Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 3079 by pjh2

Question: Q: (On Thursday 21 July 2011) Tatsuya Ichihashi was sentenced to life in prison in Japan for the rape and murder of which British teacher in 2007?
Answer: A: Lindsay Hawker
Categories: Current Affairs (7)

Pub quiz question 3078 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who, or what, is Harper Seven?
Answer: A: David and Victoria Beckham's (4th) child (1st daughter)
Notes: *: Born 10 July 2011
Categories: Current Affairs (6) Football (4) Sports (4) Entertainment (4) 2010s (6)

Pub quiz question 3077 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the final space shuttle orbiter to fly (which landed Thursday 21 July 2011?)
Answer: A: Atlantis
Categories: Current Affairs (7) Space (9) Science (9)

Pub quiz question 3076 by pjh2

Question: Q: (July 2011) Which member of the Wind in the Willows is now fair game?
Answer: A: Badger
Notes: *: In an attempt to cull the spread of bovine TB, badgers are to be shot.
Categories: Politics (8) Current Affairs (4)

Pub quiz question 3075 by pjh2

Question: Q: Wendi Deng, who defended her husband against a custard pie attack, on Tuesday 19th July 2011, is his third wife - who is the husband?
Answer: A: Rupert Murdoch
Categories: Media (7) Current Affairs (5)

Pub quiz question 3074 by pjh2

Question: Q: Tom Pellereau was the winner of which reality TV series (on Sunday 17th July 2011?)
Answer: A: The Apprentice
Categories: Current Affairs (6) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 3073 by pjh2

Question: Q: The United States have/had (in 2011) until when to either raise or abolish their debt ceiling from $14.294tn or be considered in default?
Answer: A: August 2nd 2011
Categories: Finance (8) Current Affairs (7)

Pub quiz question 3072 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the Norwegian island on which Anders Behring Breivik shot and killed at least 86 people (on Friday 22 July 2011?)
Answer: A: Utøya (p: oo-terrya) (in Buskerud)
Categories: Current Affairs (8) Geography (9)

Pub quiz question 3071 by pjh2

Question: Q: Mohammed Bin Hammam, who was a FIFA executive committee member, was banned from football for life (on Saturday, 23 July 2011) for handing out bribes. Which country did he represent?
Answer: A: Qatar
Categories: Current Affairs (5) Football (7) Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 3070 by pjh2

Question: Q: Rebecca Leighton, the nurse arrested in connection with 5 deaths thought to be due to saline solution being contaminated with insulin, worked in which hospital?
Answer: A: Stepping Hill, Stockport, Manchester
Categories: Current Affairs (6)

Pub quiz question 3069 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country received a €109bn bailout Thurs 21st July 2011?
Answer: A: Greece
Categories: Current Affairs (3) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 3068 by pjh2

Question: Q: How old was Amy Winehouse when she died (on Saturday 23 July 2011?)
Answer: A: 27
Categories: Current Affairs (3) Entertainment (5) Music (5) 2010s (6)

Pub quiz question 3067 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which book of short stories has a second section called Kaa's Hunting?
Answer: A: The Jungle Book
Categories: Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 3066 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which literary character is adopted by Messua and her husband who beleive him to be their long-lost son Nathoo?
Answer: A: Mowgli
Categories: Literature (8) Children (8) Cartoons (8)

Pub quiz question 3065 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was flying the U2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960?
Answer: A: Francis Gary Powers
Categories: 1960s (8) History (8) Politics (8) Military (8)

Pub quiz question 3064 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of the Queen Mother's gay third-cousins was knighted as Master of the Queen's Pictures before it was realized he'd been a spy?
Answer: A: Anthony Blunt
Categories: History (7) Royalty (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 3063 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which university was attended by Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Harold Philby, Anthony Blunt, and the unknown fifth person in the 1930s?
Answer: A: Cambridge (Trinity)
Notes: *: The 'Cambridge Five'
Categories: 1930s (4) History (5) Military (5)

Pub quiz question 3062 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the nickname of spy Harold Philby?
Answer: A: Kim
Notes: *: Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 1912 – 11 May 1988)
Categories: Names (7) Military (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 3061 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who spied for England in Edinburgh in 1706 but is better known as the author of Robinson Crusoe?
Answer: A: Daniel Defoe
Notes: *: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, ordered him there in 1706
Categories: Military (3) Literature (3) History (3)

Pub quiz question 3060 by pjh2

Question: Q: What surname did T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) use for anonymity when he joined the Royal Tank Corps?
Answer: A: Shaw
Notes: *: T.E. stands for Thomas Edward
Categories: History (9) Names (9)

Pub quiz question 3059 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ancient city's capture resulted in TE Lawrence's (of Arabia) promotion to lieutenant-colonel in 1918
Answer: A: Damascus
Notes: *: TE stands for Thomas Edward
Categories: History (8) Military (8)

Pub quiz question 3058 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English country boasts the final resting place of T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia?)
Answer: A: Dorset
Notes: *: TE stands for Thomas Edward
Categories: History (5)

Pub quiz question 3057 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who played the rôle of Lawrence in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia?
Answer: A: Peter O'Toole
Categories: Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3) History (3) Military (3)

Pub quiz question 3056 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was writer and war hero T.E. Lawrence popularly known as?
Answer: A: Lawrence of Arabia
Notes: *: The T.E. stands for Thomas Edward
Categories: History (2) Military (2) Literature (2)

Pub quiz question 3055 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which island boasts of being Napoleon's birthplace?
Answer: A: Corsica
Categories: Geography (8) Military (8) History (8)