Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6490 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which ex-husband of Princess Anne is getting divorced a second time for a woman 4 months younger than his son?
  2. Answer: A: Mark Phillips
  3. Notes: *: 2012
  4. Categories: Royalty (3) Current Affairs (3)
Pub quiz question 6489 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Argentina released an Olympic advert showing one of their hopefuls training, ending with the slogan "To compete on English soil we train on Argentine soil." Where was the whole advert filmed?
  2. Answer: A: The Falklands
  3. Notes: *: 2012 Olympics
  4. Categories: Current Affairs (3) Olympics (5) Politics (5) Sports (6) 2010s (7)
Pub quiz question 6488 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Adam Yauch, who used Nathanial Hörnblowér as a pseudonum, died at age 47 from cancer. Which well-known hip-hop group did he found in 1979?
  2. Answer: A: Beastie Boys
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7) Entertainment (8) Music (7) 1970s (7) 2010s (7)
Pub quiz question 6487 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Selling at $120 million, which painting became the most expensive ever sold at auction in 2012?
  2. Answer: A: The Scream
  3. Notes: *: Edvard Munch
  4. Categories: Art (5) Current Affairs (5) 2010s (5)
Pub quiz question 6486 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which airline is offering, to their upper class passengers, ice cubes in the shape of the head of the President of the company?
  2. Answer: A: Virgin Atlantic
  3. Notes: *: Richard Branson
  4. Categories: Current Affairs (7)
Pub quiz question 6485 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links cleave, to bolt, oversight, model, to lease, impregnable, to scan?
  2. Answer: A: They're Autoantonyms - words that have two opposite meanings
  3. Notes: *: cleave: 'to cling' 'to split', bolt: 'leave quickly' 'fixed, oversight: 'supervision' 'to miss something', model: 'archetype' 'copy', to lease: 'to loan (for money)' 'to borrow (for money)' impregnable: 'not pregnable' 'capable of being impregnated', scan: 'examine closely' 'look over hastily'
  4. Categories: Connections (9) Language (8)
Pub quiz question 6484 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard 1960, James Cameron 2012?
  2. Answer: A: Reched the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific
  3. Categories: Connections (8)
Pub quiz question 6483 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links The Voice, Deal Or No Deal, Big Brother?
  2. Answer: A: TV formats originating in the Netherlands
  3. Categories: Connections (9) Entertainment (9) Television (9)
Pub quiz question 6482 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links The West, America, Mexico, The Midlands, Anatolia?
  2. Answer: A: 'Once Upon a Time in ...' films
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Entertainment (9) Film/Movies (9)
Pub quiz question 6481 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links Eliste soldiers of the Achaemenid Empire and members of l'Académie Française?
  2. Answer: A: Known as 'Immortals'
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Language (9)
Pub quiz question 6480 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links Green, Blue, Red and Black in order of increasing difficulty?
  2. Answer: A: The four grades of ski slopes in Europe
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Sports (8)
Pub quiz question 6479 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links TR19 7AA and KW1 4YR?
  2. Answer: A: Post codes for Land's end and John O'Groats
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 6478 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In ancient Egypt, what was kept in canopic jars?
  2. Answer: A: Entrails of mummies
  3. Categories: History (3) Egypt (3)
Pub quiz question 6477 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What sport is played during "March Madness?"
  2. Answer: A: Basketball (US college)
  3. Categories: Sports (6)
Pub quiz question 6476 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What inspired Shelley's Masque of Anarchy poem?
  2. Answer: A: Peterloo Massacre
  3. Categories: Military (8) Literature (8)
Pub quiz question 6475 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who signed the Anti-Comintern Pact in 1936?
  2. Answer: A: Germany and Japan
  3. Categories: Military (8) 1930s (8)
Pub quiz question 6474 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In France, what is "Norwegian Omelette?"
  2. Answer: A: Baked Alaska
  3. Categories: Food (8)
Pub quiz question 6473 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city has hosted a Goose Fair for 700 years?
  2. Answer: A: Nottingham
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (8)
Pub quiz question 6472 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which 80s pop group featured eight siblings of the Wolfgramm family?
  2. Answer: A: The Jets
  3. Categories: Entertainment (8) Music (8) 1980s (8)
Pub quiz question 6471 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the (eight) siblings of the Wolframm family that made up the 80s band The Jets
  2. Answer: A: Eugene, Elizabeth, Haini, Moana, Eddie, Rudy, Kathi, LeRoy
  3. Categories: Entertainment (10) Music (10) 1980s (10) MultiAnswer8 (7)
Pub quiz question 6470 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which English King was imprisoned in Dürnstein castle, Austria?
  2. Answer: A: Richard I
  3. Categories: Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 6469 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Two Welshmen were fined AU$1000 each for stealing what after drinking 1½ litres of vodka between them? Extra point for its name.
  2. Answer: A: A Fairy Penguin. Called Dirk.
  3. Notes: *: From a wildlife park on the Gold Coast of Australia
  4. Categories: Current Affairs (3)
Pub quiz question 6468 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build what by 2016?
  2. Answer: A: Titanic II
  3. Notes: *: Announced 2012
  4. Categories: Current Affairs (5) 2010s (6)
Pub quiz question 6467 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Saturday's (28th April 2012) Lottery Bonus Ball?
  2. Answer: A: 6
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5)
Pub quiz question 6466 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Company
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Vodafone
  4. Notes: *: 2012
  5. Categories: 2010s (6) Advertising (6)
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