Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6890 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did suffragettes want for women?
Answer: A: Votes/suffrage
Categories: Politics (2) History (2)

Pub quiz question 6889 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which law-breaking women's organisation took its name from the word suffrage?
Answer: A: Suffragettes
Categories: Politics (3) Language (2)

Pub quiz question 6888 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the surname of famous suffragettes Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia?
Answer: A: Pankhurst
Categories: Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 6887 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the King's horse which trampled suffragette Emily Davison?
Answer: A: Anmer
Notes: *: 4 June 1913
Categories: Horse Racing (6) Sports (6) Politics (7) Royalty (7) 1910s (7)

Pub quiz question 6886 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Emily Davison have in her pocket to suggest she didn't intend killing herself under the hooves of the King's horse?
Answer: A: A return train ticket
Notes: *: 4 June 1913
Categories: 1910s (8) Politics (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6885 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the English equivalent of Ireland's Taoiseach?
Answer: A: Prime Minister
Categories: Politics (3)

Pub quiz question 6884 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does IRA stand for when referring to the organisation Gerry Adams claims he never belonged to?
Answer: A: Irish Republican Army
Categories: Politics (3) Names (3)

Pub quiz question 6883 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former bartender was President of Sinn Féin at the start of the 21st Century?
Answer: A: Gerry Adams
Categories: Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 6882 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which churchman launched the Save Ulster from Sodomy anti-homosexual campaign?
Answer: A: Ian Paisley
Notes: *: Launched 1977
Categories: Politics (5) Religion (5) 1970s (6)

Pub quiz question 6881 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster?
Answer: A: Ian Paisley
Categories: Politics (7) Religion (6)

Pub quiz question 6880 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the Irish name for the United Ireland party?
Answer: A: Fine Gael
Categories: Politics (6) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6879 by pjh2

Question: Q: What organisation replaced the League of Nations?
Answer: A: The United Nations
Notes: *: Founded 1945
Categories: Politics (2) 1940s (2)

Pub quiz question 6878 by pjh2

Question: Q: What city saw work start on the United Nation Headquarters in 1950?
Answer: A: New York
Categories: Geography (4) 1950s (4) Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 6877 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UN Secretary-General was sandwiched between Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and Kofi Annan?
Answer: A: Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Notes: *: 1 January 1992 – 31 December 1996
Categories: Politics (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 6876 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which other language joins Chinese, English Russian, French and Spanish to complete the six official languages of the UN?
Answer: A: Arabic
Categories: Language (6) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 6875 by pjh2

Question: Q: What US president came up with the title United Nations after spotting it in Bryon's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?"
Answer: A: Franklin D Roosevelt
Categories: Politics (7) 1940s (7)

Pub quiz question 6874 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which minority were banned from gaining jobs with the UN's World Health Organisation after 1 December 2005?
Answer: A: Smokers
Categories: Politics (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 6873 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Venetian canal is spanned by the Rialto Bridge?
Answer: A: The Grand Canal
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 6872 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most famous product from Murano, Venice?
Answer: A: Glass
Categories: Geography (4) Business (4)

Pub quiz question 6871 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the traditional colour of Venetian gondolas?
Answer: A: Black
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6870 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which saint's winged lion is the symbol of Venice?
Answer: A: Saint Mark's
Categories: Geography (6) Religion (6)

Pub quiz question 6869 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which very small race of people were the first ethnic group to inhabit Gabon?
Answer: A: Pygmy
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6868 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to water buses in Venice?
Answer: A: Vaproetti
Categories: Geography (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 6867 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the official language of Gabon?
Answer: A: French
Categories: Geography (4) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 6866 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which African country's capital, Libreville, was founded in 1849 by freed slaves?
Answer: A: Gabon's
Categories: Geography (6)