Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 25 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who wrote the novel Dracula?
  2. Answer: A: Bram Stoker
  3. Categories: Literature (4)
Pub quiz question 24 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
  2. Answer: A: Harriet Beecher Stowe
  3. Categories: Literature (5)
Pub quiz question 23 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The Blue Boy is a work by which artist?
  2. Answer: A: Thomas Gainsborough
  3. Categories: Art (5)
Pub quiz question 22 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: JRR Tolkien wrote the Hobbit in 1937 for his children and Lord of the rings in 1954/55. What do the initials JRR stand for?
  2. Answer: A: John Ronald Reuel
  3. Categories: Literature (7)
Pub quiz question 21 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In the Hans Christian Andersen story, which little girl was found inside the petals of a flower?
  2. Answer: A: Thumbelina
  3. Categories: Literature (3) Children (3)
Pub quiz question 20 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In mythology what was Minerva the Goddess of?
  2. Answer: A: Wisdom
  3. Categories: Mythology (4) Religion (4)
Pub quiz question 19 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Spaniard is known for his hallucinatory paintings?
  2. Answer: A: Salvadore Dali
  3. Categories: Art (5)
Pub quiz question 18 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which land did Puff The Magic Dragon live in?
  2. Answer: A: Honalee
  3. Categories: Literature (5) Children (4)
Pub quiz question 17 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The three key combination Ctrl-Alt-Delete can be used to reboot your personal computer or to summon its task manager. Computer geeks sometimes use which expression from the Star Trek TV series to describe this?
  2. Answer: A: Vulcan Nerve Pinch
  3. Notes: *: While this may also be called the "three finger salute," the answer would be wrong here.
  4. Categories: Computing (3) Literature (5)
Pub quiz question 16 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which planet in our solar system is named after the Roman god of, amongst other things, commerce and thievery?
  2. Answer: A: Mercury
  3. Categories: Science (5) Space (3)
Pub quiz question 15 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which modern scientific word is Latin for 'amount'?
  2. Answer: A: Quantum
  3. Notes: *: Suggest "7 letters" if a clue is needed
  4. Categories: Language (7) Science (4)
Pub quiz question 14 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The animal "Struthio camelus", which can grow to nine feet (~2¾ metres) tall, can be trained to successfully herd sheep. What is the more common name of this animal?
  2. Answer: A: The ostrich
  3. Categories: Nature (6)
Pub quiz question 13 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where in the human body is the 'Lunula' located?
  2. Answer: A: Fingernail
  3. Notes: *: It is the white crescent shape at the base of the finger nail.
  4. Categories: Science (5) Biology (4)
Pub quiz question 12 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun?
  2. Answer: A: 248.54 years
  3. Notes: *: Suggest a full point for plus or minus 50 years.
  4. Categories: Science (6) Space (4)
Pub quiz question 11 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Mars has two moons, can you name them?
  2. Answer: A: Phobos and Deimos
  3. Notes: *: Suggest one point for each
  4. Categories: Science (6) Space (4)
Pub quiz question 10 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which scientific word translated means 'disease producer'?
  2. Answer: A: Pathogen
  3. Categories: Biology (3) Science (5) Nature (3)
Pub quiz question 9 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: An EMP bomb. What do the letters E M P stand for?
  2. Answer: A: Electro Magnetic Pulse
  3. Categories: Science (4)
Pub quiz question 8 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Belgrano II, Jinnah, Vostok, McMurdo, Great Wall, Arctowski, Davis and Halley are all examples of what?
  2. Answer: A: Antarctic research stations or bases.
  3. Categories: Science (5)
Pub quiz question 7 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Ranger, Viking, Galileo and Cassini are some notable examples of what?
  2. Answer: A: Space missions
  3. Notes: *: U.S. Planetary Science Missions
  4. Categories: Science (5) Space (2)
Pub quiz question 6 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Brent Blend, Tapis, Minas and Midway Sunset Heavy are well-known classifications of what expensive commodity?
  2. Answer: A: Crude Oil
  3. Notes: *: Brent Blend from the North Sea, Tapis from Malaysia, Minas from Indonesia and Midway Sunset Heavy from California
  4. Categories: Business (4)
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