Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7015 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name beginning with J replaced Emily as Britain's favourite name for girls born in 2005?
Answer: A: Jessica
Categories: Names (6) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 7014 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the only new entry in the 2005 list of favourite boys names, probably thanks to Tony and Cherie Blair?
Answer: A: Leo
Categories: Names (4) Politics (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 7013 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which star of 'Pirates of the Caribbean - the Black Pearl' is blamed for her first name shooting into the UK top 40 for girls born in 2005?
Answer: A: Kiera Knightley
Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) 2000s (5) Names (5)

Pub quiz question 7012 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which boy's name's new-found popularity in 2005 is said to have been die to England's success in the Ashes cricket tournament?
Answer: A: Freddie
Notes: *: Flintoff
Categories: 2000s (6) Sports (6) Cricket (5) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 7011 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Britain's first blind cabinet minister?
Answer: A: David Blunkett
Notes: *: 1997
Categories: Politics (1) 1990s (1)

Pub quiz question 7010 by pjh2

Question: Q: What service did Ruby, Teddy, Lucy and Sadie perform for David Blunkett?
Answer: A: Guide Dogs
Categories: Politics (2)

Pub quiz question 7009 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UK Home Secretary had a relationship with Kimberly Quinn (previously Fortier)?
Answer: A: David Blunkett
Notes: *: 2001-2004
Categories: 2000s (4) Politics (4) Sleaze (4)

Pub quiz question 7008 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London Club did David Blunkett allegedly receive free membership to?
Answer: A: Annabel's
Categories: Politics (6) London, UK (6) Sleaze (6)

Pub quiz question 7007 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became the youngest ever councillor on Sheffield City Council at the age of 22 in 1970?
Answer: A: David Blunkett
Categories: Politics (7) 1970s (7)

Pub quiz question 7006 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which politician was the subject of the play 'Who's the Daddy?'
Answer: A: David Blunkett
Notes: *: 2005
Categories: Entertainment (8) 2000s (8) Politics (8) Sleaze (7)

Pub quiz question 7005 by pjh2

Question: Q: What city became capital of Cuba in 1519?
Answer: A: Havana
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 7004 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became Prime Minister of Cuba in 1959?
Answer: A: Fidel Castro
Categories: Politics (3) 1950s (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 7003 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Welsh band charged just 17p per head for their 1991 Cuba gig attended by Fidel Castro?
Answer: A: The Manic Street Preachers
Categories: Music (5) Entertainment (5) 1990s (5) Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 7002 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Argentinian Marxist, who became a bedroom poster icon of the 1960s, was one of Fidel Castro's closest advisers?
Answer: A: Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
Categories: Politics (5) 1960s (5)

Pub quiz question 7001 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the first name of Fidel Castro's Younger brother who became President of Cuba's Council of State during Castro's 2006 Illness?
Answer: A: Raúl
Categories: 2000s (8) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 7000 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Caribbean island did Columbus originally name Juana?
Answer: A: Cuba
Categories: History (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6999 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which expedition leader was narrowly beaten to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1912?
Answer: A: Robert Falcon Scott
Categories: History (2) 1910s (2)

Pub quiz question 6998 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was explorer Ernest Shackleton's country of birth?
Answer: A: Ireland
Categories: History (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 6997 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which explorer's final words were: "I am just going outside and may be some time?"
Answer: A: Captain Lawrence Oates'
Notes: *: 17 March 1912
Categories: History (5) Quotations (5) 1910s (5)

Pub quiz question 6996 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which explorer was a Liberal Unionist candidate for Dundee at the 1906 general election?
Answer: A: Ernest Shackleton
Categories: Politics (7) 1900s (7)

Pub quiz question 6995 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ships failed to live up to its name when it was crushed by Antarctic ice in 1915?
Answer: A: Endurance
Categories: History (6) 1910s (6)

Pub quiz question 6994 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who led the 'Discovery Expedition' to the Antarctic in 1901?
Answer: A: Robert Falcon Scott
Categories: 1900s (8) History (8)

Pub quiz question 6993 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which saint is said to have landed in Ireland in AD432?
Answer: A: St. Patrick
Categories: Religion (2) History (2) Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 6992 by pjh2

Question: Q: What shortage killed one million Irish people in the 1840s?
Answer: A: Potatoes
Categories: Food (1) History (1)

Pub quiz question 6991 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country's parliament passed the Act of Union in 1801?
Answer: A: Ireland's
Categories: Politics (1) Geography (1)