Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5356 by pjh2

Question: Q: Home Improvement star Tim Allen played a toy salesman in which 1994 Christmas Movie?
Answer: A: The Santa Clause
Categories: 1990s (4) Christmas (4) Entertainment (4) Film/Movies (4)

Pub quiz question 5355 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which presenter of the children's TV show Blue Peter left the show in 1996 to become an early morning host on BBC Radio 2?
Answer: A: Diane-Louise Jordan
Categories: Children (5) Radio (5) Entertainment (5) Television (5) 1990s (5)

Pub quiz question 5354 by pjh2

Question: Q: The attempted assassination of which pop artist and film-maker was the subject of a 1996 film by Mary Harron?
Answer: A: Andy Warhol (I short Andy Warhol)
Categories: 1990s (5) Art (5) Crime (5)

Pub quiz question 5353 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Boon star played Billy Bones in the 1995 TV movie 'Ken Russell's Treasure Island?'
Answer: A: Michael Elphick
Notes: *: Boon 1986-1992, 1995
Categories: Entertainment (4) Film/Movies (4) Television (4) 1990s (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 5352 by pjh2

Question: Q: In 1995, Kim Wilde appeared in a production of which rock musical in London's West End?
Answer: A: Tommy
Categories: Art (6) Entertainment (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 5351 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote and directed the 1995 film In the Bleak Midwinter?
Answer: A: Kenneth Branagh
Categories: 1990s (6) Film/Movies (6)

Pub quiz question 5350 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who had a UK number one hit single in 1981 with It's My Party?
Answer: A: Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin
Categories: Entertainment (5) Music (5) 1980s (5)

Pub quiz question 5349 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US dramatist wrote the plays American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross?
Answer: A: David Mamet
Categories: Literature (8) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 5348 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US city is served by O'Hare International Airport?
Answer: A: Chicago
Categories: Travel (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 5347 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a device that enables computers to send and receive information via telephone?
Answer: A: Modem
Categories: Computing (3)

Pub quiz question 5346 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are 25th wedding anniversary gifts traditionally made of?
Answer: A: Silver
Categories: General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 5345 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Irish actor played George Adamson in the film To Walk With Lions?
Answer: A: Richard Harris
Notes: *: 1999
Categories: Film/Movies (6) Entertainment (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 5344 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English poet and dramatist wrote The Beggar's Opera?
Answer: A: John Gay
Categories: Music (8)

Pub quiz question 5343 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the largest city in Switzerland?
Answer: A: Zurich
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 5342 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which famous World War II figher plane was designed by Reginald Joeseph Michell?
Answer: A: Spitfire
Notes: *: 1932
Categories: Military (4) 1930s (6)

Pub quiz question 5341 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a word that has the same meaning as another word?
Answer: A: Synonym
Categories: Language (4)

Pub quiz question 5340 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which song by Travis earned Fran Healy an Ivor Novello award as Songwriter of the Year?
Answer: A: Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
Notes: *: 1999
Categories: Entertainment (6) Music (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 5339 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote The Railway Children?
Answer: A: Edith Nesbit
Notes: *: 1906
Categories: Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 5338 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which actor won an posthumous Oscar for the film 'Network?'
Answer: A: Peter Finch
Notes: *: Released 1976, Oscar 1977
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) 1970s (6)

Pub quiz question 5337 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which German footballer is the only man to have both captained and managed Word Cup-winning teams?
Answer: A: Franz Beckenbauer
Notes: *: 1974 as player, 1990 as manager
Categories: Sports (7) Football (7) 1970s (8) 1990s (8)

Pub quiz question 5336 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who founded the Académie Française to preserve the purity of the French language?
Answer: A: Cardinal Richelieu
Categories: Language (5) Religion (5)

Pub quiz question 5335 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which star of Blackadder was elected to Labour's national executive in 2000?
Answer: A: Tony Robinson
Categories: Entertainment (4) Television (4) Politics (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 5334 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the capital of Malawi?
Answer: A: Lilongwe
Categories: Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 5333 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US author created Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox?
Answer: A: Joel Chandler Harris
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 5332 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are the names of the two bones in the forearm?
Answer: A: Radius and ulna
Categories: Biology (4) Science (4) Nature (4)