Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4990 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is Birmingham's busiest mainline railway station?
  2. Answer: A: Birmingham New Street
  3. Categories: Geography (2)
Pub quiz question 4989 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which is England's second-largest city?
  2. Answer: A: Birmingham
  3. Categories: Geography (3)
Pub quiz question 4988 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British city boasts of having more miles of canals than Venice?
  2. Answer: A: Birmingham
  3. Categories: Geography (4)
Pub quiz question 4987 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city introduced Balti to Britain's gourmets?
  2. Answer: A: Birmingham
  3. Categories: Geography (5) Food (5)
Pub quiz question 4986 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city are you in if you've just been barred from a bar in Perry Barr?
  2. Answer: A: Birmingham
  3. Categories: Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 4985 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which motorway connects Birmingham to Bristol?
  2. Answer: A: M5
  3. Categories: Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 4984 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Asian country's name means 'Land of the Bengalis?
  2. Answer: A: Bangladesh's
  3. Categories: Geography (3) Language (3)
Pub quiz question 4983 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which member of the Beatles had a hit with 'Bangladesh?'
  2. Answer: A: George Harrison
  3. Categories: Geography (4) Entertainment (4) Music (4)
Pub quiz question 4982 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What would a Bangladeshi man do with his lungi?
  2. Answer: A: Wear it
  3. Notes: *: It's also known as a sarong, and it's worn like a skirt
  4. Categories: Geography (7) Language (7)
Pub quiz question 4981 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the former name of Bangladesh?
  2. Answer: A: East Pakistan
  3. Notes: *: Formed in 1971
  4. Categories: Geography (6) 1970s (6) History (6)
Pub quiz question 4980 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country was known as the Gift of the Nile?
  2. Answer: A: Egypt
  3. Categories: Geography (2)
Pub quiz question 4979 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What river joins the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh to form the world's largest river delta?
  2. Answer: A: Ganges
  3. Categories: Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 4978 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was blamed for killing 500,000 people in the region now called Bangladesh in 1970?
  2. Answer: A: A cyclone
  3. Categories: Geography (6)
Pub quiz question 4977 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which is the only remaining example of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
  2. Answer: A: The Great Pyramid
  3. Categories: Geography (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 4976 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which dam regulates the flow of the Nile?
  2. Answer: A: Aswan
  3. Categories: Geography (4) Science (4)
Pub quiz question 4975 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the official language of Egypt?
  2. Answer: A: Arabic
  3. Categories: Geography (5) Language (5)
Pub quiz question 4974 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the main ingredient in the traditional Egyptian dish Ful Mudammas?
  2. Answer: A: Fava beans
  3. Categories: Geography (7) Food (7)
Pub quiz question 4973 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the colourful English name for Amsterdam's De Wallen (pron. 'de vullen') area?
  2. Answer: A: Red Light District
  3. Categories: Geography (6)
Pub quiz question 4972 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which beer shares its name with the river that runs through Amsterdam?
  2. Answer: A: Amstel
  3. Categories: Geography (2) Drink (3)
Pub quiz question 4971 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What are stolen in Amsterdam at the rate of 80,000 a year with around 25,000 ending up in canals?
  2. Answer: A: Bicycles
  3. Categories: Geography (4) Crime (4)
Pub quiz question 4970 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city takes tourists to the Anne Frank House?
  2. Answer: A: Amsterdam
  3. Categories: Geography (4) History (4)
Pub quiz question 4969 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city's attractions include Rembrandt's House and the Rijksmuseum?
  2. Answer: A: Amsterdam's
  3. Categories: Geography (4) History (4)
Pub quiz question 4968 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did Amsterdam cab drivers have to sell from machines in their own cars from January 2001?
  2. Answer: A: Condoms
  3. Categories: Geography (6)
Pub quiz question 4967 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Brussels landmark boasting nine huge balls was created for the 1958 World Fair?
  2. Answer: A: The Atomium
  3. Categories: Geography (5) Science (5) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 4966 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which European country was the site for the Battle of Waterloo?
  2. Answer: A: Belgium
  3. Categories: Geography (3) History (3) Military (3)
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