Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 3154 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Georgia golf club is the home of the US Masters?
Answer: A: Augusta national Golf Club
Categories: Sports (6) Golf (6)

Pub quiz question 3153 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which tycoon landed his Sikorsky Amphibian on the 8th fairway at Bel-Air country Club, LA, to get Katherine Hepburn's attention?
Answer: A: Howard Hughes
Categories: Entertainment (7) Golf (7) Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 3152 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Queen reputedly played at the world's oldest still existing golf course, Musselburgh Links, East Lothian in 1567?
Answer: A: Mary Queen of Scots
Categories: History (7) Royalty (7) Sports (7) Golf (7)

Pub quiz question 3151 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who, in 2003, became the first rugby star to kick his way to BBC Sports Personality of the Year glory?
Answer: A: Jonny Wilkinson
Categories: Rugby (2) Sports (3) Entertainment (3) 2000s (3)

Pub quiz question 3150 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which England football captain was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1966?
Answer: A: Bobby Moore
Categories: 1960s (6) Entertainment (6) Sports (6) Football (6)

Pub quiz question 3149 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ice skating duo became the first joint winners of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 1984?
Answer: A: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
Categories: 1980s (2) Sports (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 3148 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first footballer to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in the 21st Century
Answer: A: David Beckham
Notes: *: 2001
Categories: Sports (3) 2000s (3) Football (2) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 3147 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first Formula One driver to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?
Answer: A: Stirling Moss
Notes: *: 1961
Categories: Sports (7) 1960s (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 3146 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the only javelin throwing BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
Answer: A: Fatima Whitbread
Notes: *: 1987
Categories: 1980s (8) Sports (8) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 3145 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which football squad are known as the Gunners?
Answer: A: Arsenal
Categories: Sports (1) Football (1)

Pub quiz question 3144 by pjh2

Question: Q: What football team moved from Woolwich to Highbury and then to Holloway?
Answer: A: Arsenal
Categories: Sports (3) Football (3) London, UK (3)

Pub quiz question 3143 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which long-standing rivals do Arsenal face in a North London Derby
Answer: A: Tottenham Hotspur
Categories: Sports (3) Football (3) London, UK (4)

Pub quiz question 3142 by pjh2

Question: Q: What London Football Club was founded as Dial Square in 1886?
Answer: A: Arsenal
Categories: History (5) Football (5) Sports (5) London, UK (5)

Pub quiz question 3141 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former player returned to Arsenal as manager in 1986?
Answer: A: George Graham
Categories: 1980s (7) Sports (7) Football (7)

Pub quiz question 3140 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which team ended Arsenal's record run of 49 games without defeat?
Answer: A: Manchester United
Notes: *: 2004 season
Categories: Sports (8) Football (8)

Pub quiz question 3139 by pjh2

Question: Q: What large glass structure was the centrepiece of the 1851 Great Exhibition?
Answer: A: The Crystal Palace
Categories: London, UK (1) History (1) Landmarks (1)

Pub quiz question 3138 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which exhibition made a profit that helped fund the Science, Natural History and Victoria and Albert Museums?
Answer: A: The Great Exhibition
Categories: History (6) Science (6) Art (6) Landmarks (6)

Pub quiz question 3137 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London Park was the venue for the 1851 Great Exhibition?
Answer: A: Hyde Park
Categories: London, UK (2) History (2) Landmarks (2)

Pub quiz question 3136 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which member of the royal family masterminded the Great Exhibition of 1851?
Answer: A: Prince Albert
Categories: Royalty (4) History (5) London, UK (5) Landmarks (5)

Pub quiz question 3135 by pjh2

Question: Q: What yachting event was first held in conjunction with the Great Exhibition of 1851?
Answer: A: The America's Cup
Categories: Sports (6) History (6) Landmarks (6)

Pub quiz question 3134 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who designed the Crystal Palace with a little help from engineer Charles Fox?
Answer: A: Joseph Paxton
Categories: History (8)

Pub quiz question 3133 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who's tomb did Howard Carter discover in 1922?
Answer: A: Tutankhamun's
Categories: History (1) 1920s (1) Landmarks (1)

Pub quiz question 3132 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ancient monument, close to the Pyramids of Giza, is said to have been partly formed by natural erosion?
Answer: A: The Spinx
Categories: History (3) Geography (3) Landmarks (3)

Pub quiz question 3131 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the practical purpose of the Pharos of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders ofthe Ancient World?
Answer: A: Lighthouse
Categories: History (5) Landmarks (5)

Pub quiz question 3130 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who were the first people to separate copper from its ore?
Answer: A: The Egyptians
Categories: History (6) Science (6)