Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7510 by pjh

Question: Q: Which lingerie firm lost its royal warrant after June Kenton published her 2017 autobiography 'Storm in a D-Cup?'
Answer: A: Rigby & Peller
Categories: Royalty (7) Business (7) 2010s (7)

Pub quiz question 7509 by pjh

Question: Q: The Event Horizon Telescope has produced an image of which supermasssive black hole at the Milky Way's centre?
Answer: A: Sagittarius A*
Categories: Science (6) Physics (5) Astronomy (3)

Pub quiz question 7508 by pjh

Question: Q: Greece's first female minister of culture and sports, which singer married the film director Jules Dassin in 1966?
Answer: A: Melina Mercouri
Categories: Film/Movies (8) People (8) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 7507 by pjh

Question: Q: Which two-word term describes the process of baking a pastry case without the filling?
Answer: A: Blind-baking
Categories: Food (3) Language (3)

Pub quiz question 7506 by pjh

Question: Q: The Battle of Coral Balmoral (1968) was an Australian victory in which war?
Answer: A: Vietnam War
Categories: 1960s (7) Politics (7) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7505 by pjh

Question: Q: The magazine Kamal Sandesh is the national mouthpiece of which Indian political party?
Answer: A: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Categories: Politics (8) India (5)

Pub quiz question 7504 by pjh

Question: Q: The actor Jack Smethust was best known for his role as Eddie Booth in which 1970s sitcom?
Answer: A: Love Thy Neighbour
Categories: 1970s (7) Comedy (6) Television (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 7503 by pjh

Question: Q: Which play, based on a Susan Hill novel, is the second longest-running play in the West End?
Answer: A: The Woman in Black
Notes: *: Mousetrap is the longest-running.
Categories: Art (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 7502 by pjh

Question: Q: In 2018, which K-pop group had its first UK Top 40 hit single with 'Idol?'
Answer: A: BTS
Categories: Music (6) Entertainment (6) 2010s (7)

Pub quiz question 7501 by pjh

Question: Q: The Restoration of the Stuart monarchy took place when which king returned from exile?
Answer: A: Charles II in 1660
Categories: 1600s (7) History (7) Royalty (6)

Pub quiz question 7500 by pjh

Question: Q: Loyly is a public sauna and restaurant complex in which capital city's Hernesaari district?
Answer: A: Helsinki
Categories: Geography (8) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 7499 by pjh

Question: Q: 'Maverick' is the subtitle of the 2022 sequel to which 1986 film starring Tom Cruise?
Answer: A: Top Gun
Categories: Film/Movies (2) 1980s (2) 2020s (2)

Pub quiz question 7498 by pjh

Question: Q: 'Man in Black' is a 1976 autobiography by which country music legend?
Answer: A: Johnny Cash
Categories: Music (3) People (3) Literature (3)

Pub quiz question 7497 by pjh

Question: Q: The fifth and final volume of which novel by Victor Hugo is titled 'Jean Valjean'?
Answer: A: Les Misérables
Categories: Literature (3) Art (3)

Pub quiz question 7496 by pjh

Question: Q: The Swiss town of Meiringen has a museum dedicates to which Arthur Conan Doyle character?
Answer: A: Sherlock Holmes
Categories: Literature (1)

Pub quiz question 7495 by pjh

Question: Q: In the Nato phonetic alphabet, which month comes after "Mike" and before "Oscar"?
Answer: A: November
Categories: Language (1)

Pub quiz question 7494 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: (as of 2022) Denmark and UK (2); Norway (5); Spain and Morocco (6); Sweden (16)?
Answer: A: Regnal numbers of their current monarchs
Notes: *: 2: Margarethe II, Elizabeth II 5: Harald V 6: Felipe VI, Mohammed VI 16: Carl XVI Gustaf
Categories: Connections (7) Royalty (3) People (5)

Pub quiz question 7493 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Kodkod; margay; oncilla; caracal; serval?
Answer: A: Wild cats
Categories: Connections (7) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 7492 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: The Key; Lucifer; Blue Poles; Convergence; Autumn Rhythm; The Deep?
Answer: A: Paintings by Jackson Pollock
Categories: Connections (8) Art (4) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7491 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Thomas Becket; John "Red" Comyn; Giuliano de' Medici; Oscar Romero?
Answer: A: Killed in a church/cathedral
Notes: *: Canterbury; Dumfries; Florence; San Salvador
Categories: Connections (7) History (6) Religion (4)

Pub quiz question 7490 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: West Indies in England, 1939; India in Pakistan, 1984; New Zealand in Sri Lanka 1987; West Indies in India, 2014?
Answer: A: Abandoned cricket tours
Categories: Connections (8) Sports (7) Cricket (4)

Pub quiz question 7489 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Gal; dyne; erg; barye; kayser?
Answer: A: Units in centimetre-gram-second system
Notes: *: acceleration; force; energy; pressure; wavenumber
Categories: Connections (9) Science (7) Physics (6)

Pub quiz question 7488 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: John Lennon; Culture Club; Massive Attack; Radiohead?
Answer: A: "Karma" songs
Notes: *: Instant K!; K Chameleon; Kcoma; K Police
Categories: Connections (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 7487 by pjh

Question: Q: Who or what is the Red Lady of Paviland?
Answer: A: 33,000-year-old human skeleton
Categories: History (8) Science (8)

Pub quiz question 7486 by pjh

Question: Q: London, in Ontario, stands on what river?
Answer: A: Thames (More technically the fork of Thames River and North Thames River)
Notes: *: Not to be confused with the River Thames where London, England, is.
Categories: Geography (7)