Questions by pjh2

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)

Pub quiz question 5331 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the Irish Taoiseach from December 1982 to March 1987?
Answer: A: Garret Fitzgerald
Categories: Politics (7) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 5330 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Bolshevik leader was assassinated in Mexico in 1940?
Answer: A: Leon Trotsky
Categories: 1940s (5) Politics (5) Crime (5)

Pub quiz question 5329 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US actor starred ion A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and The Godfather?
Answer: A: Marlon Brando
Notes: *: Released 1951, 1954 and 1972 respectively
Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) 1950s (5) 1970s (5)

Pub quiz question 5328 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the body of soldiers that protects the Pope?
Answer: A: Swiss Guard
Categories: Military (4) Religion (5)

Pub quiz question 5327 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Spanish football team won the 2000 Champions League final?
Answer: A: Real Madrid C.F.
Categories: Sports (6) Football (5) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 5326 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which German tennis player won his first Wimbledon title in 1985?
Answer: A: Boris Becker
Categories: Sports (5) Tennis (4) 1980s (6)

Pub quiz question 5325 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the capital of Brazil?
Answer: A: Brasília
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 5324 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British actor starred in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning?
Answer: A: Albert Finney
Notes: *: 1960
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 5323 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which physicist is the formula E=MC² associated?
Answer: A: Albert Einstein
Categories: Science (2) Physics (2)

Pub quiz question 5322 by pjh2

Question: Q: To which playwright was Anne Hathaway married?
Answer: A: William Shakespeare
Categories: Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 5321 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the second wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Anne Boleyn
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5320 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Catherine of Aragon
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5319 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the third wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Jane Seymour
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5318 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the fourth wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Anne of Cleves
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5317 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the fifth wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Catherine Howard
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 5316 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the sixth wife of Henry VIII?
Answer: A: Catherine Parr
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)