Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7132 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country did Osama bin Laden head for when expelled from Sudan?
Answer: A: Afghanistan
Notes: *: 1995
Categories: People (6) 1990s (6) Military (6)

Pub quiz question 7131 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who has 'farty pants,' according to the 509th edition of South Park?
Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
Categories: People (7) Entertainment (7) Cartoons (7) Television (7)

Pub quiz question 7130 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name did George V adopt in 1917 when he realised Saxe-Coburg-Gotha sounded a bit too German?
Answer: A: Windsor
Categories: 1910s (2) Names (2) Military (2) Royalty (2)

Pub quiz question 7129 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was George II sitting on at the time of his death?
Answer: A: A toilet
Notes: *: 1760 at the age of 77
Categories: People (6) Royalty (6) History (6)

Pub quiz question 7128 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which King's insanity was the subject of the film 'The Madness of King George?'
Answer: A: George III's
Categories: History (7) People (7) Royalty (7)

Pub quiz question 7127 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was George VI's nickname amongst members of his family?
Answer: A: Bertie
Categories: Names (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 7126 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is attached to the English workers who sabotaged machines as part of their protest against the Industrial Revolution?
Answer: A: Luddites
Categories: History (6) Science (6) Names (8)

Pub quiz question 7125 by pjh2

Question: Q: What brought a halt to production across Britain in 1842?
Answer: A: The General Strike
Categories: History (2) Politics (2)

Pub quiz question 7124 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003?
Answer: A: Saddam Hussein
Categories: Politics (2) Military (2) 1970s (2) 1980s (2) 1990s (2) 2000s (2)

Pub quiz question 7123 by pjh2

Question: Q: What century saw the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain?
Answer: A: 18th (1760-1820/40)
Categories: History (5)

Pub quiz question 7122 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the youngest age at which children could work under the terms of the 1833 Factory Act?
Answer: A: Nine
Categories: History (8) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 7121 by pjh2

Question: Q: What powered almost all if England's textile mills in the Industrial Revolution?
Answer: A: Steam
Categories: Science (1) History (1)

Pub quiz question 7120 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US gangster described himself as a used furniture dealer on his business card?
Answer: A: Al Capone
Categories: Crime (1)

Pub quiz question 7119 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Saddam Hussein's political party?
Answer: A: Ba'ath
Categories: Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 7118 by pjh2

Question: Q: What future leader brought compulsory free education to Iraq?
Answer: A: Saddam Hussein
Categories: Politics (3)

Pub quiz question 7117 by pjh2

Question: Q: What date in 1929 saw the shooting of seven members of Bugs Moran's gang in Chicago?
Answer: A: 14 February
Categories: Crime (4) 1920s (4)

Pub quiz question 7116 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the main fuel during the Industrial Revolution?
Answer: A: Coal
Categories: Science (1) History (1)

Pub quiz question 7115 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Al Capone's nickname?
Answer: A: Scarface
Categories: Names (2) Crime (2)

Pub quiz question 7114 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which European country helped Saddam Hussein with his 1980s nuclear enrichment programme?
Answer: A: France
Categories: 1980s (5) Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 7113 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who appeared on international TV caring asking six-year old Stuart Lockwood if he was getting his cornflakes?
Answer: A: Saddam Hussein
Categories: Politics (7) Entertainment (7) Television (7)

Pub quiz question 7112 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was presented with a UNESCO award for establishing one of the Middle East's best public health systems in Iraq?
Answer: A: Saddam Hussein
Categories: Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 7111 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country helped Italian investors support Columbus' expedition to the Americas after Portugal had turned him down?
Answer: A: Spain
Categories: Travel (6) History (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 7110 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US robbers had the surnames Parker and Barrow?
Answer: A: Bonnie and Clyde
Categories: Crime (3) Names (3)

Pub quiz question 7109 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who made a contract with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella entitling him to be appointed Viceroy and Governor of any new lands he discovered?
Answer: A: Christopher Columbus
Categories: Travel (3) History (3)

Pub quiz question 7108 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Al Capone's alibi for the St Valentine's Day Massacre?
Answer: A: Holidaying in Florida
Categories: Crime (7)