Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4715 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Whose channel swim was Matt Lucas talking about when he urged fans to 'Sponsor my mate?'
  2. Answer: A: David Walliams
  3. Categories: Sports (4) Entertainment (4)
Pub quiz question 4714 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What endurance test was Gertrude Ederle the first woman to complete?
  2. Answer: A: Swimming the Channel
  3. Categories: Sports (6)
Pub quiz question 4713 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What, to the nearest whole hour, is the record for swimming the channel?
  2. Answer: A: Seven hours
  3. Notes: *: Bulgarian Petar Stoychev on 24 August 2007, in 6 hours 57 minutes 50 seconds
  4. Categories: Sports (7)
Pub quiz question 4712 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What watch did Mercedes Gleitze wear when she became the first British woman to swim the channel?
  2. Answer: A: Rolex Oyster
  3. Categories: Sports (7)
Pub quiz question 4711 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What stroke was Vicky Keith the first person to use for a successful channel swim?
  2. Answer: A: Butterfly
  3. Categories: Sports (7)
Pub quiz question 4710 by pjh2
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  3. Answer: A: Nescafé Gold Blend
  4. Categories: Advertising (6)
Pub quiz question 4709 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Service/Product
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  3. Answer: A: Yellow Pages
  4. Categories: Advertising (5)
Pub quiz question 4708 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Product
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  3. Answer: A: Cinzano
  4. Categories: Advertising (7)
Pub quiz question 4707 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Organisation
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  3. Answer: A: Conservative Party
  4. Categories: Advertising (5) Politics (5)
Pub quiz question 4706 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Product
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  3. Answer: A: Boddingtons
  4. Categories: Advertising (3)
Pub quiz question 4705 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The jury was picked today for the trial of Gary Dobson and David Norris, who both deny murdering who in 1993?
  2. Answer: A: Stephen Lawrence
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (6)
Pub quiz question 4704 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which politician is under pressure for the relaxation of rules at the UK Borders Agency?
  2. Answer: A: Theresa May
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5)
Pub quiz question 4703 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The International Atomic Energy Agency says that assistance from foreign scientists has brought the which nation to the threshold of building a nuclear weapon?
  2. Answer: A: Iran
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7)
Pub quiz question 4702 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Morrissey allowed John Lewis to use a cover of which Smiths song on its 2011 Christmas TV advert.
  2. Answer: A: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5) Media (6) Music (6) Entertainment (6)
Pub quiz question 4701 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the last celebrity to join the 2011 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, and is apparently the first one out after having an allergic reaction to something?
  2. Answer: A: Freddie Starr.
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5)
Pub quiz question 4700 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The mayor of Gila Bend, Arizona, has denied warning who to keep his hands off the town's young women?
  2. Answer: A: Prince Harry
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7)
Pub quiz question 4699 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who is the latest European prime minister to have resigned?
  2. Answer: A: Silvio Berlusconi
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (3)
Pub quiz question 4698 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which tourist attraction was closed over concerns that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2011?
  2. Answer: A: Great pyramids of Giza
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (6)
Pub quiz question 4697 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which celebrity was buried at a 45 degree angle, in a tracksuit and with two cigars?
  2. Answer: A: Jimmy Saville
  3. Notes: *: 45 degrees so 'so he can look out over the sea.'
  4. Categories: Current Affairs (4) Television (7)
Pub quiz question 4696 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is being renamed The SportsDirect Arena?
  2. Answer: A: St James' park, Newcastle
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (3) Sports (5) Football (4)
Pub quiz question 4695 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was crowned, when he was about 10, Edward VI in Dublin in 1487?
  2. Answer: A: Lambert Simnel
  3. Categories: Royalty (8) History (8)
Pub quiz question 4694 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who were Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky?
  2. Answer: A: The Banana Splits
  3. Categories: Children (3) Names (6) Television (4)
Pub quiz question 4693 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What are the (2) provinces of the Church of England?
  2. Answer: A: Canterbury and York
  3. Categories: MultiAnswer2 (5) Religion (5)
Pub quiz question 4692 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which plilosopher's sister founded an Aryan colony in Paraguay?
  2. Answer: A: Friedrich Nietzsche
  3. Notes: *: Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche. Colony, called Nueva Germania, founded 1887, and still exists
  4. Categories: Politics (8) History (8)
Pub quiz question 4691 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first, and longest-serving, England football manager?
  2. Answer: A: Sir Walter Winterbottom
  3. Notes: *: 1946-1962
  4. Categories: Football (6) Sports (6) 1940s (6) 1950s (6) 1960s (6)
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