Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6090 by pjh2

Question: Q: Tyne Daley played which character in the American detective series Cagney and Lacey?
Answer: A: Mary Beth Lacey
Categories: Entertainment (5) Television (5)

Pub quiz question 6089 by pjh2

Question: Q: Sharon Gless played which character in the American detective series Cagney and Lacey?
Answer: A: Christine Cagney
Categories: Entertainment (5) Television (5)

Pub quiz question 6088 by pjh2

Question: Q: What type of creature is Shrek?
Answer: A: Ogre
Categories: Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 6087 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where did the man eating crocodile inhabit in the movie with the tag 'You'll Never Know what Bit You?'
Answer: A: Lake Placid
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) Horror (7)

Pub quiz question 6086 by pjh2

Question: Q: What would you transform into if you where a 'lycanthrope'?
Answer: A: Werewolf
Categories: Language (4) Horror (4)

Pub quiz question 6085 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did the Hills have in 1977 and 2006?
Answer: A: Eyes
Categories: Horror (3) Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3) 1970s (3) 2000s (3)

Pub quiz question 6084 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what area did Freddie Kruger terrorise his victims?
Answer: A: Elm Street
Categories: Horror (3) Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 6083 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1982 musical, made into a movie in 1986 by Frank Oz, centered around a florists shop?
Answer: A: Little Shop of Horrors
Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (4) Horror (5)

Pub quiz question 6082 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the first name of the character played by Anthony Perkins in Hitchcock's 1960 movie 'Physco?'
Answer: A: Norman (Bates)
Categories: Entertainment (3) 1960s (3) Film/Movies (3) Horror (3)

Pub quiz question 6081 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the British film company who dominated the horror film market in the 50s 60s & 70s?
Answer: A: Hammer House of Horror
Categories: 1960s (3) 1950s (3) Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3) 1970s (3) Horror (3)

Pub quiz question 6080 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the 1979 movie by Ridley Scott with the tag line 'In space no one can hear you scream?'
Answer: A: Alien
Categories: SciFi (3) Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3) Horror (3)

Pub quiz question 6079 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which company's TV advert starring David Tennant was pulled (2012) due to a complaint from the BBC about references to Dr Who?
Answer: A: Virgin Media's
Categories: Current Affairs (5) Television (6) Business (7) Entertainment (7) SciFi (7) Advertising (7)

Pub quiz question 6078 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which chemical element has the symbol Zr?
Answer: A: Zirconium
Categories: Science (7) Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6077 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which county beat Glamorgan to win the 2000 Benson and Hedges Cup Final?
Answer: A: Gloucestershire
Categories: Cricket (7) Sports (8)

Pub quiz question 6076 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Saturday night TV programme was first broadcast on August 22 1964?
Answer: A: Match of the Day
Categories: Sports (5) Football (2) Entertainment (7) Television (7)

Pub quiz question 6075 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote the novel Fair Stood the Wind for France?
Answer: A: H.E. Bates
Notes: *: Published 1944
Categories: 1940s (8) Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 6074 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which many-headed monster was killed by Hercules as one of his labors?
Answer: A: Hydra
Categories: Mythology (5)

Pub quiz question 6073 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Roman poet is known for this 16 satires?
Answer: A: Juvenal
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 6072 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ceremony on Horse Guards Parade celebrates the Queen's official birthday?
Answer: A: Trooping the Colour
Categories: Royalty (3)

Pub quiz question 6071 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the smallest of the anthropoid apes?
Answer: A: Gibbon
Categories: Biology (7) Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 6070 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which African mammal has a name which means 'earth pig' in Afrikaans?
Answer: A: Aardvark
Categories: Biology (5) Nature (5) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 6069 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English poet is best known for nautical ballads such as Drake's Drum?
Answer: A: Sir Henry Newbold
Categories: Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 6068 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who won the women's singles title at the 2000 French Open?
Answer: A: Mary Pierce
Categories: Tennis (7) Sports (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 6067 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which branch of social science was Bronisław Malinowski associated?
Answer: A: Anthropology
Categories: Science (8)

Pub quiz question 6066 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to an earthed metal rod placed at the top of a tall building?
Answer: A: Lightning conductor
Categories: Science (2) Physics (2) Buildings (2)