Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5265 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Scottish music hall star was associated with the songs I Love a Lassie and Roamin' in the Gloamin'?
Answer: A: Sir Harry Lauder
Categories: Music (8) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 5264 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Canadian poet, novelist and singer-songwriter wrote Flowers for Hitler and Beautiful Losers?
Answer: A: Leonard Cohen
Notes: *: Published 1964 and 1966 respectively
Categories: Literature (6) 1960s (6)

Pub quiz question 5263 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Australian entertainer sang Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport and Jake the Peg?
Answer: A: Rolf Harris
Notes: *: Released 1957 and 1965 respectively
Categories: 1950s (1) 1960s (1) Music (1) Entertainment (1)

Pub quiz question 5262 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the Old Testament, who was the the elder brother of Moses?
Answer: A: Aaron
Categories: Religion (3)

Pub quiz question 5261 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Icelandic pop star picked up a Best Actress award at Cannes in the year 2000?
Answer: A: Björk
Notes: *: Dancer in the Dark
Categories: Music (4) Entertainment (4) Film/Movies (4)

Pub quiz question 5260 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the skin of an animal prepared as a surface for writing?
Answer: A: Parchment
Categories: General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 5259 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which tribe of Britons was lead by Boadicea/Boudicca?
Answer: A: The Iceni
Categories: History (5) Military (5)

Pub quiz question 5258 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first (and as of 2012 the only) British jockey to be knighted?
Answer: A: Sir Gordon Richards
Notes: *: 1953
Categories: Sports (6) 1950s (6)

Pub quiz question 5257 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
Answer: A: Neil Armstrong
Notes: *: 1969
Categories: Space (2) 1960s (2)

Pub quiz question 5256 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many Wimbledon singles titles did Martina Navratilova win?
Answer: A: Nine
Notes: *: 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990
Categories: Sports (5) Tennis (5)

Pub quiz question 5255 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which animals are the subject of Richard Adam's novel Watership Down?
Answer: A: Rabbits
Notes: *: Published 1972
Categories: Literature (3) Nature (3) 1970s (3)

Pub quiz question 5254 by pjh2

Question: Q: Of which African country is Mogadishu the capital?
Answer: A: Somalia
Categories: Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 5253 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the Latin motto on the Great Seal of the United States?
Answer: A: E Pluribus Unum ('Out of many, one' or 'One from many')
Categories: Politics (6) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 5252 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Italian painter and architect had the surname di Bondone?
Answer: A: Giotto
Categories: Art (7)

Pub quiz question 5251 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became the first woman to serve as US Attorney General in 1993?
Answer: A: Janet Reno
Categories: Crime (7) 1990s (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 5250 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the smallest unit of fluid measure in the apothecaries' system of measurement?
Answer: A: Minim
Notes: *: 1/60 fluidram, 1/480 fluid ounce, ~0.06ml.
Categories: Science (7)

Pub quiz question 5249 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which uniformed youth organisation was founded by William Alexander Smith in 1883?
Answer: A: Boys' Brigade
Categories: General Knowledge (7)

Pub quiz question 5248 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which theatrical genre are Eugene Ionesco and Samuel Beckett associated?
Answer: A: Theater of the Absurd
Categories: Entertainment (7) Art (7)

Pub quiz question 5247 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sort of creature is a schipperke?
Answer: A: A dog
Categories: Nature (7) Biology (7)

Pub quiz question 5246 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first King of the Belgians?
Answer: A: Leopold I
Notes: *: Reigned 1658-1705
Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 5245 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which years did Martina Navratilova win the Wimbledon singles tournaments?
Answer: A: 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990)
Categories: MultiAnswer9 (8)

Pub quiz question 5244 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a tied score after six points in a tennis game?
Answer: A: Deuce
Categories: Sports (2) Tennis (1)

Pub quiz question 5243 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which fictional detective is featured in A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles?
Answer: A: Sherlock Holmes
Categories: Literature (2)

Pub quiz question 5242 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is a mandolin?
Answer: A: A stringed musical instrument
Categories: Music (4)

Pub quiz question 5241 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the first name of Tony and Cherie Blair's fourth child?
Answer: A: Leo
Notes: *: Born 2000
Categories: Politics (3) 2000s (3)