Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6081 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the British film company who dominated the horror film market in the 50s 60s & 70s?
Answer: A: Hammer House of Horror
Categories: 1960s (3) 1950s (3) Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3) 1970s (3) Horror (3)

Pub quiz question 6080 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the 1979 movie by Ridley Scott with the tag line 'In space no one can hear you scream?'
Answer: A: Alien
Categories: SciFi (3) Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3) Horror (3)

Pub quiz question 6079 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which company's TV advert starring David Tennant was pulled (2012) due to a complaint from the BBC about references to Dr Who?
Answer: A: Virgin Media's
Categories: Current Affairs (5) Television (6) Business (7) Entertainment (7) SciFi (7) Advertising (7)

Pub quiz question 6078 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which chemical element has the symbol Zr?
Answer: A: Zirconium
Categories: Science (7) Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6077 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which county beat Glamorgan to win the 2000 Benson and Hedges Cup Final?
Answer: A: Gloucestershire
Categories: Cricket (7) Sports (8)

Pub quiz question 6076 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Saturday night TV programme was first broadcast on August 22 1964?
Answer: A: Match of the Day
Categories: Sports (5) Football (2) Entertainment (7) Television (7)

Pub quiz question 6075 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote the novel Fair Stood the Wind for France?
Answer: A: H.E. Bates
Notes: *: Published 1944
Categories: 1940s (8) Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 6074 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which many-headed monster was killed by Hercules as one of his labors?
Answer: A: Hydra
Categories: Mythology (5)

Pub quiz question 6073 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Roman poet is known for this 16 satires?
Answer: A: Juvenal
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 6072 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ceremony on Horse Guards Parade celebrates the Queen's official birthday?
Answer: A: Trooping the Colour
Categories: Royalty (3)

Pub quiz question 6071 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the smallest of the anthropoid apes?
Answer: A: Gibbon
Categories: Biology (7) Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 6070 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which African mammal has a name which means 'earth pig' in Afrikaans?
Answer: A: Aardvark
Categories: Biology (5) Nature (5) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 6069 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English poet is best known for nautical ballads such as Drake's Drum?
Answer: A: Sir Henry Newbold
Categories: Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 6068 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who won the women's singles title at the 2000 French Open?
Answer: A: Mary Pierce
Categories: Tennis (7) Sports (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 6067 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which branch of social science was Bronisław Malinowski associated?
Answer: A: Anthropology
Categories: Science (8)

Pub quiz question 6066 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to an earthed metal rod placed at the top of a tall building?
Answer: A: Lightning conductor
Categories: Science (2) Physics (2) Buildings (2)

Pub quiz question 6065 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the region around the South Pole?
Answer: A: Antarctic
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6064 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the region around the North Pole?
Answer: A: Arctic
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6063 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Russian port is the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian railway?
Answer: A: Vladivostok
Categories: Travel (7) Transport (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6062 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the capital of Turkey?
Answer: A: Ankara
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6061 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who scored England's first goal in Euro 2000?
Answer: A: Paul Scholes
Categories: Sports (7) Football (6) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 6060 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which popular toy is, allegedly, based on a weapon from the Philippines who's name means 'come come?'
Answer: A: Yo-yo
Categories: Children (6) Language (6) Military (6)

Pub quiz question 6059 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of the largest asteroid and the first to be discovered?
Answer: A: Ceres
Categories: Space (7)

Pub quiz question 6058 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which well known portrait is Sir Thomas Gainsborough's most famous work?
Answer: A: The Blue Boy
Categories: Art (4)

Pub quiz question 6057 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sort of creature is a mallard?
Answer: A: A duck
Categories: Biology (2) Nature (2)