Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7157 by pjh2

Question: Q: What were guests at Prince Edward's wedding asked not to wear?
Answer: A: Hats
Categories: Royalty (5) Fashion (5)

Pub quiz question 7156 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who asked a Scottish driving instructor 'How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?'
Answer: A: Prince Phillip
Notes: *: 1995
Categories: Quotations (6) Royalty (4) People (6) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 7155 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the country of birth of Henry Kissinger?
Answer: A: Germany
Categories: People (3) Geography (3) Politics (3)

Pub quiz question 7154 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former US Secretary of State's glasses were found in a toilet by Homer Simpson?
Answer: A: Henry Kissinger's
Categories: Politics (4) People (4) Cartoons (4) Television (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 7153 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who did Richard Nixon pass on to Gerald Ford as US Secretary of State?
Answer: A: Henry Kissinger
Notes: *: 1974
Categories: Politics (5) 1970s (5) People (5)

Pub quiz question 7152 by pjh2

Question: Q: What US Secretary of State said 'There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full'?
Answer: A: Henry Kissinger
Categories: Politics (5) Quotations (5) People (5)

Pub quiz question 7151 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Henry Kissinger's less Anglicized actual first name?
Answer: A: Heinz
Categories: Names (6) Politics (6) People (6)

Pub quiz question 7150 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which eastern Prime Minister did Henry Kissinger refer to as a 'bitch'?
Answer: A: Indira Ghandi
Categories: Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7149 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where, in a 1961 speech, did John F Kennedy say the USA should commit to landing a man before the decade was out?
Answer: A: On the moon
Categories: Quotations (1) Science (1) 1960s (1) Space (1)

Pub quiz question 7148 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first American in space?
Answer: A: Alan Shepard
Notes: *: May 5 1961
Categories: People (3) Science (3) 1960s (3) Space (3)

Pub quiz question 7147 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country's space travellers have been taikonauts since 1998?
Answer: A: China's
Categories: Science (4) Language (4) 1990s (4) Space (4)

Pub quiz question 7146 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which veteran American astronaut made a trip into space at the age of 77?
Answer: A: John Glenn
Notes: *: October 29, 1998
Categories: 1990s (6) People (6) Science (6) Space (6)

Pub quiz question 7145 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first British astronaut?
Answer: A: Helen Sharman
Notes: *: 18 May 1991
Categories: People (7) Space (7) Science (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 7144 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Yuri Gagarin said to have done after leaving the bus just prior to the first space flight that has become a tradition with Russian cosmonauts?
Answer: A: Urinated on its wheel
Notes: *: 12 April 1961
Categories: People (9) Space (9) Science (9) 1960s (9) Superstitions (5)

Pub quiz question 7143 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former Prime Minister was voted the Greatest-Ever Briton on a 2002 BBC poll?
Answer: A: Sir Winston Churchill
Categories: People (1) 2000s (1) Entertainment (1) Television (1) Politics (1)

Pub quiz question 7142 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sign was synonymous with Sir Winston Churchill?
Answer: A: V for victory
Categories: People (2) Politics (2)

Pub quiz question 7141 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which future Prime Minister with no experience in Finance left the Liberals to become Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1924?
Answer: A: Winston Churchill
Categories: Politics (5) 1920s (5) People (5)

Pub quiz question 7140 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which future Prime Minister was once war correspondent for the Morning Post?
Answer: A: Winston Churchill
Categories: 1920s (6) Media (6) Entertainment (6) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 7139 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the full legal surname of Winston Churchill?
Answer: A: Spencer-Churchill
Categories: Names (7) Politics (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7138 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which palace was the birthplace of Winston Churchill?
Answer: A: Blenheim
Categories: Buildings (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7137 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who topped the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists in October 2001?
Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
Categories: Politics (2) People (2) 2000s (2) Military (2)

Pub quiz question 7136 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the subject of a $25 million reward offered by the US State Department in 2001?
Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
Categories: People (1) Military (1) Politics (1) 2000s (1)

Pub quiz question 7135 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Osama bin Laden's country of birth?
Answer: A: Saudi Arabia
Notes: *: March 10, 1957
Categories: People (5) Geography (5) 1950s (5)

Pub quiz question 7134 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who's abdication handed the throne to George VI?
Answer: A: Edward VIII's
Notes: *: 11 December 1936 - after just over 11 months
Categories: Royalty (1) 1930s (2) People (1) Sleaze (1)

Pub quiz question 7133 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who did Sudanese-American author Kola Boof claim kept her against her will as his mistress?
Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
Categories: Literature (7) People (7)