Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4515 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Yorkshire city gave its name to silver plating?
Answer: A: Sheffield
Categories: Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 4514 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city named a stadium after its Hillsborough district but built the stadium in the district of Owlerton?
Answer: A: Sheffield
Categories: Geography (3) Sports (3) Football (2)

Pub quiz question 4513 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which northern city has more trees per person than any other city in Europe?
Answer: A: Sheffield
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4512 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which northern city's residents are know in neighbouring towns as Dee-dars?
Answer: A: Sheffield's
Categories: Geography (6) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 4511 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the capital of Tunisia?
Answer: A: Tunis
Categories: Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 4510 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which mountain range runs through Morocco and Algeria into Tunisia?
Answer: A: The Atlas Mountains
Categories: Geography (3) Nature (3)

Pub quiz question 4509 by pjh2

Question: Q: What often splashes down the clothes of unwary visitors when they bite into the Tunisian dish called 'Brik?'
Answer: A: Egg
Categories: Food (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 4508 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country takes modern tourists to its ancient city of Carthage?
Answer: A: Tunisia
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4507 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country's city of Kairouan is said to have given us the word caravan, meaning a string of camels?
Answer: A: Tunisia's
Categories: Geography (6) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 4506 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the UK's smallest city and the only one to lie entirely within a national park?
Answer: A: St David's
Categories: Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 4505 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the main ingredient in Welsh laverbread?
Answer: A: Seaweed
Categories: Food (3) Geography (3) Nature (3)

Pub quiz question 4504 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many counties traditionally make up Wales?
Answer: A: Thirteen
Categories: Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 4503 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which mountain's Welsh name is 'Yr Wyddfa?' (`Uhr with-faa`)
Answer: A: Snowdon's
Categories: Language (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 4502 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became First Minister of Wales in 2000?
Answer: A: Rhodri Morgan
Categories: Politics (9) 2000s (9) Geography (9)

Pub quiz question 4501 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Major Cornish Tourist Attraction became an ice palace for the Bond movie 'Die another Day?'
Answer: A: The Eden Project
Notes: *: 2002
Categories: Film/Movies (3) Geography (3) 2000s (3) Entertainment (3)

Pub quiz question 4500 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Pretty Cornish port's tourist trade has been boosted by Rich Stein's 'Seafood Restaurant?'
Answer: A: Padstow's
Categories: Geography (5) Food (5)

Pub quiz question 4499 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the UK's largest fishing port?
Answer: A: Newlyn
Categories: Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 4498 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English county is called Kernow in it's own language?
Answer: A: Cornwall
Categories: Language (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 4497 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which tiny Cornish peninsula claims to be the home of King Arthur?
Answer: A: Tintagel
Categories: Geography (6) History (6) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 4496 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which county is officially the poorest area in the UK, with the lowest contribution to the national economy?
Answer: A: Cornwall
Categories: Geography (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 4495 by pjh2

Question: Q: What time period was the title of Eddie Murphy's first movie, in which he sang a very out of key version of the Police's 'Roxanne?'
Answer: A: 48 hrs
Notes: *: 1982
Categories: Film/Movies (4) Entertainment (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 4494 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who directed 'Jurassic Park?'
Answer: A: Steven Spielberg
Notes: *: 1993
Categories: Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3) 1990s (3)

Pub quiz question 4493 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which movie sees hustler Billy Ray, played by Eddie Murphy, swapping identity with Louis Winthorpe III played by Dan Aykroyd?
Answer: A: Trading Places
Notes: *: 1983
Categories: Film/Movies (4) Entertainment (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 4492 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which movie stars Eddie Murphy in four roles including Prince Akeem who visits the USA in search of a bride?
Answer: A: Coming to America
Notes: *: 1988
Categories: Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3) 1980s (3)

Pub quiz question 4491 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Eddie Murphy movie was subtitled 'The Klumps?'
Answer: A: Nutty Professor II
Notes: *: 2000
Categories: Film/Movies (5) Entertainment (5) 2000s (5)