Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4806 by pjh2

Question: Q: What musical begins with Curly McLain singing 'Oh what a Beautiful Mornin'?'
Answer: A: Oklahoma!
Categories: Music (4) Entertainment (4) Art (4) Film/Movies (4)

Pub quiz question 4805 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical is based on Lynn Rigss' play 'Green Grow the Lilacs?'
Answer: A: Oklahoma!
Categories: Art (6) Literature (6) Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8)

Pub quiz question 4804 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the tomboy main character in 'Little Women?'
Answer: A: Josephine (jo) March
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 4803 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which novel by Louisa May Alcott tells about the lives and loves of four sisters?
Answer: A: Little Women
Categories: Literature (2)

Pub quiz question 4802 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which war do the girls in 'Little Women' grow up during?
Answer: A: American Civil War
Categories: Literature (4) Military (4)

Pub quiz question 4801 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which book does each girl receive as a Christmas present at the start of 'Little Women?'
Answer: A: A Bible
Categories: Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4800 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the sequel to 'Little Women?'
Answer: A: Good Wives
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 4799 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does Jo in 'Little Women' sell to raise money for her mother to visit her father?
Answer: A: Her hair
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 4798 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which major comedy star played Garp in the movie adaptation of John Irving's 'The World According to Garp?'
Answer: A: Robin Williams
Notes: *: Book 1978, Film 1982
Categories: 1970s (3) 1980s (3) Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3) Literature (3)

Pub quiz question 4797 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which movie starring Tobey Maguire and Michael Caine won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for John Irving?
Answer: A: The Cider House Rules
Notes: *: Book 1985, Film 1999
Categories: Film/Movies (4) Entertainment (4) 1980s (4) 1990s (4) Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4796 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sport most frequently features in John Irving novels?
Answer: A: Wrestling
Categories: Film/Movies (5) Entertainment (5) Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 4795 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which author's 'A Widow for One Year' was adapted into the movie 'The Door in the Floor?'
Answer: A: John Irving's
Notes: *: Book 1998, Film 2004
Categories: Literature (7) Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7) 1990s (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 4794 by pjh2

Question: Q: What John Irving novel with an armadillo on its cover tells the story of an extremely short boy with a very high pitched voice?
Answer: A: A Prayer for Owen Meany
Notes: *: Book 1989
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 4793 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is by far the most famous painting in the Louvre?
Answer: A: Mona Lisa
Categories: Art (2)

Pub quiz question 4792 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which zoo animals were set free in the title of John Irving's first novel?
Answer: A: Bears
Notes: *: Setting Free the Bears (1968)
Categories: Literature (6) 1960s (6)

Pub quiz question 4791 by pjh2

Question: Q: What armless statue in the Louvre is described as 'the most famous work of art of the ancient Greek Era?'
Answer: A: Venus de Milo
Categories: Art (3)

Pub quiz question 4790 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 'opera' was the subject of controversy when screened in 2005 by BBC Two?
Answer: A: Jerry Springer: The Opera
Categories: Art (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 4789 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the largest museum in the world?
Answer: A: The Louvre
Categories: Buildings (6) Art (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4788 by pjh2

Question: Q: What novel is said to have boosted the number of visitors to the Louvre by 22% in 2005?
Answer: A: The Da Vinci Code
Categories: Literature (4) Art (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 4787 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which hugely successful movie was based on a book by Margaret Mitchell?
Answer: A: Gone with the Wind
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: 1930s (4) Film/Movies (4) Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4786 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which museum inspired a setting in the Lara Croft video game 'Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness?'
Answer: A: The Louvre
Categories: Art (6) Computing (6) Leisure (6) Buildings (6)

Pub quiz question 4785 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which war provides the background for 'Gone with the Wind?'
Answer: A: American Civil War
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: Military (3) Literature (3) 1930s (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 4784 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which classic movie's lead rôle did Gary Cooper turn down with the words '[it] will be the biggest flop in Hollywood history?'
Answer: A: Gone with the Wind
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: 1930s (4) Film/Movies (4) Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4783 by pjh2

Question: Q: What large musical ensemble took its name from the space between the auditorium and stage in an ancient Greek theatre?
Answer: A: Orchestra
Categories: Music (4) Art (4) Language (4)

Pub quiz question 4782 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which eight words from 'Gone with the Wind' were voted the number one movie quote by the 'American Film Institute?'
Answer: A: Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: 1930s (4) Film/Movies (4) Literature (4)