Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6540 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which pacific islands are famous for their wild variety of wildlife including giant tortoises and the blue footed boobie?
  2. Answer: A: The Galapagos islands
  3. Categories: Geography (6)
Pub quiz question 6539 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which trench is the deepest in the world?
  2. Answer: A: The Marianas Trench
  3. Categories: Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 6538 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links Sukhavati, Vaikuntha, Jannah, Olam Haba?
  2. Answer: A: Various heavens/afterlives.
  3. Notes: *: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism
  4. Categories: Connections (7) Religion (4)
Pub quiz question 6537 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links Fierce, Extreme and Survivor, I Am Ozzy, 21 Years Gone?
  2. Answer: A: Autobiographies of the Osbourne family
  3. Notes: *: Kelly, Sharon, Ozzy, Jack
  4. Categories: Connections (7) Literature (7) Entertainment (7) Music (8)
Pub quiz question 6536 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links Magna Carta, D'Oyly Carte, Swan, Eel Pie, Pharaoh's, Corporation?
  2. Answer: A: Islands in the river Thames
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)
Pub quiz question 6535 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links tern, skua, hare, wolf, fox?
  2. Answer: A: Animals with 'arctic' species or subspecies
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Nature (7)
Pub quiz question 6534 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Bergman, Walter Brennan, Meryl Streep?
  2. Answer: A: Won three acting Oscars
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (7)
Pub quiz question 6533 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links parasitic flatworm, piece of luck, whale tail, anchor part?
  2. Answer: A: Fluke
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Language (8)
Pub quiz question 6532 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links Rock - Cleveland, baseball - Cooperstown, pro-football - Canton, country music - Nashville?
  2. Answer: A: US Halls of Fame
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (8) Connections (8)
Pub quiz question 6531 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which youth movement was started by 'White Fox' John Hargrave?
  2. Answer: A: The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift
  3. Notes: *: England, 1920-1951
  4. Categories: Leisure (8) 1920s (8) 1930s (8) 1940s (8) 1950s (8)
Pub quiz question 6530 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who now plays at the Sports Direct Arena?
  2. Answer: A: Newcastle United
  3. Categories: Football (3) Sports (4)
Pub quiz question 6529 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Waylon Jennings gave up his plane seat to whom in 1959?
  2. Answer: A: JP Richardson (The Big Bopper)
  3. Notes: *: The plane crashed - 'The Day the Music Died'
  4. Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7) 1950s (7)
Pub quiz question 6528 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: "By strength and guile" is the motto of which force?
  2. Answer: A: Special Boat Service
  3. Categories: Military (7)
Pub quiz question 6527 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who designed the original Blue Peter ship logo?
  2. Answer: A: Tony Hart
  3. Categories: Entertainment (7) Children (7) Television (7)
Pub quiz question 6526 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which king was killed at the Battle of Flodden?
  2. Answer: A: James IV of Scotland
  3. Categories: Royalty (8) Military (8)
Pub quiz question 6525 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which painter was a childhood friend of Emile Zola?
  2. Answer: A: Paul Cézanne
  3. Categories: Art (7)
Pub quiz question 6524 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which company with 13 employees was bought by Facebook for US$1bn in 2012?
  2. Answer: A: Instagram
  3. Categories: Media (6) 2010s (6)
Pub quiz question 6523 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Richard Bachman
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  3. Answer: A: Stephen King
  4. Notes: *: Richard Bachman is a pseudonym
  5. Categories: Literature (5) Names (5)
Pub quiz question 6522 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Twilight
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  3. Answer: A: Stephenie Meyer
  4. Categories: Literature (4)
Pub quiz question 6521 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The Bard of Avon
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  3. Answer: A: Shakespeare
  4. Categories: Literature (1)
Pub quiz question 6520 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The original Gremlins
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  3. Answer: A: Roald Dahl
  4. Categories: Literature (6) Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7)
Pub quiz question 6519 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Money, London Fields, and The Information
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  3. Answer: A: Martin Amis
  4. Categories: Literature (7)
Pub quiz question 6518 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The Handmaid's Tale
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  3. Answer: A: Margaret Atwood
  4. Categories: Literature (7)
Pub quiz question 6517 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Jurassic Park
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  3. Answer: A: Michael Crichton
  4. Categories: Literature (3) Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3)
Pub quiz question 6516 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: War and Peace
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  3. Answer: A: Leo Tolstoy
  4. Categories: Literature (5)
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