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Pub quiz question 471 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of the primates has a tail?
Answer: A: Babboon
Categories: Nature (4) Biology (4) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 470 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year did Roger Bannister first break the "4-minute mile?"
Answer: A: 1954
Categories: 1950s (4) History (5) Sports (4)

Pub quiz question 469 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UK number 1 song featured as the sountrack in the 1986 film Top Gun?
Answer: A: "Take my Breath Away"
Notes: *: By Berlin
Categories: 1980s (3) Music (3) Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 468 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the tyrant leader of the Khmer Rouge, whose reign of terror resulted inthedeaths of nearly 3 million Cambodians in the 1970s
Answer: A: Pol Pot
Categories: Military (4) 1970s (4) General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 467 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which country was the 1999 Rugby World Cup held?
Answer: A: Wales
Categories: Rugby (4) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 466 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who recorded the song "Freebird" in 1970?
Answer: A: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Categories: 1970s (6) Music (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 465 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a person authorized to vote on behalf of another?
Answer: A: A proxy
Categories: Politics (2) General Knowledge (2) Language (2)

Pub quiz question 464 by pjh2

Question: Q: Cyril the Swan is the official club mascot for which football team?
Answer: A: Swansea City
Categories: Football (3) Sports (4)

Pub quiz question 463 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which singer, formerly of a girl band, release solo hits "The boy does nothing" and "Breath slow" in 2008?
Answer: A: Alesha Dixon
Categories: 2000s (5) Music (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 462 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who said the famous phrase "An army marches on its stomach?"
Answer: A: Napoleon
Categories: Military (4) Quotations (4) General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 461 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the nickname of Grimbsby Town FC?
Answer: A: The Mariners
Categories: Football (4) Sports (4) General Knowledge (5)

Pub quiz question 460 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1954 film won Marlon Brando his first "Best Actor" award?
Answer: A: On the waterfront
Categories: 1950s (8) Film/Movies (8) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 459 by pjh2

Question: Q: The Muses were goddesses of Poetry and Song. Name them.
Answer: A: Clio, Thalia, Erato, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Terpsichore, Urania, Melpomene
Categories: Mythology (10) MultiAnswer9 (10)

Pub quiz question 458 by pjh2

Question: Q: The Muses were Goddesses of Poetry. How many muses were there?
Answer: A: Nine
Categories: Mythology (5) General Knowledge (5)

Pub quiz question 457 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which sport would you compete for the Harry Vardon trophy?
Answer: A: Golf
Categories: Sports (5) Leisure (5)

Pub quiz question 456 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Roxy Music's first hit single?
Answer: A: Virginia Plain
Categories: Music (5) 1970s (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 455 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the nationality of Adolf Hitler?
Answer: A: Austrian
Categories: History (2) Politics (2)

Pub quiz question 454 by pjh2

Question: Q: In Formula 1, what does a flag with yellow and red stripes signify?
Answer: A: Slippery track ahead
Categories: Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 453 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the Twelve days of Christmas song, what was given on the first day?
Answer: A: A partridge in a pear tree
Notes: *: Representing Jesus
Categories: Christmas (1) Music (1) General Knowledge (1)

Pub quiz question 452 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the Twelve days of Christmas song, what was given on the second day?
Answer: A: Two turtle doves
Notes: *: Representing the Old and New Testaments
Categories: Christmas (1) Music (1) General Knowledge (1)

Pub quiz question 451 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the Twelve days of Christmas song, three fench hens were given, representing the three theological virtues. What are they?
Answer: A: Faith, hope and love
Categories: MultiAnswer3 (4) Christmas (5)

Pub quiz question 446 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the Twelve days of Christmas song, what was given on the third day?
Answer: A: Three french hens
Notes: *: Representing the three theological virtues
Categories: Music (1) Christmas (1) General Knowledge (1)

Pub quiz question 445 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the Twelve days of Christmas song, what was given on the fourth day?
Answer: A: Four calling birds
Notes: *: Representing the four gospels
Categories: Christmas (1) Music (1) General Knowledge (1)

Pub quiz question 444 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the Twelve days of Christmas song, what was given on the fifth day?
Answer: A: Five gold rings
Notes: *: Representing the Torah/Pentateuch
Categories: Christmas (1) Music (1) General Knowledge (1)

Pub quiz question 443 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the Twelve days of Christmas song, what was given on the sixth day?
Answer: A: Six geese-a-laying
Notes: *: Representing the six days of creation
Categories: Christmas (2) Music (2) General Knowledge (2)