Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7485 by pjh

Question: Q: Who (first) asked why a raven was like a writing desk?
Answer: A: Alice In Wonderland's Mad Hatter. (Or Lewis Carroll, if you're feeling generous)
Categories: Literature (4) Quotes (4)

Pub quiz question 7484 by pjh

Question: Q: The Cathedral of the Intercession on the Moat is better known as what?
Answer: A: St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
Categories: Religion (8) Buildings (7) Russia (6)

Pub quiz question 7483 by pjh

Question: Q: International rules football is a hybrid of which two sports?
Answer: A: Australian rules and Gaelic football
Categories: Sports (8) Football (7)

Pub quiz question 7482 by pjh

Question: Q: Excluding overseas territories, what's the most southerly city in the EU?
Answer: A: Limassol, Cyprus
Categories: Geography (8) General Knowledge (8)

Pub quiz question 7481 by pjh

Question: Q: Edward Russell's manslaughter trial in December 1935 was the last to take place where?
Answer: A: House of Lords
Categories: Politics (7) 1930s (7) Crime (8)

Pub quiz question 7480 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Bornholm disease; Lyme disease; Ebola virus; Lassa Fever?
Answer: A: Conditions named after places.
Categories: Connections (5) Language (4) Biology (4)

Pub quiz question 7479 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: NorthEast United; Delhi Dynamos; Kerala Blasters; Atlético de Kolkata?
Answer: A: Teams in new (well, in 2014, anyway,) Indian football league.
Categories: Connections (8) Football (3) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 7478 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Merlin Lowther; Andrew Bailey; Chris Salmon Victoria Cleland?
Answer: A: Chief cashiers at the Bank of England
Categories: Connections (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 7477 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Steiner House and Goldman * Salatsch Building, Vienna; Villa Müller, Prague?
Answer: A: Designs by modernist architect Adolf Loos
Categories: Connections (8) Buildings (8)

Pub quiz question 7476 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Michael Stipe; Martin Fry; Michael Hutchence; Andy Partridge?
Answer: A: Singers in lettered groups: REM, ABC, INXS, XTC.
Categories: Connections (6) Music (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 7475 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Spider Monkey, German; dog, Russian; snail, Italian; rollmop herrings, Czech?
Answer: A: Translation of the names used for the @ sign in those languages
Categories: Connections (8) Computing (3) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 7474 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: John Lennon; Denis Healey; Gary Lineker?
Answer: A: Middle name of "Winston"
Categories: Connections (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 7473 by pjh

Question: Q: What English word ends "-mt"?
Answer: A: Dreamt
Notes: *: Derivatives such as undreamt, daydreamt, and redreamt are just that - derivatives of the same word
Categories: Language (7) General Knowledge (8)

Pub quiz question 7472 by pjh

Question: Q: Which record label was founded by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons?
Answer: A: Def Jam
Categories: Music (6) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 7471 by pjh

Question: Q: Which 1661 work was subtitled Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes?
Answer: A: Robert Boyle's Sceptical Chymist
Categories: 1600s (8) Art (8)

Pub quiz question 7470 by pjh

Question: Q: The crew of the yacht Granma launched which revolution?
Answer: A: The Cuban Revolution
Categories: Politics (8) General Knowledge (8)

Pub quiz question 7469 by pjh

Question: Q: What does the direction "colegno" mean for string players?
Answer: A: To strike the string with the wooden part of the bow
Categories: Music (7) Language (8)

Pub quiz question 7468 by pjh

Question: Q: What sporting event held in 2016 was be number 50, not L?
Answer: A: The Super Bowl (dropping the usual Roman numerals)
Categories: 2010s (7) Sports (6) American Football (3)

Pub quiz question 7467 by pjh

Question: Q: The "Local Group" is made up of what?
Answer: A: Galaxies, including the Milky Way
Categories: Science (6) Physics (5) Astronomy (3) General Knowledge (7)

Pub quiz question 7466 by pjh

Question: Q: Which silent-era film star was known in Japan as Professor Alcohol?
Answer: A: Charlie Chaplin
Categories: Entertainment (7) People (7) Film/Movies (7)

Pub quiz question 7465 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Stillwater; Venus In Furs; the Wonders; Marvin Berry and The Starlighters?
Answer: A: Fictional film bands
Notes: *: Almost Famous; Velvet Goldmind; That Thing You Do; Back To The Future
Categories: Connections (6) Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (5)

Pub quiz question 7464 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ross, Skye and Lochaber (12,000km²); Islington North (735 hectares)
Answer: A: UK largest and smallest parliamentary constituencies.
Categories: Connections (8) Politics (6) Geography (9)

Pub quiz question 7463 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: William II; Edward V; Edward VI; Elizabeth I?
Answer: A: Monarchs who never married
Categories: Connections (7) Royalty (6) History (6)

Pub quiz question 7462 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Anne Catherick and Jennet Humfrye, in opposition?
Answer: A: "The Woman In..."
Notes: *: White; Black.
Categories: Connections (7) Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (7) Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 7461 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Mediolanum; Mondadori; AC Milan; Mediaset?
Answer: A: Companies in Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest group
Categories: Connections (7) Business (7) Finance (6)