Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 3179 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which decade saw the launch of the PlayStation?
Answer: A: 1990s
Categories: Leisure (3) Computing (3) Games (3)

Pub quiz question 3178 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did a Sony advertisement claim is owned by one in three houses in the USA?
Answer: A: Playstation
Categories: Leisure (4) Computing (4) Games (4)

Pub quiz question 3177 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the star of the Tomb Raider video game?
Answer: A: Lara Croft
Categories: Leisure (4) Computing (4) Games (4)

Pub quiz question 3176 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of the computer game chicken who must find his way through levels of balloons, telephones, cheese and other elements?
Answer: A: Alfred
Categories: Leisure (8) Computing (8) Games (8)

Pub quiz question 3175 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Olympic field event's two main styles are the glide and the spin?
Answer: A: Shot Put
Categories: Olympics (8) Sports (8)

Pub quiz question 3174 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the only British athlete to have achieved one of the top ten longest javelin throws of all time at the start of 2006?
Answer: A: Steve Backley
Categories: Sports (8) Olympics (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 3173 by pjh2

Question: Q: What must a discus competitor wait for before stepping out of the throwing circle if his attempt is to count?
Answer: A: The discus to land
Categories: Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 3172 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Olympic throwing object weighs 16lbs for men and 8.8lbs for women?
Answer: A: Shot (putt)
Categories: Olympics (5) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 3171 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a ball on a wire which is thrown in an Olympic event?
Answer: A: Hammer
Categories: Sports (3)

Pub quiz question 3170 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Olympic field sport was almost banished to the outside of arena on safety grounds until the projectile was redesigned in 1986 so it couldn't be thrown so far?
Answer: A: Javelin
Categories: Sports (3) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 3169 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London football club was punk band the Cockney Rejects' 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles' a tribute to?
Answer: A: West Ham
Categories: Football (2) Sports (2) Music (2)

Pub quiz question 3168 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which football club had a hit with 'Blue is the Colour?'
Answer: A: Chelsea
Categories: Football (3) Sports (3) Music (3)

Pub quiz question 3167 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which John Denver song was adapted into 'United Road' by Manchester United fans?
Answer: A: Take me Home, Country Road
Categories: Sports (4) Music (4) Football (3)

Pub quiz question 3166 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which song, often aimed at fat footballers, can be sung to the tune of 'Knees up Mother Brown?'
Answer: A: Who Ate All the Pies?
Categories: Football (3) Sports (3) Music (4)

Pub quiz question 3165 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which John Denver tune do football fans use for 'The Greasy Chip Butty Song?'
Answer: A: Annie's Song
Categories: Music (5) Football (5) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 3164 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Welsh hymn tune is used for the traditional football song 'Who's the Bastard in the Black?'
Answer: A: Bread of Heaven (Cwm Rhondda)
Categories: Music (8) Football (8) Sports (8)

Pub quiz question 3163 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many minutes of play are there in a Rugby Union match?
Answer: A: 80
Categories: Sports (4) Rugby (4)

Pub quiz question 3162 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who managed England's rugby squad to their 2003 World Cup win?
Answer: A: Clive Woodward
Categories: Sports (8) Rugby (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 3161 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country replaces the Italian men's rugby team in the Women's Six Nations championship?
Answer: A: Spain
Categories: Geography (5) Sports (6) Rugby (5)

Pub quiz question 3160 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which game, played with a prolate spheroid, is said to have been invented when William Webb Ellis 'took the ball in his arms and ran?'
Answer: A: Rugby
Categories: History (5) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 3159 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country turn Rugby's Five Nations into Six nations in 2000?
Answer: A: Italy
Categories: Geography (7) Sports (5) Rugby (4) 2000s (5)

Pub quiz question 3158 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many players should each team have on the pitch at the start of a full Rugby Union match?
Answer: A: 15
Categories: Sports (2) Rugby (2)

Pub quiz question 3157 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Oscar-winning Steven Spielberg movie was partly filmed on the Omaha Beach Golf Club overlooking the D-Day beaches?
Answer: A: Saving Private Ryan
Categories: Sports (2) Entertainment (2) Film/Movies (2) History (2) Golf (2)

Pub quiz question 3156 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which famous Scottish golf club boasts the Ladies Putting Club, the world's oldest miniature golf course?
Answer: A: St. Andrew's
Categories: Sports (3) Golf (3) History (3)

Pub quiz question 3155 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which island's Sandy Lane Hotel hosted Tiger Woods' wedding at it's Green Monkey Golf Course?
Answer: A: Barbados
Categories: Golf (4) Sports (4)