Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6531 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which youth movement was started by 'White Fox' John Hargrave?
Answer: A: The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift
Notes: *: England, 1920-1951
Categories: Leisure (8) 1920s (8) 1930s (8) 1940s (8) 1950s (8)

Pub quiz question 6530 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who now plays at the Sports Direct Arena?
Answer: A: Newcastle United
Categories: Football (3) Sports (4)

Pub quiz question 6529 by pjh2

Question: Q: Waylon Jennings gave up his plane seat to whom in 1959?
Answer: A: JP Richardson (The Big Bopper)
Notes: *: The plane crashed - 'The Day the Music Died'
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7) 1950s (7)

Pub quiz question 6528 by pjh2

Question: Q: "By strength and guile" is the motto of which force?
Answer: A: Special Boat Service
Categories: Military (7)

Pub quiz question 6527 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who designed the original Blue Peter ship logo?
Answer: A: Tony Hart
Categories: Entertainment (7) Children (7) Television (7)

Pub quiz question 6526 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which king was killed at the Battle of Flodden?
Answer: A: James IV of Scotland
Categories: Royalty (8) Military (8)

Pub quiz question 6525 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which painter was a childhood friend of Emile Zola?
Answer: A: Paul Cézanne
Categories: Art (7)

Pub quiz question 6524 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which company with 13 employees was bought by Facebook for US$1bn in 2012?
Answer: A: Instagram
Categories: Media (6) 2010s (6)

Pub quiz question 6523 by pjh2

Question: Q: Richard Bachman
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Answer: A: Stephen King
Notes: *: Richard Bachman is a pseudonym
Categories: Literature (5) Names (5)

Pub quiz question 6522 by pjh2

Question: Q: Twilight
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Answer: A: Stephenie Meyer
Categories: Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 6521 by pjh2

Question: Q: The Bard of Avon
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Answer: A: Shakespeare
Categories: Literature (1)

Pub quiz question 6520 by pjh2

Question: Q: The original Gremlins
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Answer: A: Roald Dahl
Categories: Literature (6) Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 6519 by pjh2

Question: Q: Money, London Fields, and The Information
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Answer: A: Martin Amis
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 6518 by pjh2

Question: Q: The Handmaid's Tale
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Answer: A: Margaret Atwood
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 6517 by pjh2

Question: Q: Jurassic Park
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Answer: A: Michael Crichton
Categories: Literature (3) Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 6516 by pjh2

Question: Q: War and Peace
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Answer: A: Leo Tolstoy
Categories: Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 6515 by pjh2

Question: Q: The Casual Vacancy
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Answer: A: Joanne (K) Rowling
Notes: *: The K doesn't actually stand for anything - the publisher insisted she have two initials
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 6514 by pjh2

Question: Q: Has a particularly fragrant wife
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Answer: A: Jeffry Archer
Categories: Politics (4) Literature (4) Crime (4)

Pub quiz question 6513 by pjh2

Question: Q: Pride and Sensibility
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Answer: A: Jane Austen
Categories: Literature (3)

Pub quiz question 6512 by pjh2

Question: Q: Hollywood Wives
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Answer: A: Jackie Collins
Categories: Literature (3)

Pub quiz question 6511 by pjh2

Question: Q: Created 'The Three Laws of Robotics'
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Answer: A: Isaac Asimov
Categories: Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 6510 by pjh2

Question: Q: AKA Mary Pollock
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Answer: A: Enid Blyton
Categories: Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 6509 by pjh2

Question: Q: 42
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Answer: A: Douglas Adams
Categories: Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 6508 by pjh2

Question: Q: Demon Seed
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Answer: A: Dean Koontz
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 6507 by pjh2

Question: Q: 5x married author of Going Home(1973)
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Answer: A: Danielle Steel
Categories: Literature (6)