Questions by pjh2

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)

Pub quiz question 6506 by pjh2

Question: Q: Wrote about Opus Dei
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Answer: A: Dan Brown
Categories: Literature (3)

Pub quiz question 6505 by pjh2

Question: Q: Wrote about Peter, who was sent to bed with a dose of camomile tea.
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Answer: A: Beatrix Potter
Categories: Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 6504 by pjh2

Question: Q: Holds the Guinness World Record for the most novels written in a single year.
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Answer: A: Barbara Cartland
Categories: Literature (2)

Pub quiz question 6503 by pjh2

Question: Q: Went missing for 11 days
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Answer: A: Agatha Christie
Categories: Literature (2)

Pub quiz question 6502 by pjh2

Question: Q: Politician
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Answer: A: Adolf Hitler
Categories: Literature (1) Politics (1)

Pub quiz question 6501 by pjh2

Question: Q: What term is used for a type of horse racing, a type of accommodation, a lower pitch note and a type of shie?
Answer: A: Flat
Categories: Language (2)

Pub quiz question 6500 by pjh2

Question: Q: In literature, what are knights typically recruited to rescue?
Answer: A: Damsels in distress
Categories: Literature (3)

Pub quiz question 6499 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which breed of cat can be seal pointed, blue pointed, chocolate pointed, or lilac pointed?
Answer: A: Siamese
Categories: Biology (7) Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 6498 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which singer was born in London with the name Steven Georgiou and is now called Yusuf Islam?
Answer: A: Cat Stevens
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7) Names (7)

Pub quiz question 6497 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of the legendary ghost ship that can never make port, doomed to sail the oceans forever, which also appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean, and is also the name of the ghost pirate in Spongebob Squarepants?
Answer: A: Flying Dutchman
Categories: Entertainment (5) Television (5) Film/Movies (5) Superstitions (5)

Pub quiz question 6496 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which children's TV program was presented by Geoffrey Hayes?
Answer: A: Rainbow
Notes: *: 1972-1992
Categories: Entertainment (5) Television (5) Children (5) 1970s (5) 1980s (5) 1990s (5)

Pub quiz question 6495 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Disney animation saw a young King Arthur enjoying his encounter with Merlin?
Answer: A: Sword in the Stone
Notes: *: 1963
Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) Cartoons (5) 1960s (5)

Pub quiz question 6494 by pjh2

Question: Q: Of the 66 seats available in Gateshead at the 2012 election, how many did Labour end up with?
Answer: A: 55
Categories: Gateshead, UK (8) Current Affairs (5) Politics (9) 2010s (8)

Pub quiz question 6493 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who won the 2012 French Presidential Election?
Answer: A: François Hollande
Categories: Current Affairs (3) Politics (3) 2010s (3)

Pub quiz question 6492 by pjh2

Question: Q: There were calls for what sort of business to be rated according to hygiene like restaurants and takeaways?
Answer: A: Tattoo parlors
Notes: *: 2012
Categories: Current Affairs (7) Business (8)

Pub quiz question 6491 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which household brand was bought by a Chinese company called Bright Food?
Answer: A: Weetabix
Notes: *: 2010
Categories: Food (4) Current Affairs (4) 2010s (7)