Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6365 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English composer wrote the overtures Beckus the Dandipratt, and Tam O'Shanter?
Answer: A: Malcolm Arnold
Categories: Art (8) Music (8)

Pub quiz question 6364 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the last Stuart monarch?
Answer: A: Queen Anne
Notes: *: 6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714
Categories: Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6363 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which film did Fred Astaire first team up with Ginger Rogers?
Answer: A: Flying down to Rio
Notes: *: 1933
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) 1930s (7)

Pub quiz question 6362 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which metallic element has the symbol Sc?
Answer: A: Scandium
Categories: Chemistry (7) Science (7)

Pub quiz question 6361 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sort of creature is a pompano?
Answer: A: Fish
Categories: Nature (7) Biology (7)

Pub quiz question 6360 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which novel by Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1937?
Answer: A: Gone with the Wind
Categories: Literature (6) 1930s (6) Film/Movies (6)

Pub quiz question 6359 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many years of marriage does a golden wedding anniversary celebrate?
Answer: A: Fifty
Categories: General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 6358 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Scottish city was chosen as European City of Culture in 1990?
Answer: A: Glasgow
Categories: 1990s (6) Geography (6) Art (6)

Pub quiz question 6357 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who scored England's winning goal in their Euro 2000 victory over Germany?
Answer: A: Alan Shearer
Categories: Sports (6) Football (5) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 6356 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which organ of the body is inflamed in a case of hepatitis?
Answer: A: The liver
Categories: Biology (4) Nature (4)

Pub quiz question 6355 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the former name of Sri Lanka?
Answer: A: Ceylon
Notes: *: Changed in 1972
Categories: Geography (6) Politics (5) 1970s (7) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 6354 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which epic poem attributed to Homer describes Odysseus's journey home after the Trojan War?
Answer: A: The Odyssey
Categories: Literature (3)

Pub quiz question 6353 by pjh2

Question: Q: Of which German orchestra was Herbert Von Karajan musical director from 1955 to 1989?
Answer: A: Berlin Philharmonic
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7) 1960s (7) 1950s (7) 1970s (7) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 6352 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a place equipped with telescopes for studying the sky
Answer: A: Observatory
Categories: Astronomy (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6351 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which lyricist collaborated with Richard Rodgers on the song My Funny Valentine?
Answer: A: Lorenz Hart
Notes: *: 1937
Categories: Entertainment (7) Art (7) Music (7) 1930s (7)

Pub quiz question 6350 by pjh2

Question: Q: To which genus does the popular houseplant mother-in-law's tongue belong?
Answer: A: Sansevieria
Categories: Nature (8) Biology (8)

Pub quiz question 6349 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Irish trained horse won the 2000 Derby?
Answer: A: Sinndar
Categories: Sports (8) Horse Racing (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 6348 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the chancellor of the Exchequer from 1979 to 1983?
Answer: A: Geoffrey Howe
Categories: Politics (7) Business (7) 1970s (7) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 6347 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which French author wrote the novel Madame Bovary?
Answer: A: Gustave Flaubert
Categories: Literature (8) Film/Movies (8)

Pub quiz question 6346 by pjh2

Question: Q: In John Milton's Paradise Lost, which fallen angel is ranked second to Satan in power?
Answer: A: Beelzebub
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 6345 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which actress stars in the film 28 days as Gwen Cummings?
Answer: A: Sandra Bullock
Notes: *: 2000
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 6344 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which sort of games was Edmond Hoyle chiefly associated?
Answer: A: Card games
Categories: Leisure (8)

Pub quiz question 6343 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British conductor, noted for his wit, wrote A Mingled Chime?
Answer: A: Sir Thomas Beecham
Categories: Music (7)

Pub quiz question 6342 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many balls are used in a game of snooker?
Answer: A: 22
Categories: Sports (3) Leisure (3)

Pub quiz question 6341 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which sport did Australia's Ian Baker-Finch make his name?
Answer: A: Golf
Notes: *: 1979-1994
Categories: 1970s (5) 1980s (5) 1990s (5) Sports (5)