Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5331 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the Irish Taoiseach from December 1982 to March 1987?
Answer: A: Garret Fitzgerald
Categories: Politics (7) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 5330 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Bolshevik leader was assassinated in Mexico in 1940?
Answer: A: Leon Trotsky
Categories: 1940s (5) Politics (5) Crime (5)

Pub quiz question 5329 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US actor starred ion A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and The Godfather?
Answer: A: Marlon Brando
Notes: *: Released 1951, 1954 and 1972 respectively
Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) 1950s (5) 1970s (5)

Pub quiz question 5328 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the body of soldiers that protects the Pope?
Answer: A: Swiss Guard
Categories: Military (4) Religion (5)

Pub quiz question 5327 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Spanish football team won the 2000 Champions League final?
Answer: A: Real Madrid C.F.
Categories: Sports (6) Football (5) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 5326 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which German tennis player won his first Wimbledon title in 1985?
Answer: A: Boris Becker
Categories: Sports (5) Tennis (4) 1980s (6)

Pub quiz question 5325 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the capital of Brazil?
Answer: A: Brasília
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 5324 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British actor starred in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning?
Answer: A: Albert Finney
Notes: *: 1960
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 5323 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which physicist is the formula E=MC² associated?
Answer: A: Albert Einstein
Categories: Science (2) Physics (2)

Pub quiz question 5322 by pjh2

Question: Q: To which playwright was Anne Hathaway married?
Answer: A: William Shakespeare
Categories: Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 5321 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the second wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Anne Boleyn
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5320 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Catherine of Aragon
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5319 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the third wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Jane Seymour
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5318 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the fourth wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Anne of Cleves
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5317 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the fifth wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Catherine Howard
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5316 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the sixth wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Catherine Parr
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5315 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Pakistan batsman was banned for life after being found guilty of match fixing in 2000?
Answer: A: Salim Malik
Categories: Cricket (5) 2000s (6) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 5314 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People?
Answer: A: Dale Carnegie
Notes: *: 1936
Categories: Literature (6) 1930s (6)

Pub quiz question 5313 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sort of terrier gets its name from a character in Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering?
Answer: A: Dandie Dinmont terrier
Categories: Nature (6) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 5312 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former Scotland captain joined Liverpool on a free transfer in 2000?
Answer: A: Gary McAllister
Categories: Sports (7) Football (5) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 5311 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nationality was the operatic soprano Kirsten Flagstad?
Answer: A: Norwegian
Categories: Music (7) Entertainment (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 5310 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English physician discovered how blood circulates?
Answer: A: William Harvey
Categories: Physics (6) Biology (6) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 5309 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
Answer: A: Harper Lee
Notes: *: 1960
Categories: Literature (4) 1960s (4)

Pub quiz question 5308 by pjh2

Question: Q: What silvery metallic element has the symbol Yb?
Answer: A: Ytterbium
Categories: Chemistry (4) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 5307 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which King of France was the husband of Catherine De'Medici?
Answer: A: Henry II
Categories: Royalty (7) History (7)