Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7410 by pjh

Question: Q: What became the 19th member of the Eurozone in January 2015?
Answer: A: Lithuania
Categories: Politics (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 7409 by pjh

Question: Q: What was known to Arabs as "Chinese Snow?"
Answer: A: Saltpetre (in gunpowder.)
Categories: Science (6) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 7408 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose first book was 1989's The Story Of The Malakand Field Force?
Answer: A: Winston Churchill
Categories: Literature (7) Politics (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7407 by pjh

Question: Q: Which economist has declined the Légion d'honneur?
Answer: A: Thomas Piketty
Categories: People (8) Royalty (9)

Pub quiz question 7406 by pjh

Question: Q: In printing, which colors make up the CMYK model?
Answer: A: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key/Black
Categories: Science (7) Computing (5)

Pub quiz question 7405 by pjh

Question: Q: What was Rudyard Kiplink's first language?
Answer: A: Hindi
Categories: Language (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7404 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Frederick, 1751; Henry, 1612; Arthur, 1502; Edward, 1376; William, 1120?
Answer: A: British heirs apparent who never succeeded
Notes: *: George II; James I; Henry VII; Edward III; Henry I
Categories: Connections (7) Royalty (5) History (4)

Pub quiz question 7403 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel-lo (in Catalonia)?
Answer: A: Grapes used to make Cava
Categories: Connections (7) Drink (4) Food (6)

Pub quiz question 7402 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: The Protester; Barack Obama; Pope Francis; the Ebola fighters, Angela Merkel, Donald Trump, The Silence Breakers, The Guardians, Greta Thunberg?
Answer: A: Time Magazine's person of the year
Notes: *: 2011-19
Categories: Media (6) Connections (7) 2010s (6)

Pub quiz question 7401 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Frogs(2); livestock disease(5); locusts(8); darkness(9)?
Answer: A: Positions among the 10 plagues of Egypt
Categories: Connections (7) Religion (3) Biology (9)

Pub quiz question 7400 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Red sprites; blue jets; blue starters; elves?
Answer: A: Types of upper-atmospheric lightning
Categories: Connections (8) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 7399 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Eoin Morgan; Boyd Rankin; Ed Joyce?
Answer: A: Played cricket for both England and Ireland
Categories: Connections (7) Sports (6) Cricket (4)

Pub quiz question 7398 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Cantiaci; Atrebates; Dumnonii; Iceni; Brigantes; Silures?
Answer: A: Ancient British tribes
Categories: Connections (8) History (8)

Pub quiz question 7397 by pjh

Question: Q: On TV, who were Danny Wilde and Lord Brett Sinclair?
Answer: A: The Persuaders
Notes: *: Played by Tony Curtis and Roger Moore
Categories: Television (3) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 7396 by pjh

Question: Q: Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary was who's first supernatural collection?
Answer: A: M.R. James
Notes: *: In 1904. M.R stands for Montague Rhodes.
Categories: Literature (6) Entertainment (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7395 by pjh

Question: Q: Furnace Creek is part of what US national park?
Answer: A: Death Valley
Categories: Geography (4) America (4)

Pub quiz question 7394 by pjh

Question: Q: Mascagni and Leoncavallo wrote which operatic paring?
Answer: A: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci
Categories: Music (7)

Pub quiz question 7393 by pjh

Question: Q: The meerkat is a member of what family?
Answer: A: Mongoose
Categories: Biology (5) Science (5) General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 7392 by pjh

Question: Q: What was isolated by the Gleneagles Agreement?
Answer: A: South Africa
Notes: *: In sporting terms, as a result of an international campaign against apartheid.
Categories: Sports (6) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7391 by pjh

Question: Q: Which condiment was known as "Wilson's gravy"?
Answer: A: HP Sauce
Notes: *: In a 1960's interview, Harold Wilson's wife called it that, and it spread.
Categories: Politics (4) Food (4) 1960s (4)

Pub quiz question 7390 by pjh

Question: Q: Which song is set on Tyneside on 9 June 1862?
Answer: A: The Blaydon Races
Categories: Music (6) Newcastle, UK (4)

Pub quiz question 7389 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Changes; My Generation; You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet; Psycho Killer; I Feel For You?
Answer: A: Songs featuring stuttering
Notes: *: David Bowie; the Who; BTO; Talking Heads; Chaka Khan
Categories: Music (5) Language (5) Connections (6) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 7388 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Argentina; Australia; Chile; France; New Zealand Norway; UK?
Answer: A: Have made a territorial claim to Antarctica
Categories: Connections (7) Geography (7) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 7387 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: James Francis Edward; Charles Edward Lous John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria; Henry Benedict?
Answer: A: Jacobite/Stuart claimants to the throne
Notes: *: Claimants to be: James III; Charles III; Henry IX
Categories: Politics (8) Royalty (7) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7386 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Aaron Boone, Joe Girardi; Joe Torre; Buck Showalter; Stump Merrill; Bucky Dent?
Answer: A: New York Yankees Managers since 1989
Notes: *: Up to 2022, anyway
Categories: Connections (8) Sports (7)