Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5315 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Pakistan batsman was banned for life after being found guilty of match fixing in 2000?
Answer: A: Salim Malik
Categories: Cricket (5) 2000s (6) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 5314 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People?
Answer: A: Dale Carnegie
Notes: *: 1936
Categories: Literature (6) 1930s (6)

Pub quiz question 5313 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sort of terrier gets its name from a character in Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering?
Answer: A: Dandie Dinmont terrier
Categories: Nature (6) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 5312 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former Scotland captain joined Liverpool on a free transfer in 2000?
Answer: A: Gary McAllister
Categories: Sports (7) Football (5) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 5311 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nationality was the operatic soprano Kirsten Flagstad?
Answer: A: Norwegian
Categories: Music (7) Entertainment (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 5310 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English physician discovered how blood circulates?
Answer: A: William Harvey
Categories: Physics (6) Biology (6) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 5309 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
Answer: A: Harper Lee
Notes: *: 1960
Categories: Literature (4) 1960s (4)

Pub quiz question 5308 by pjh2

Question: Q: What silvery metallic element has the symbol Yb?
Answer: A: Ytterbium
Categories: Chemistry (4) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 5307 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which King of France was the husband of Catherine De'Medici?
Answer: A: Henry II
Categories: Royalty (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 5306 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many novels are there in C.P.Snow's Strangers and Brothers series?
Answer: A: Eleven
Notes: *: 1940 through 1970
Categories: Literature (6) 1940s (6) 1950s (6) 1970s (6) 1960s (6)

Pub quiz question 5305 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sort of creature is a Lhasa apso?
Answer: A: A dog
Categories: Biology (5) Nature (5)

Pub quiz question 5304 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first athlete to run 100 sub-four-minute miles?
Answer: A: John Walker
Categories: Sports (5) Athletics (5)

Pub quiz question 5303 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which horse won the Grand National in 1983?
Answer: A: Corbiere
Categories: 1980s (7) Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 5302 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which actor starred in Serpico, Scarface and Scent of a Woman
Answer: A: Al Pacino
Notes: *: 1973, 1983, 1992
Categories: Film/Movies (4) Entertainment (4) 1970s (4) 1980s (4) 1990s (4)

Pub quiz question 5301 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the smallest British pony breed?
Answer: A: Shetland pony
Categories: Biology (4) Nature (4)

Pub quiz question 5300 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name for a French castle or large country house?
Answer: A: Chateau
Categories: Language (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 5299 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which South American Indian people ruled an empire centred on southern Peru?
Answer: A: Incas
Categories: Geography (5) History (5)

Pub quiz question 5298 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a young hare?
Answer: A: Leveret
Categories: Language (5) Biology (5) Nature (5)

Pub quiz question 5297 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English author wrote Scoop and The Loved One?
Answer: A: Evelyn Waugh
Notes: *: Published 1938 and 1948 respectively
Categories: Literature (4) 1930s (4) 1940s (4)

Pub quiz question 5296 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to towns near mines that became abandoned when mines were exhausted?
Answer: A: Ghost towns
Categories: Language (3)

Pub quiz question 5295 by pjh2

Question: Q: Coir is a coarse fibre made from the husks of which fruit?
Answer: A: Coconut
Categories: Food (5)

Pub quiz question 5294 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which alcoholic drink are hops used to flavour?
Answer: A: Beer
Categories: Drink (2)

Pub quiz question 5293 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which German composer wrote Der Freischütz and Invitation to the Dance?
Answer: A: Carl Maria von Weber
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 5292 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who succeeded Joseph Smith as leader of the Mormon church in 1844?
Answer: A: Brigham Young
Categories: History (5) Religion (5)

Pub quiz question 5291 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Romanian footballer was sent off in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final?
Answer: A: Gheorghe Hagi
Notes: *: Red-carded for second booking for diving
Categories: 2000s (6) Sports (5) Football (5)