused together to make the coccyx, leaving 24 separated by disks. Some quizzes treat the two fused sections as a single bone each to come up with 26 as the answer.
Categories: Science (6) Biology (5)

Pub quiz question 108 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many hoops are used in a game of Croquet?
Answer: A: Six
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Pub quiz question 107 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which film, with the lead character played by Sacha Baron Cohen, was based in Kazakhstan?
Answer: A: Borat
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Pub quiz question 106 by pjh2

Question: Q: Into which ocean does the Zambezi River flow?
Answer: A: Indian Ocean
Categories: Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 105 by pjh2

Question: Q: In 2004, football pundit and commentator Ron Atkinson resigned after making racist comments about which player?
Answer: A: Marcel Desailly
Notes: *: Believing the microphone to be switched off, he said, "...he [Desailly] is what is known in some schools as a fucking lazy thick nigger". Atkinson has subsequently claimed that the comment was an aberration and that he is not racist.
Categories: Sports (5) Sleaze (7)

Pub quiz question 104 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the longest serving cast member of Brookside?
Answer: A: Michael Starke
Notes: *: He played Thomas 'Sinbad' Sweeney from Sep 1984 to Oct 2000
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Pub quiz question 103 by pjh2

Question: Q: If you saw the letters "AP" on a painting, what would it mean?
Answer: A: Artist's print
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Pub quiz question 102 by pjh2

Question: Q: How is the sport of tauromancy better known
Answer: A: Bull fighting
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Pub quiz question 101 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which celebrity was sacked after just 1 week of being a judge on Britain's Got Talent?
Answer: A: Kelly Brook
Notes: *: Ostensibly because 4 judges were too many for the format which previously had only 3. She claimed it's because she had upset Ant and Dec.
Categories: Entertainment (5) Television (5)