Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7207 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which newspaper proprietor once said 'You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England?'
Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
Categories: Sleaze (4) Media (4)

Pub quiz question 7206 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which football club, who won the 1986 League Cup, was saved from bankruptcy by Robert Maxwell?
Answer: A: Oxford United
Categories: 1980s (5) Sports (4) Football (3) Sleaze (5)

Pub quiz question 7205 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which future Labour MP for Buckingham was born Ján Ludvík Hoch?
Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
Notes: *: Full birth name was 'Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch', MP 1964–1970
Categories: Politics (7) Sleaze (7) 1960s (7) Names (7)

Pub quiz question 7204 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the yacht from which Robert Maxwell fell to his death?
Answer: A: Lady Ghislaine (now Lady Mona K)
Notes: *: Died 1991
Categories: Sleaze (8) Names (8) 1990s (8)

Pub quiz question 7203 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose 2005 funeral was attended by five kings, four queens and 70 presidents and prime ministers?
Answer: A: Pope John Paul II's
Notes: *: Died 2005
Categories: Religion (1) Politics (1) Royalty (1) 2000s (1)

Pub quiz question 7202 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nationality was Pope John Paul II?
Answer: A: Polish
Categories: Geography (2) Religion (1)

Pub quiz question 7201 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was adopted in 2005 by Joseph Alois Ratzinger when he became the first German Pope since Adrian VI in 1523?
Answer: A: Pope Benedict XVI
Categories: Religion (3) 2000s (3)

Pub quiz question 7200 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who did Mehmet Ali Ağca attempt to assassinate in 1981?
Answer: A: Pope John Paul II
Categories: Religion (4) Crime (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 7199 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was pope immediately prior to John Paul II?
Answer: A: Pope Paul VI
Notes: *: 1978
Categories: Religion (7) 1970s (7)

Pub quiz question 7198 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first Pope with two names, and the first the use 'The First' as part of his title?
Answer: A: Pope John Paul I
Categories: Religion (6) Names (8)

Pub quiz question 7197 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where was a third of an acre of maze planted in the 1690's that's still an attraction today?
Answer: A: Hampton Court Palace
Categories: Buildings (1) Royalty (1) Leisure (1)

Pub quiz question 7196 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which King appropriated Hampton Court Palace in the 16th century?
Answer: A: Henry VIII
Categories: Royalty (2) Buildings (2)

Pub quiz question 7195 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who gave birth to Edward VI at Hampton Court where her ghost is still said to wander?
Answer: A: Jane Seymour
Categories: Royalty (2) People (2)

Pub quiz question 7194 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Palace boasts the last medieval Great Hall built for English monarchy?
Answer: A: Hampton Court Palace
Categories: Buildings (4) Royalty (4)

Pub quiz question 7193 by pjh2

Question: Q: What ancient building is now the main tourist attraction in East Molesey, Surrey?
Answer: A: Hampton Court Palace
Categories: Buildings (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 7192 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Archbishop of York when he rebuilt Hampton Court in the 16th century?
Answer: A: Thomas Wolsey
Categories: Religion (6) Buildings (6)

Pub quiz question 7191 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Queen spent most of her later life wearing black in mourning for her husband?
Answer: A: Queen Victoria
Categories: Royalty (1) People (1)

Pub quiz question 7190 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Queen married her first cousin who she met when she was 16-years-old?
Answer: A: Queen Victoria
Categories: Royalty (2)

Pub quiz question 7189 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of her servant's hair was Victoria buried clutching a lock of?
Answer: A: John Smith's
Categories: Royalty (4) Sleaze (4)

Pub quiz question 7188 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the only language the future Queen Victoria was taught up to the age of three?
Answer: A: German
Categories: Language (4) Royalty (4)

Pub quiz question 7187 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Queen Victoria's first name?
Answer: A: Alexandrina
Notes: *: Victoria was her last name, House of Hanover
Categories: Royalty (5) Names (5) People (5)

Pub quiz question 7186 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which engineer accompanied Queen Victoria on her first rail journey?
Answer: A: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Categories: People (6) Royalty (7) Transport (7)

Pub quiz question 7185 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is said to have been presented to Julius Caesar in a carpet?
Answer: A: Cleopatra
Categories: Royalty (1) Politics (1)

Pub quiz question 7184 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Egyptian Queen is said to have died following a bite from an asp?
Answer: A: Cleopatra
Categories: Royalty (2)

Pub quiz question 7183 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Egyptian Queen's name is Greek for 'Father's Glory'?
Answer: A: Cleopatra's
Categories: Royalty (4) Names (4)