Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5181 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which country is the city of Tijuana?
  2. Answer: A: Mexico
  3. Categories: Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 5180 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which slow-moving South American mammal hangs upside down from branches feeding on leaves and fruit?
  2. Answer: A: Sloth
  3. Categories: Nature (2) Biology (2)
Pub quiz question 5179 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What were the first names of the poet T.S.Eliot?
  2. Answer: A: Thomas Stearns
  3. Categories: Literature (7) Names (7)
Pub quiz question 5178 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which part of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' contains descriptions of the pilgrims?
  2. Answer: A: The Prologue
  3. Categories: Literature (4)
Pub quiz question 5177 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which evergreen tree's berries are used to flavour gin?
  2. Answer: A: Juniper
  3. Notes: *: Not sloe
  4. Categories: Nature (5) Drink (4)
Pub quiz question 5176 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which English-born actor starred in 'The Private Life of Henry VIII' and 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame?'
  2. Answer: A: Charles Laughton
  3. Notes: *: Released 1933 and 1939 respectively
  4. Categories: 1930s (7) Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7)
Pub quiz question 5175 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Of which country is Trowbridge the administrative centre?
  2. Answer: A: Wiltshire
  3. Categories: Geography (6) Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 5174 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: To what genus of fruit trees do orange, lemon and lime belong?
  2. Answer: A: Citrus
  3. Categories: Nature (4) Biology (4) Food (4)
Pub quiz question 5173 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which U.S. national holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November?
  2. Answer: A: Thanksgiving Day
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (4)
Pub quiz question 5172 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What sort of creature is a sidewinder?
  2. Answer: A: Snake
  3. Categories: Nature (4) Biology (4)
Pub quiz question 5171 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which ingredient of chewing gum is obtained from the latex of sapodilla trees?
  2. Answer: A: Chicle
  3. Notes: *: A natural latex product (latex is a general term and shouldn't, really, be accepted as an answer.) Rubber is an alternative used by some manufacturers which, again, shouldn't be accepted as an answer.
  4. Categories: Food (7)
Pub quiz question 5170 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In Irish Politics, which party is the conservative rival of Fianna Fáil (pron:fi-yonna foi-ail)
  2. Answer: A: Fine Gael (pron:feen-a gail, or fin-a gail)
  3. Categories: Politics (5)
Pub quiz question 5169 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which football team smashed their transfer record by signing Serhiy (pron:sergei) Rebrov from Dynamo Kiev?
  2. Answer: A: Tottenham Hotspur
  3. Notes: *: At spurs from 2000–2004
  4. Categories: Sports (7) Football (6) 2000s (7)
Pub quiz question 5168 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In concert pitch, to what note are orchestral instruments tuned?
  2. Answer: A: A
  3. Categories: Music (6) Art (6)
Pub quiz question 5167 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which American author wrote 'The Red Badge of Courage?'
  2. Answer: A: Stephen Crane
  3. Notes: *: Serialised 1894, published 1895
  4. Categories: Literature (7)
Pub quiz question 5166 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What sort of creature is a fritillary?
  2. Answer: A: Butterfly
  3. Categories: Biology (6) Nature (6)
Pub quiz question 5165 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first person of Jewish ancestry to become Prime Minister of Britain?
  2. Answer: A: Benjamin Disraeli
  3. Notes: *: Lived 1804-1881, PM 1874-1880
  4. Categories: Politics (7) Religion (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 5164 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Germanic people invaded England, especially Kent, along with the Angles and Saxons in the 5th century AD?
  2. Answer: A: Jutes
  3. Categories: History (7) Military (7)
Pub quiz question 5163 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which European city became a battleground before the 2000 UEFA Cup final between Arsenal and Galatasaray?
  2. Answer: A: Copenhagen
  3. Categories: Sports (5) Football (5) 2000s (5)
Pub quiz question 5162 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British novelist wrote 'My Cousin Rachel' and 'Rebecca?'
  2. Answer: A: Daphne Du Maurier
  3. Notes: *: Published 1951, and 1938 respectively
  4. Categories: Literature (4) 1950s (4) 1930s (4)
Pub quiz question 5161 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is given to the compulsory enlistment of recruits for military service?
  2. Answer: A: Conscription
  3. Categories: Language (2) Military (2)
Pub quiz question 5160 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British landscape painter painted 'The White Horse' and 'The Haywain?'
  2. Answer: A: John Constable
  3. Categories: Art (4)
Pub quiz question 5159 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which country did Queen Beatrix succeed her mother Queen Juliana in 1980?
  2. Answer: A: The Netherlands
  3. Categories: Geography (4) Royalty (4) 1980s (4)
Pub quiz question 5158 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: A statue of which English footballer has been placed in a Buddhist temple in Bangkok?
  2. Answer: A: David Beckham
  3. Notes: *: 1998
  4. Categories: Football (3) Religion (4) 1990s (5) Geography (5)
Pub quiz question 5157 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which two Middle Eastern countries fought each other in a war that began in 1980?
  2. Answer: A: Iran and Iraq
  3. Categories: 1980s (4) Military (4) Politics (4) Geography (4)
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