Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 3129 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many days were there in an ancient Egyptian year?
Answer: A: 365
Notes: *: It was divided into 12 months of 30 days each, plus five extra days at the end of the year.
Categories: Science (6) History (6)

Pub quiz question 3128 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which carved stone was the key to the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Answer: A: The Rosetta Stone
Categories: Language (4) History (6) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 3127 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city serves afternoon tea in its ancient Pump Room overlooking the Roman Bath?
Answer: A: Bath
Categories: Geography (2) History (3)

Pub quiz question 3126 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which World Heritage Site in the south west of England is famous for its Georgian architecture including the Royal Crescent?
Answer: A: Bath
Categories: History (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 3125 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city didn't open its new spa until 2006 after holding a Three Tenors opening concert in 2003?
Answer: A: Bath
Categories: Geography (4) History (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 3124 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English city was known to the Romans as Aquae Sulis?
Answer: A: Bath
Categories: Geography (6) History (6)

Pub quiz question 3123 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the teacakes baked in Bath and were first recorded in 1772?
Answer: A: Sally Lunn's
Categories: History (7) Food (7)

Pub quiz question 3122 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English city appointed Swansea-born dandy Beau Nash as its Master of Ceremonies?
Answer: A: Bath
Categories: People (8) Geography (8) History (8)

Pub quiz question 3121 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was suspended in Britain in 1965 and finally banned in 1969?
Answer: A: Capital Punishment
Categories: 1960s (2) Politics (2) History (2) Crime (2)

Pub quiz question 3120 by pjh2

Question: Q: What macabre job brought fame to James Berry and Albert Pierrepoint?
Answer: A: Hangman/Public executioner
Categories: History (2) Crime (2)

Pub quiz question 3119 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the last woman to be executed in Britain?
Answer: A: Ruth Ellis
Notes: *: 13 July 1955
Categories: History (4) 1950s (4) Crime (4)

Pub quiz question 3118 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country carried out more than 3,400 executions in 2004?
Answer: A: China
Categories: Geography (4) Crime (5) History (5) 2000s (5)

Pub quiz question 3117 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Syd Dernley Britain's last example of when he died in 1994?
Answer: A: Hangman/Public executioner
Categories: History (7) Crime (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 3116 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did humanitarian William the Conqueror replace with castration and gouging out of eyes?
Answer: A: Capital punishment
Categories: Crime (8) History (8)

Pub quiz question 3115 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which United States navel base did Japan attack in 1941 to declare was on the Allies?
Answer: A: Pearl Harbour
Categories: 1940s (3) History (3) Military (3)

Pub quiz question 3114 by pjh2

Question: Q: What religion was introduced to Japan in the mid-6th century?
Answer: A: Buddhism
Categories: Religion (5) History (5)

Pub quiz question 3113 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Japanese term meaning 'divine wind' was adopted into the English language to describe World War II suicide pilots?
Answer: A: Kamikaze
Categories: Language (4) 1940s (4) History (4)

Pub quiz question 3112 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who were the first Japanese warriors to be officially permitted to carry two swords, one long and one short?
Answer: A: Samurai
Categories: History (6)

Pub quiz question 3111 by pjh2

Question: Q: What colour suits are associated with Japanese Ninja?
Answer: A: Black
Categories: History (6)

Pub quiz question 3110 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the first city to be devastated by the dropping of an atomic bomb?
Answer: A: Hiroshima
Categories: Geography (2) Military (2) History (2) 1940s (2)

Pub quiz question 3109 by pjh2

Question: Q: What method of transport was used to get most of the London Eye Structure to its site on the Thames?
Answer: A: Barge
Categories: London, UK (6) Landmarks (6) History (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 3108 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was voted the World's best Tourist Attraction in a 2005 Pringles poll?
Answer: A: The London Eye
Categories: History (7) 2000s (7) Landmarks (7)

Pub quiz question 3107 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who officially opened the London Eye on 31st December 1999 even though the public couldn't ride it for three months due to technical problems?
Answer: A: Tony Blair
Categories: London, UK (7) Landmarks (7) Politics (7) 1990s (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 3106 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London Tourist Attraction was originally constructed with planning permission for only five years?
Answer: A: The London Eye
Notes: *: opened 1999
Categories: 1990s (5) London, UK (5) History (5) Landmarks (5)

Pub quiz question 3105 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which airline was the first sponsor of the London Eye?
Answer: A: British Airways
Notes: *: 1999
Categories: London, UK (3) 1990s (3) History (3) Landmarks (3)