Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5031 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which sports star made his movie mark in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?
Answer: A: Vinnie Jones
Notes: *: 1998
Categories: Film/Movies (2) Entertainment (2) 1990s (2)

Pub quiz question 5030 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who scored ten World Cup goals before advertising crisps on television?
Answer: A: Gary Lineker
Categories: Advertising (3) Football (3) Sports (3)

Pub quiz question 5029 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which sports star played Gideon Jackson in the movie Freedom Road?
Answer: A: Muhammad Ali
Notes: *: 1979
Categories: Boxing (4) Sports (5) Film/Movies (5) Entertainment (5) 1970s (5)

Pub quiz question 5028 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which soccer star played Carlos Rey in Escape to Victory?
Answer: A: Ossie Ardiles
Notes: *: 1981
Categories: Sports (8) Football (8) Film/Movies (8) Entertainment (8) 1980s (8)

Pub quiz question 5027 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which football hero played Corporal Luis Fernandez in Escape to Victory?
Answer: A: Pelé
Notes: *: 1981
Categories: Film/Movies (8) Entertainment (8) 1980s (8) Football (8) Sports (8)

Pub quiz question 5026 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English racecourse stages the Derby?
Answer: A: Epsom
Categories: Sports (2) Leisure (2) Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 5025 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which horse won the 1981 Derby by a record ten lengths, two years before disappearing
Answer: A: Shergar
Categories: 1980s (2) Sports (2) Leisure (2)

Pub quiz question 5024 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which month sees the running of the Epsom Derby?
Answer: A: June
Categories: Sports (4) Leisure (4)

Pub quiz question 5023 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became the youngest Derby winner at the age of 18 in 1954?
Answer: A: Lester Piggot
Categories: 1950s (5) Sports (5) Leisure (5)

Pub quiz question 5022 by pjh2

Question: Q: Why did Alex Greaves make news in the 1996 Epsom Derby?
Answer: A: First female jockey
Categories: 1990s (7) Sports (7) Leisure (7)

Pub quiz question 5021 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many furlongs are covered in the Derby?
Answer: A: 12
Categories: Sports (7) Leisure (7)

Pub quiz question 5020 by pjh2

Question: Q: What colour is the bottom strip on the flag of Egypt?
Answer: A: Black
Categories: Flags (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 5019 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which warm Atlantic current keeps many northern European ports free of winter ice?
Answer: A: The Gulf Stream
Categories: Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 5018 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the continuous strong winds between South Africa and South America?
Answer: A: Roaring Forties
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 5017 by pjh2

Question: Q: What area of the Atlantic is said to be responsible for the disappearance of ships and aircraft?
Answer: A: Bermuda Triangle
Categories: Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 5016 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the first ocean to be crossed by ship and by plain?
Answer: A: Atlantic Ocean
Categories: Geography (4) Technology (4)

Pub quiz question 5015 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the largest island in the Atlantic?
Answer: A: Greenland
Categories: Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 5014 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which new Atlantic island formed of the coast of Iceland in 1963?
Answer: A: Surtsey
Categories: 1960s (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 5013 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which South African city is overlooked by Table Mountain?
Answer: A: Cape Town
Categories: Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 5012 by pjh2

Question: Q: What valuable commodity was found at Kimberley, South Africa in 1871?
Answer: A: Diamonds
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 5011 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is South Africa's national animal?
Answer: A: Springbock
Categories: Geography (5) Nature (7) Biology (7)

Pub quiz question 5010 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the closest city t0 South Africa's South West Townships Soweto?
Answer: A: Johannesburg
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 5009 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which chuchman first called South Africa the Rainbow Nation?
Answer: A: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Categories: Geography (7) Religion (7)

Pub quiz question 5008 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country is completely enclosed by South Africa?
Answer: A: Lesotho
Categories: Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 5007 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which sung-about route connected Chicago to Los Angeles?
Answer: A: Route 66
Categories: Geography (2) Music (2) Entertainment (2)