Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 2586 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the killer in the 1980 film Friday the 13th?
Answer: A: Mrs (Pamela Sue) Vorhees
Notes: *: Her full name wasn't revealed until the 4th film (1984). Jason started killing in the 2nd film (1981).
Categories: Horror (6) Film/Movies (6) Entertainment (6) 1980s (6)

Pub quiz question 2585 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1996 horror film was partly based on Daniel Harold Rolling, also known as The Gainesville Ripper, a serial killer in 1989/90?
Answer: A: Scream
Categories: Horror (6) Film/Movies (6) Entertainment (6) Crime (6) 1980s (7) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 2584 by pjh2

Question: Q: The pop group "Middle of the Road" wrote and sang which No.1 hit of 1971?
Answer: A: Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Categories: 1970s (5) Music (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 2583 by pjh2

Question: Q: In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," what was hung around the neck of the Mariner?
Answer: A: Albatros
Notes: *: The one the Mariner shot.
Categories: Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 2582 by pjh2

Question: Q: Founded in October 1881, which British magazine stopped publishing in 1984, after 104 years?
Answer: A: Tit-Bits
Notes: *: Full title: "Tit-Bits from all the interesting Books, Periodicals, and Newspapers of the World"
Categories: Literature (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 2581 by pjh2

Question: Q: Starting in 1970, who was BBC Radio One's first female DJ; and, since the death of John Peel in 2004, it's longest serving presenter?
Answer: A: Ann(ie) Nightingale
Categories: Entertainment (5) Music (6) 1970s (6)

Pub quiz question 2580 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which craft did Sir Donald Campbell die whilst endeavouring to set a water speed record on Coniston Water in January of 1967?
Answer: A: Bluebird (K7)
Categories: Sports (6) Leisure (6) History (7)

Pub quiz question 2579 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which actor, who died in 1977, appeared in the films "A Town Like Alice" (1956) and The Trials of Oscar Wilde(1960)?
Answer: A: Peter Finch
Categories: 1970s (6) 1950s (6) 1960s (6) Film/Movies (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 2578 by pjh2

Question: Q: In Star Wars what was the name of Han Solo's spacecraft?
Answer: A: Millennium Falcon
Categories: Film/Movies (4) SciFi (4) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 2577 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1962 novel, made into a film of the same name in 1975 starring Jack Nicholson, was written by Ken Kesey?
Answer: A: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Categories: Literature (5) Film/Movies (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 2576 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who had hits in the 50s and 60s with "Splish Splash," "Volare" and "My Boomerang Won't Come Back?"
Answer: A: Charlie Drake
Categories: 1950s (5) 1960s (5) Music (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 2575 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which character was played by Masha Skorobogatov, and Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs and by Julianne Moore in Hannibal?
Answer: A: Clarice M. Starling
Categories: Literature (5) Film/Movies (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 2574 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the original name of Sir Francis Drake's flagship The Golden Hind?
Answer: A: The Pelican
Categories: History (7)

Pub quiz question 2573 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former goalkeeper died during the 1958 Munich Air Disaster whilst working as a newspaper reporter?
Answer: A: Frank Swift
Categories: Football (5) 1950s (6)

Pub quiz question 2572 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which trilogy of novels did Flora Thompson write?
Answer: A: Lark Rise to Candleford
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 2571 by pjh2

Question: Q: What organisation was the enemy of the Men from UNCLE?
Answer: A: THRUSH
Categories: Children (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 2570 by pjh2

Question: Q: In Disney's Aladdin who provided the voice of the Genie?
Answer: A: Robin Williams
Categories: Entertainment (5) Children (5)

Pub quiz question 2569 by pjh2

Question: Q: The 1979 film "Apocalypse Now" was based on which early 20th century Joseph Conrad novel?
Answer: A: Heart of Darkness
Categories: Literature (6) Film/Movies (6) 1970s (5)

Pub quiz question 2568 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which song reached no.1 in 1990 for the Steve Miller Band after it was used in a Levi Jeans commercial?
Answer: A: The Joker
Categories: Music (4) Entertainment (5) Advertising (5)

Pub quiz question 2567 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote the novel "The Call of the Wild" published in 1903?
Answer: A: Jack London
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 2566 by pjh2

Question: Q: _Who_ did the actor Sam Neill portray in _which_ 1983 TV series?
Answer: A: Reilly: Ace of Spies
Categories: Entertainment (6) 1980s (5)

Pub quiz question 2565 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a score of forty-all in tennis?
Answer: A: Deuce
Categories: Sports (2) Tennis (1)

Pub quiz question 2564 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose daughters were called Regan, Goneril and Cordelia?
Answer: A: King Lear
Categories: Literature (4) Royalty (4)

Pub quiz question 2563 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the 1994 Stargate film which actor played Daniel Jackson, the hieroglyphics expert?
Answer: A: James Spader
Notes: *: Michael Shanks played him in the series
Categories: 1990s (5) Entertainment (5) SciFi (4)

Pub quiz question 2562 by pjh2

Question: Q: Sung to the tune of "There's a hole in my bucket" which beer was said to "works wonders, Works wonders, works wonders" in the 60s and 70s?
Answer: A: Double Diamond
Categories: Television (5) 1960s (5) 1970s (5)