Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 3104 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city officially opened the world's largest observation wheel in 1999?
Answer: A: London
Categories: London, UK (1) 1990s (1) History (1) Geography (1) Landmarks (1)

Pub quiz question 3103 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was nine-years old when he became King of England in 1216?
Answer: A: Henry III
Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 3102 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English King's nicknames included "Fitz Empressess" and "Curt Mantle?"
Answer: A: Henry II
Categories: Royalty (7) History (7) Names (9)

Pub quiz question 3101 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Henry snatched the throne while his older brother, Robert, was away on the Crusades?
Answer: A: Henry I
Categories: History (4) Royalty (4)

Pub quiz question 3100 by pjh2

Question: Q: What language was Henry VI the first monarch to make his coronation addres in since the Norman Conquest?
Answer: A: English
Categories: Language (2) History (2) Royalty (2)

Pub quiz question 3099 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became king of England at the age of nine months when Henry V died?
Answer: A: Henry VI
Categories: History (2) Royalty (2)

Pub quiz question 3098 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Henry commanded the winning side at Agincourt?
Answer: A: Henry V
Categories: History (1) Royalty (1)

Pub quiz question 3097 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the leader of the successful 1953 ascent of Mount Everest?
Answer: A: John Hunt
Categories: Geography (7) History (7) 1950s (7)

Pub quiz question 3096 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who replied "Because it's there," when asked why he intended climbing Mount Everest?
Answer: A: George Mallory
Categories: History (6) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 3095 by pjh2

Question: Q: What had 1,919 people reached the top of by the end of 2003?
Answer: A: Mount Everest
Categories: History (5) General Knowledge (5) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 3094 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which mountain was given its English name in 1865 by the British Surveyor-General in India, Andrew Waugh
Answer: A: Mount Everest
Categories: History (5) Language (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 3093 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which mountain witnessed the deaths of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine?
Answer: A: Mount Everest
Categories: History (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 3092 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 with Tenzing Norgay?
Answer: A: Edmund Hillary
Categories: History (2) 1950s (2) Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 3091 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was India's first Prime Minister and the father of Indira Gandhi?
Answer: A: Jawaharlal Nehru
Categories: History (8) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 3090 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British actor was Indira Gandhi on her way to meet at the time of her assassination?
Answer: A: Peter Ustinov
Notes: *: 31 October 1984
Categories: History (6) Entertainment (6) 1980s (6)

Pub quiz question 3089 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Rajiv Gandhi's high-flying job before he turned to politics?
Answer: A: Airline pilot
Categories: History (5) 1980s (5) Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 3088 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Indian Prime Minister was awarded the 1983/4 Lenin Peace Prize?
Answer: A: Indira Gandhi
Categories: Politics (4) History (4) 1980s (5)

Pub quiz question 3087 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became India's youngest Prime Minister shortly after his mother's assassination?
Answer: A: Rajiv Gandhi
Notes: *: 31 October 1984
Categories: History (3) 1980s (4) Politics (3)

Pub quiz question 3086 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Indian Prime Minister was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards?
Answer: A: Indira Ghandi
Notes: *: 31 October 1984
Categories: History (2) Politics (2) 1980s (2)

Pub quiz question 3085 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Canadian city boasts the world's richest rodeo which was first staged in 1912?
Answer: A: Calgary
Categories: History (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 3084 by pjh2

Question: Q: What ranch hands from the days of American cowboys gave their name to a brand of jeans?
Answer: A: Wranglers
Categories: Language (6) History (6)

Pub quiz question 3083 by pjh2

Question: Q: What subject of hundreds of Wild West movies do the Spaniards, who call then vaquero, lay claim to originating?
Answer: A: Cowboys
Categories: Language (5) History (5)

Pub quiz question 3082 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of the legendary graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona?
Answer: A: Boot Hill
Categories: History (2) Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 3081 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name for a US ranch hand has come to mean a tradesman who botches his jobs?
Answer: A: Cowboy
Categories: Language (1) History (1)

Pub quiz question 3080 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was given to the leather protection cowboys wore over the front of their trousers?
Answer: A: Chaps
Categories: History (1)