Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4565 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which English National Park surrounded author Beatrix Potter's sheep farm?
  2. Answer: A: Lake District
  3. Categories: Literature (4) Geography (4)
Pub quiz question 4564 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which literary animal lost his jacket and shoes while raiding Mr McGregor's garden?
  2. Answer: A: Peter Rabbit
  3. Categories: Literature (5)
Pub quiz question 4563 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Beatrix Potter character has roasted grasshopper for supper after failing to catch minnows?
  2. Answer: A: Mr Jeremy Fisher
  3. Categories: Literature (6)
Pub quiz question 4562 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city is the home of the eponymous Tailor in a Beatrix Potter novel?
  2. Answer: A: Gloucester
  3. Categories: Geography (7) Literature (7)
Pub quiz question 4561 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What movie was based on Frederick Forsyth's first novel?
  2. Answer: A: The Day of the Jackal
  3. Notes: *: Book 1971, Film 1973
  4. Categories: Literature (3) Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3)
Pub quiz question 4560 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What famous Frenchman is the subject of an assassination attempt in Frederick Forsyth's 'The Day of the Jackal'?
  2. Answer: A: Charles De Gaulle
  3. Categories: Politics (3) Film/Movies (3) Literature (3) Entertainment (3)
Pub quiz question 4559 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which of the armed forces did Frederick Forsyth serve in?
  2. Answer: A: RAF
  3. Categories: Military (5) Literature (5)
Pub quiz question 4558 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who won the Edgar Allan Poe awards for 'There are no Snakes in Ireland' and 'The Day of the Jackal?'
  2. Answer: A: Frederick Forsyth
  3. Notes: *: Jackal (book) 1971, Snakes 1982
  4. Categories: Literature (2) 1970s (2) 1980s (2)
Pub quiz question 4557 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What 'Protocol' was a Frederick Forsyth best seller?
  2. Answer: A: The Fourth Protocol
  3. Notes: *: Book 1984, Film 1987
  4. Categories: Literature (4) 1980s (4)
Pub quiz question 4556 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which thriller writer took a rest from his usual genre to scribe 'The Phantom of Manhattan,' a follow up to 'The Phantom of the Opera?'
  2. Answer: A: Frederick Forsyth
  3. Notes: *: 1999
  4. Categories: Literature (7) 1990s (7)
Pub quiz question 4555 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What word beginning with M describes the old town or market in a Tunisian city?
  2. Answer: A: Medina
  3. Categories: Geography (7) Language (7)
Pub quiz question 4554 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What colour is the dragon on the flag of Wales?
  2. Answer: A: Red
  3. Categories: Flags (3) Geography (3)
Pub quiz question 4553 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who gave the Asian community 90 days to leave Uganda in 1972?
  2. Answer: A: Idi Amin, (the then military leader and president)
  3. Categories: 1970s (4) Politics (4) History (4) Military (4)
Pub quiz question 4552 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What large apes is Uganda's Kigezi Game Reserve best known for?
  2. Answer: A: Gorillas
  3. Categories: Nature (4) Geography (4)
Pub quiz question 4551 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which river can ocean-going ships travel the entire length of in Brazil?
  2. Answer: A: Amazon
  3. Categories: Geography (4)
Pub quiz question 4550 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which magazine refers to sexual affairs as 'Ugandan discussions?'
  2. Answer: A: Private Eye
  3. Notes: *: Coined 1973
  4. Categories: Media (4) Language (4) 1970s (4) Geography (4)
Pub quiz question 4549 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which lake, partly in Uganda, was named in 1862 as the source of the Nile?
  2. Answer: A: Lake Victoria
  3. Categories: Geography (6) Nature (6)
Pub quiz question 4548 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the capital of Uganda, known as the city of seven hills, even though it now covers more than 20?
  2. Answer: A: Kampala
  3. Categories: Geography (6)
Pub quiz question 4547 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is Uganda's main export?
  2. Answer: A: Coffee
  3. Categories: Drink (3) Geography (5)
Pub quiz question 4546 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which river flows past the Eiffel Tower?
  2. Answer: A: Seine
  3. Categories: Geography (3)
Pub quiz question 4545 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which river's source is about a mile north of the village of Kemble in the Cotswolds?
  2. Answer: A: Thames
  3. Categories: Geography (3) Nature (3)
Pub quiz question 4544 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which exotic bloom is the national flower of Singapore?
  2. Answer: A: Orchid
  3. Categories: Nature (3) Geography (3)
Pub quiz question 4543 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is Europe's longest river?
  2. Answer: A: Volga
  3. Categories: Geography (5)
Pub quiz question 4542 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What sea does the Danube empty into?
  2. Answer: A: Black Sea
  3. Categories: Geography (6)
Pub quiz question 4541 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What French river shares its name with a type of fishing net?
  2. Answer: A: Seine
  3. Categories: Geography (6) Language (3)
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