Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5156 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which rugby team clinched the 2000 Allied Dunbar Premiership by beating Bristol?
Answer: A: Leicester
Categories: Rugby (4) Sports (4) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 5155 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which European city can the Champs Élysées be found?
Answer: A: Paris
Categories: Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 5154 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Brazilian footballer was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento?
Answer: A: Pelé
Categories: Names (6) Football (4) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 5153 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which all-girl group visited the 2000 Cannes Film Festival to promote their film 'Honest?'
Answer: A: All Saints
Categories: 2000s (5) Entertainment (5) Music (5) Film/Movies (5)

Pub quiz question 5152 by pjh2

Question: Q: In Greek mythology, who was the legendary lover of Hero who swam across the Hellespont each night?
Answer: A: Leander
Categories: Mythology (5)

Pub quiz question 5151 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which American city was there a famous 'Tea Party' in 1773?
Answer: A: Boston
Categories: History (3) Geography (4) Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 5150 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English explorer, who made three attempts to discover the Northwest Passage, gave his name to a bay on Baffin Island?
Answer: A: Sir Martin Frobisher
Categories: History (6)

Pub quiz question 5149 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to trees of the genus Larix?
Answer: A: Larch
Categories: Biology (6) Nature (6)

Pub quiz question 5148 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote 'The Last Days of Pompeii?'
Answer: A: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Categories: Literature (6) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 5147 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which diamond-mining city in South Africa is the capital of Northern Cape Province?
Answer: A: Kimberley
Categories: Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 5146 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British tour operator was taken over by the German company Preussag?
Answer: A: Thompson
Categories: Business (5)

Pub quiz question 5145 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which is the largest island of Japan?
Answer: A: Honshu
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 5144 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who directed the films 'Doctor Mabus the Gambler,' and 'Metropolis?'
Answer: A: Fritz Lang
Notes: *: Released 1922 and 1927 respectively
Categories: 1920s (5) Film/Movies (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 5143 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British poet wrote 'The Song of the Shirt?'
Answer: A: Thomas Hood
Categories: Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 5142 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Geordie singer and actor released an album entitled Big River in 1995?
Answer: A: Jimmy Nail
Categories: Entertainment (4) Music (4) 1990s (4)

Pub quiz question 5141 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1995 comedy film featured Bo Derek and Dan Aykroyd in cameo rôles?
Answer: A: Tommy Boy
Notes: *: 1995
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 5140 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which actress played Hannah in the sitcom 'Faith in the Future?
Answer: A: Julia Sawalha
Notes: *: 1995-1998
Categories: Entertainment (6) Television (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 5139 by pjh2

Question: Q: Paul and Pauline Calf were creations of which British comic actor?
Answer: A: Steve Coogan
Categories: Entertainment (6) Comedy (6) Television (6)

Pub quiz question 5138 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UK vocal trio released an album entitled Power of a Woman in 1995?
Answer: A: Eternal
Categories: Entertainment (5) Music (5) 1990s (5)

Pub quiz question 5137 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who starred as the captain of the Soviet nuclear submarine in the 1990 film 'The Hunt for Red October?'
Answer: A: Sean Connery
Categories: Entertainment (4) Film/Movies (4) 1990s (4)

Pub quiz question 5136 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who played Paul Sutton in the 1995 film 'A Walk in the Clouds?'
Answer: A: Keanu Reves
Categories: 1990s (6) Film/Movies (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 5135 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the foolish name of Squeeze's 1995 album?
Answer: A: Ridiculous
Categories: Entertainment (6) Music (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 5134 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many UK number one singles did the Rolling Stones have in the seventies?
Answer: A: None
Categories: 1970s (4) Entertainment (5) Music (5)

Pub quiz question 5133 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which fellow thespian is the mother of actress Beatie Edney?
Answer: A: Sylvia Syms
Categories: Entertainment (7) Art (7) Television (7)

Pub quiz question 5132 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Emmerdale character was played by Sandra Gough?
Answer: A: Nellie Dingle
Categories: Entertainment (4) Television (4) Soaps (4)