Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7041 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was John F Kennedy called by his friends?
  2. Answer: A: Jack
  3. Notes: *: President 1961-1963
  4. Categories: Politics (2) Names (2) 1960s (2)
Pub quiz question 7040 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British Queen presented a desk to America that remained unused until John F Kennedy's Presidency?
  2. Answer: A: Queen Victoria
  3. Categories: Politics (6) Royalty (6)
Pub quiz question 7039 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What organisation provides the majority of the healthcare in the United Kingdom?
  2. Answer: A: National Health Service
  3. Categories: Politics (1)
Pub quiz question 7038 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the USA's first Roman Catholic President?
  2. Answer: A: John F Kennedy
  3. Notes: *: President 1961-1963
  4. Categories: 1960s (4) Politics (4) Religion (6)
Pub quiz question 7037 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first US President born in the 20th century?
  2. Answer: A: John F Kennedy
  3. Notes: *: President 1961-1963
  4. Categories: Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 7036 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What colour is the background for the white letters on the NHS logo?
  2. Answer: A: Blue
  3. Categories: Politics (1) Logos (1)
Pub quiz question 7035 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the only US President to appoint his own brother to a senior cabinet post?
  2. Answer: A: John F Kennedy
  3. Categories: Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 7034 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What cost £6.65 in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland in April 2006 that people in Wales paid £3 for?
  2. Answer: A: An NHS prescription
  3. Categories: Politics (3) 2000s (3)
Pub quiz question 7033 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the first nation in the world to offer completely free healthcare on the basis of citizenship?
  2. Answer: A: United Kingdom
  3. Categories: Politics (4)
Pub quiz question 7032 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did former UK Chancellor Nigel Lawson call 'a national obsession?'
  2. Answer: A: The National Health Service
  3. Categories: Politics (3) Quotations (3)
Pub quiz question 7031 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was UK Prime Minister when the National Health Service was launched in 1948?
  2. Answer: A: Clement Atlee
  3. Categories: Politics (5) 1940s (5)
Pub quiz question 7029 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name was attached to Germany's World War II submarines?
  2. Answer: A: U-boats
  3. Categories: Names (1) 1940s (1) 1930s (1) Military (1)
Pub quiz question 7028 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What year saw the end of World War II?
  2. Answer: A: 1945
  3. Categories: 1940s (1) Military (1)
Pub quiz question 7027 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the nickname of Arthur Harris who was in charge of the World War II Allied air campaign against Germany?
  2. Answer: A: Bomber
  3. Categories: Names (3) 1940s (3) Military (3)
Pub quiz question 7026 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which UK Prime Minister's Munich Agreement wasn't worth the paper it was written on?
  2. Answer: A: Neville Chamberlain's
  3. Notes: *: 29/30 September 1938
  4. Categories: Politics (4) 1930s (4) Military (4)
Pub quiz question 7025 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What defensive line was supposed to keep the Germans out of France in World War II?
  2. Answer: A: Maginot Line
  3. Notes: *: Started in 1930, largely completed by 1939
  4. Categories: Military (6) 1930s (6) Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 7024 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the official name for the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk?
  2. Answer: A: Operation Dynamo
  3. Notes: *: 1940
  4. Categories: Names (7) 1940s (7) Military (7) Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 7023 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country's Antonine Wall was the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire?
  2. Answer: A: Scotland's
  3. Categories: Geography (2) Military (2) History (2)
Pub quiz question 7022 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which modern country included ancient Caledonia and its population of Picts?
  2. Answer: A: Scotland
  3. Categories: Geography (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 7021 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What island was connected to mainland Scotland by a bridge opened in 1995?
  2. Answer: A: Skye
  3. Categories: Geography (4) 1990s (4)
Pub quiz question 7020 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was James I of England's Scottish title?
  2. Answer: A: James VI
  3. Categories: Royalty (6) History (6)
Pub quiz question 7019 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name beginning with J was the most popular for boys for its 12th year running in the UK in 2006?
  2. Answer: A: Jack
  3. Categories: 2000s (3) Names (3)
Pub quiz question 7018 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What language did Kink Robert the Bruce hold his parliaments in?
  2. Answer: A: Gaelic
  3. Categories: Language (5) History (5) Royalty (5) Politics (5)
Pub quiz question 7017 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the four-letter Gaelic name for Scotland?
  2. Answer: A: Alba
  3. Categories: Language (6) Names (6)
Pub quiz question 7016 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which TV soap's characters are said to have resulted in Alfie, Aleesha and Demi rising and falling in the UK's favourite names for babies chart?
  2. Answer: A: Eastenders
  3. Categories: Entertainment (2) Television (2) Names (2) Soaps (2)
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