Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6790 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US President's disability resulted in the White House being made wheelchair-accessible?
Answer: A: Franklin D. Roosevelt's
Notes: *: He fell ill on 9 August 1921, but there is little consensus on what he actually suffered.
Categories: History (7) Politics (7) Biology (8)

Pub quiz question 6789 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did the residence of the President of the USA become formerly known as in 1901?
Answer: A: The White House
Categories: Politics (1) History (1) Buildings (1)

Pub quiz question 6788 by pjh2

Question: Q: Other than the Queen's English, what language does Queen Elizabeth II speak fluently?
Answer: A: French
Categories: Royalty (6) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 6787 by pjh2

Question: Q: At which London address was Queen Elizabeth II born?
Answer: A: 17, Bruton Street
Notes: *: 1926
Categories: Royalty (8) 1920s (8)

Pub quiz question 6786 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was born at 17, Bruton Street?
Answer: A: Queen Elizabeth II
Notes: *: 1926
Categories: Royalty (6) 1920s (6)

Pub quiz question 6785 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where can you find Arnol Machin's 1966 image of Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: A: On stamps (and coins minted to 1984)
Categories: Royalty (6) 1960s (6) 1970s (6)

Pub quiz question 6784 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects Emma, Linnet, Holly, Monty, Willow?
Answer: A: Names of the Queen's corgis
Categories: Royalty (6) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 6783 by pjh2

Question: Q: "May she defend our laws, and ever give us cause, to sing with heart and voice, "... what comes next?
Answer: A: God save the Queen(King)
Categories: Royalty (4) Music (4)

Pub quiz question 6782 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects Sir William Heseltine, Sir Alan Lascelles, Sir Robert Fellowes?
Answer: A: Private Secretaries to the Queen
Categories: Royalty (7) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 6781 by pjh2

Question: Q: When an undercover reporter from a tabloid paper worked as a royal footman, in whose bedroom did he find a cushion embroidered with the motto 'Eat, sleep and remarry?'
Answer: A: Prince Andrew's
Categories: Royalty (7) Media (8)

Pub quiz question 6780 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where does the following exchange take place: "Whose keys?" "Queen Elizabeth's Keys?"
Answer: A: Tower of London
Categories: Royalty (7)

Pub quiz question 6779 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the Queen's official title in the Channel Islands?
Answer: A: Duke of Normandy
Categories: Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6778 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who's jubilee tribute to the Queen included the words "We're the flowers in the dustbin. We're the poison in your human machine?
Answer: A: The Sex Pistols (God Save the Queen)
Categories: Royalty (7) Entertainment (6) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 6777 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which monarch established racing at Ascot?
Answer: A: Queen Anne
Categories: Royalty (7) Sports (9) Horse Racing (8)

Pub quiz question 6776 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who first ordered the clocks at Sandringham to be set at half-an-hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time?
Answer: A: Edward VII
Notes: *: 1901 to 1936
Categories: Royalty (8) 1910s (7) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 6775 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which monarch died on the lavatory, while trying to relieve his constipation?
Answer: A: George II
Categories: Royalty (8) Biology (8)

Pub quiz question 6774 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the Sailor King?
Answer: A: William IV
Categories: Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6773 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the (most recent) Year of the Three Kings?
Answer: A: 1936
Notes: *: George V died, Edward VII abdicated (Wallis Simpson), leaving George VI. First year was 1066
Categories: Royalty (8) 1930s (5) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 6772 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the kings from the (most recent) Year of the Three Kings?
Answer: A: George V (died,) Edward VII (abdicated - Wallis Simpson), leaving George VI
Notes: *: 1936
Categories: Royalty (8) MultiAnswer3 (7) 1930s (6)

Pub quiz question 6771 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who, on first seeing his intended bride, said he felt unwell and demanded a brandy?
Answer: A: George IV
Categories: Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6770 by pjh2

Question: Q: What unfortunate event connects Henry VIII and George V?
Answer: A: The death of an older brother resulted in their accession to the throne
Categories: Connections (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6769 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which future monarch competed at Wimbledon?
Answer: A: George VI
Notes: *: 1926 in the mens doubles
Categories: Royalty (8) Tennis (8) Sports (8) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 6768 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose last words were supposedly 'Oh, bugger Bognor?'
Answer: A: George V
Notes: *: On being told 'that he would soon be well enough to revisit the town' on his deathbed
Categories: Royalty (8) Quotations (8)

Pub quiz question 6767 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the Duke of Lancaster?
Answer: A: Queen Elizabeth II
Categories: Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6766 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year did Queen Elizabeth II wake up to find an intruder in her bedroom?
Answer: A: 1982
Categories: Royalty (8) 1980s (7)