Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7385 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Lannisport; Qarth; King's Landing; Braavos; Astapor?
Answer: A: Cities in Song Of Ice And Fire/Game Of Thrones
Categories: Connections (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 7384 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ralph Lauren; Lloyds Bank; Hermès; Ferrai; Porche?
Answer: A: Business logo's featuring horses
Categories: Connections (7) Logos (4)

Pub quiz question 7383 by pjh

Question: Q: Ho does an extra "ne" lose 10.047kg?
Answer: A: UK ton/tonne
Notes: *: (1,016.047kg v 1,000kg)
Categories: Science (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 7382 by pjh

Question: Q: The Al Ahly versus Zamalek football derby takes place in which city?
Answer: A: Cairo
Categories: Football (6) Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 7381 by pjh

Question: Q: Devadatta tried repeatedly to kill which religious leader?
Answer: A: Buddha
Categories: Religion (4) People (6)

Pub quiz question 7380 by pjh

Question: Q: Traudl Jung was who's last private secretary?
Answer: A: Hitler's
Categories: Politics (5) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7379 by pjh

Question: Q: What did Eric Thompson adapt for Serge Danot?
Answer: A: The Magic Roundabout series
Categories: Television (4) Children (4) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 7378 by pjh

Question: Q: The Dodo was native to which island?
Answer: A: Mauritius
Categories: Geography (4) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 7377 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose 2014 wedding speech praised by his wife as the "ideal celebrity"?
Answer: A: Kanye West
Notes: *: Of Kim Kardashian
Categories: Entertainment (4) People (4)

Pub quiz question 7376 by pjh

Question: Q: Which country lost its coastline in the war of the Pacific?
Answer: A: Bolivia
Categories: Politics (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 7375 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Great; Choral; From the New World?
Answer: A: Names for ninth symponies
Notes: *: Schubert; Beethoven; Dvořák
Categories: Music (4) Connections (7)

Pub quiz question 7374 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Staghorn; pillar; lettuce; brain; birdsnest; mushroom?
Answer: A: Types of coral reef
Categories: Connections (7) Nature (5) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 7373 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Beefeater Gin; Aberdeen Asset Management; Xchanging; BNY Mellon?
Answer: A: Sponsors of the Boat Race
Categories: Connections (6) Advertising (4) Sports (4)

Pub quiz question 7372 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: The Enchanted Island; Forbidden Planet; Prospero's Books?
Answer: A: The Tempest
Notes: *: Dryden play; sci-fi film; Peter Greenaway film
Categories: Literature (5) Film/Movies (5) Connections (3)

Pub quiz question 7371 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Christopher Marlow 1952; Duke of Buckingham, 1628; George Cornell, 1966?
Answer: A: Killed in pubs: Deptford; Greyhound, Portsmouth; Blind Beggar, Whitechapel
Categories: Connections (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7370 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: bribes; cave; chair; coin?
Answer: A: "False friends" in French
Categories: Language (5) Connections (7)

Pub quiz question 7369 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Shark; cows' heads; cow and calf; sheep; fish; butterflies; zebra?
Answer: A: Damien Hurst's artworks
Categories: Art (3) Connections (6) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7368 by pjh

Question: Q: Where is the Royal Agricultural University?
Answer: A: Cirencester
Categories: Buildings (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7367 by pjh

Question: Q: Who are coached by a répétiteur?
Answer: A: Opera singers (and ballet dancers)
Categories: Art (5) Entertainment (6) General Knowledge (6)

Pub quiz question 7366 by pjh

Question: Q: Artist François Boucher said that what was "too green and badly lit"?
Answer: A: Nature
Categories: Art (6) Quotes (4)

Pub quiz question 7365 by pjh

Question: Q: In what field are Syd Field and Robert McKee "gurus"?
Answer: A: Screenwriting/scriptwriting
Categories: Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 7364 by pjh

Question: Q: What spice comes from the unripe berries of the pimento tree?
Answer: A: Allspice
Categories: Nature (6) Food (4)

Pub quiz question 7363 by pjh

Question: Q: The penguin Tux is the mascot of which operating system?
Answer: A: Linux
Categories: Computing (3) General Knowledge (5)

Pub quiz question 7362 by pjh

Question: Q: What fantasy land's name was inspired by an Umbrian hilltown?
Answer: A: Narnia (Narni)
Categories: Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 7361 by pjh

Question: Q: What links (2014): Andrew Parker; Alex Younger; Robert Hannigan?
Answer: A: Secret services
Notes: *: Heads of MI5, MI6, GCHQ
Categories: Politics (5) Connections (8)