Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6006 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links Overton Hill, Wiltshire and Ivinghoe Beacon, Buckinhamshire?
Answer: A: Ridgeway National Trail
Categories: Connections (9) Geography (9)

Pub quiz question 6005 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links Betty Draper, the Home Secretary (May 2010-), Dot Cotton and Kid Creole?
Answer: A: Months
Notes: *: January (Jones), (Theresa May), June (Brown), August (Darnell)
Categories: Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 6004 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links the Holy Roman Empire, Germany in 1871-1918 and the Nazi regime?
Answer: A: Three 'Reichs'
Categories: Connections (7)

Pub quiz question 6003 by pjh2

Question: Q: The 'Matchroom Mob' featured on which hit?
Answer: A: Snooker Loopy
Notes: *: With Chas and Dave. 1986
Categories: Entertainment (6) Music (6) Television (6) 1980s (6)

Pub quiz question 6002 by pjh2

Question: Q: A Jersey Lily by Millais, was a portrait of whom?
Answer: A: Lillie Langtry
Categories: Art (7)

Pub quiz question 6001 by pjh2

Question: Q: What two words appear on the George Cross?
Answer: A: For Gallantry
Categories: Military (6)

Pub quiz question 6000 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Pennsylvania town styles itself the 'sweetest place on Earth?'
Answer: A: Hershey
Categories: Names (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 5999 by pjh2

Question: Q: What wartime food was named after Frederick Marquis?
Answer: A: Woolton Pie
Categories: Names (7) Military (7)

Pub quiz question 5998 by pjh2

Question: Q: The Shrine of the Three Kings in Germany is in which Cathedral?
Answer: A: Cologne
Categories: Geography (5) Religion (5)

Pub quiz question 5997 by pjh2

Question: Q: The Walker and Blackett children sailed which boats?
Answer: A: Swallow and Amazon
Notes: *: 1930
Categories: 1930s (5) Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 5996 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Gerald Kaufman call the 'longest suicide note in history?'
Answer: A: Labour's 1983 election manifesto
Categories: 1980s (8) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 5995 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which company brews Harp lager?
Answer: A: Guinness (now Diageo)
Categories: Business (7) Drink (5)

Pub quiz question 5994 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which religion is Vishnu worshipped as the God of creation?
Answer: A: Hinduism
Categories: Religion (3)

Pub quiz question 5993 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where did Charles Darwin succeed Charles Dickens?
Answer: A: On the back of a £10 note
Notes: *: 2003
Categories: General Knowledge (6) Science (6) Literature (6) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 5992 by pjh2

Question: Q: Before Robin van Persie, who wore the number 10 shirt for Arsenal?
Answer: A: William Gallis
Notes: *: 2006–2010
Categories: 2000s (7) Sports (7) Football (7)

Pub quiz question 5991 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which author's first works were published under the name Currer Bell?
Answer: A: Charlotte Brontë
Categories: Literature (6) Names (8)

Pub quiz question 5990 by pjh2

Question: Q: Under what name were Charlotte Brontë's first novels published under?
Answer: A: Currer Bell
Categories: Literature (6) Names (8)

Pub quiz question 5989 by pjh2

Question: Q: What do the letters stand for in the superbug MRSA?
Answer: A: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (6) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 5988 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which American State did the Battle of Gettysburg take place?
Answer: A: Pennsylvania
Categories: Military (7)

Pub quiz question 5987 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which famous fictional character lives at 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging?
Answer: A: Harry Potter
Categories: Literature (2) Harry Potter (1)

Pub quiz question 5986 by pjh2

Question: Q: From which football club did Arsenal sign David Seaman?
Answer: A: QPR
Notes: *: 1990
Categories: 1990s (8) Sports (7) Football (6)

Pub quiz question 5985 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ITV programme is featured on the first class stamp to commemorate ITV's 50th anniversary?
Answer: A: Emmerdale Farm
Notes: *: 2005
Categories: 2000s (8) Entertainment (7) Television (7) Soaps (5)

Pub quiz question 5984 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which annual event took place at Alexandria Palace in London in 2002 after rioting forced it to be moved from Nigeria?
Answer: A: Miss World
Categories: Geography (7) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 5983 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which island was actor Errol Flynn born on?
Answer: A: Tasmania
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 5982 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which top flight Australian Rugby League team play at Suncorp Stadium?
Answer: A: Brisbane Broncos
Categories: Sports (8) Rugby (7)