Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6031 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a regular polygon with ten sides?
Answer: A: Decagon
Categories: Mathematics (5)

Pub quiz question 6030 by pjh2

Question: Q: Of which US state is Juneau the capital?
Answer: A: Alaska
Categories: Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 6029 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a regular polygon with eleven sides?
Answer: A: Hendecagon
Categories: Mathematics (8)

Pub quiz question 6028 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the most famous creation of the Australian author P.L.Travers?
Answer: A: Mary Poppins
Notes: *: Published 1934. Film 1964
Categories: Literature (5) Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) 1930s (5) 1960s (5)

Pub quiz question 6027 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a regular polygon with four sides?
Answer: A: Square
Categories: Mathematics (1)

Pub quiz question 6026 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a regular polygon with eight sides?
Answer: A: Octagon
Categories: Mathematics (4)

Pub quiz question 6025 by pjh2

Question: Q: In law, what name is given to the unlawful entrance upon the property of another?
Answer: A: Trespass
Categories: Crime (2)

Pub quiz question 6024 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American golfer won the US and British Opens in 1932?
Answer: A: Gene Sarazen
Categories: Sports (7) Golf (7) 1930s (7)

Pub quiz question 6023 by pjh2

Question: Q: Members of which organisation heckled and slow-handclapped Tony Blair when he addressed their conference in 2000?
Answer: A: Women's Institute
Categories: Politics (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 6022 by pjh2

Question: Q: At which racecoure did jockeys Frankie Dettori and Ray Cochrane survice a plane crash in 2000?
Answer: A: Newmarket
Categories: Horse Racing (7) Sports (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 6021 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a barrier placed across a river to stop the flow of water?
Answer: A: A dam
Categories: Language (2)

Pub quiz question 6020 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the largest county in Wales before April 1996?
Answer: A: Dyfed
Notes: *: It was broken up on 1 April 1996
Categories: Geography (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 6019 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Scottish surgeon was the first European to trace the course of the River Niger?
Answer: A: Mungo Park
Categories: Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 6018 by pjh2

Question: Q: By what nickname are the Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London known?
Answer: A: Beefeaters
Categories: Royalty (2) Language (2)

Pub quiz question 6017 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Greek philosopher died by drinking hemlock?
Answer: A: Socrates
Categories: General Knowledge (5)

Pub quiz question 6016 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a dagger attached to the barrel of a gun?
Answer: A: Bayonet
Categories: Military (2)

Pub quiz question 6015 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which indoor game is also called ping-pong?
Answer: A: Table Tennis
Categories: Sports (2) Names (2)

Pub quiz question 6014 by pjh2

Question: Q: Before David Coulthard's 2000 victory, who was the last British driver to win the Monaco Grand Prix?
Answer: A: Jackie Stewart
Notes: *: 1966, 1971, 1973
Categories: 2000s (7) 1970s (7) Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 6013 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Irish dramatist wrote Waiting for Godot?
Answer: A: Samuel Beckett
Notes: *: Published 1953
Categories: 1950s (6) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 6012 by pjh2

Question: Q: By what first name was US trumpet player John Birks Gillespie known?
Answer: A: Dizzy
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 6011 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which character in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice demands a pound of flesh?
Answer: A: Shylock
Categories: Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 6010 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links Alphage, Thomas Becket, Simon Sudbury, Thomas Cranmer and William Laud?
Answer: A: Archbishops of Canterbury who suffered violent deaths
Categories: Connections (8) Religion (7)

Pub quiz question 6009 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links Cal Trask, Jim Start, Jett Rink (and no-one else?)
Answer: A: Film roles of James Dean
Notes: *: East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, Giant
Categories: Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 6008 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links Kuwait, Luxembourg, Panama, Guatemala and Mexico?
Answer: A: Capital cities that share the name of the country they're in.
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 6007 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links spearing, slashing, butt-ending and cross-checking?
Answer: A: Ice Hockey (infringements)
Categories: Connections (8) Sports (8)