Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6556 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which New York City building is named after something you could smooth your clothes with?
Answer: A: The Flatiron Building
Categories: Geography (6) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 6555 by pjh2

Question: Q: What location on the Danish island of Sjaelland is the setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet?
Answer: A: Helsingør (Elsinore)
Categories: Geography (8) Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 6554 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became Queen of Denmark in 1972?
Answer: A: Queen Margrethe II
Categories: Royalty (8) Geography (8) 1970s (8)

Pub quiz question 6553 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who brewed the lager 'the Danes hate to see [it] leave?'
Answer: A: Carlsberg
Categories: Drink (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 6552 by pjh2

Question: Q: What word describes Danish coastal valleys shaped by glaciers and partially filled by the sea?
Answer: A: Fjords
Categories: Language (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 6551 by pjh2

Question: Q: What children's construction kit is the subject of a Danish theme park?
Answer: A: Lego
Categories: Geography (4) Children (4) Games (4) Leisure (4)

Pub quiz question 6550 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale figure sits by the waterside in Copenhagen?
Answer: A: The Little Mermaid
Categories: Entertainment (4) Literature (4) Film/Movies (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 6549 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which is the only South-East Asian country never ruled by a European power?
Answer: A: Thailand
Categories: Geography (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 6548 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city has been dubbed the Venice of the East?
Answer: A: Bangkok (Krung Thep)
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6547 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which river forms the border between Thailand and Laos?
Answer: A: The Mekong
Categories: Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 6546 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which religion is followed by 90% of the population of Thailand?
Answer: A: Buddhism
Categories: Geography (5) Religion (5)

Pub quiz question 6545 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which animal is the symbol of Thailand?
Answer: A: Elephant
Categories: Nature (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 6544 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the four-letter name of Thailand prior to 1949?
Answer: A: Siam
Categories: Geography (3) 1940s (3)

Pub quiz question 6543 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ocean covers a greater area of the world's surface than all the dry land?
Answer: A: Pacific
Categories: Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 6542 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nickname is attached to the circle of volcanoes around the Pacific Basin?
Answer: A: The Ring of Fire
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6541 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Pacific island is the second largest in the world?
Answer: A: New Guinea
Categories: Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 6540 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which pacific islands are famous for their wild variety of wildlife including giant tortoises and the blue footed boobie?
Answer: A: The Galapagos islands
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 6539 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which trench is the deepest in the world?
Answer: A: The Marianas Trench
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6538 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links Sukhavati, Vaikuntha, Jannah, Olam Haba?
Answer: A: Various heavens/afterlives.
Notes: *: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism
Categories: Connections (7) Religion (4)

Pub quiz question 6537 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links Fierce, Extreme and Survivor, I Am Ozzy, 21 Years Gone?
Answer: A: Autobiographies of the Osbourne family
Notes: *: Kelly, Sharon, Ozzy, Jack
Categories: Connections (7) Literature (7) Entertainment (7) Music (8)

Pub quiz question 6536 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links Magna Carta, D'Oyly Carte, Swan, Eel Pie, Pharaoh's, Corporation?
Answer: A: Islands in the river Thames
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 6535 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links tern, skua, hare, wolf, fox?
Answer: A: Animals with 'arctic' species or subspecies
Categories: Connections (8) Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 6534 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Bergman, Walter Brennan, Meryl Streep?
Answer: A: Won three acting Oscars
Categories: Connections (8) Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (7)

Pub quiz question 6533 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links parasitic flatworm, piece of luck, whale tail, anchor part?
Answer: A: Fluke
Categories: Connections (8) Language (8)

Pub quiz question 6532 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links Rock - Cleveland, baseball - Cooperstown, pro-football - Canton, country music - Nashville?
Answer: A: US Halls of Fame
Categories: General Knowledge (8) Connections (8)