Pub Quiz Questions.

[Lenny Rider]

Q Who was long running detective series Colombo originally written for?

A Bing Crosby

 

[Soulman]

Which Rock band have been going the longest with the original artists.

Answer:
Golden Earring: 1961 – Present. 52 years.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Q The phrase 'Jumping the shark', which indicates a TV programme has gone too far, derives from which series?

A Happy Days, when the Fonz jumped a pool of sharks on waterskis, which really would have happened in 1950/60's America!

 

[Soulman]

What is the ex footballer, Imre Varadi wife's name.

Ans:
Olive.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Why were the Cafe Parisien and Verandah Cafe unexpectedly closed on 15th April 1912?




They were sinking to the bottom of the North Atlantic

 

[MJsGhost]

Q: what was the spire at the top of the Empire State Building originally designed for?

A: Docking airships

 

[MJsGhost]

Q: Pogonophobia is a fear of what?
A: Beards

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Q. Why did Harry Allen and Robert Stewart go to work for the last time on 13th August 1964?

A. They were executioners and the death penalty was suspended (and later abolished) the following year.

 

[joeinbrighton]

Q: Who were the first couple to be shown in bed together on US television?

A: Fred and Wilma Flintstone

 

[joeinbrighton]

Q: Which 2 authors died on the same day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963?

A: C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley

 

[joeinbrighton]

Q: Which 1990s indie band took their name from the character played by Robert Duvall in 'To Kill A Mockingbird'?

A: The Boo Radleys

 

[joeinbrighton]

Q: The initial letter of five consecutive months of the year spell out which boy's name?

A: Jason (July, August, September, October, November)

 

[joeinbrighton]

Q: What connects the name of the river that runs through Ipswich with a 20th century author?

A: Orwell

 

[joeinbrighton]

A couple of geographical questions to finish with:

Q: Which country has the world's largest Islamic population?

A: Indonesia


Q: Thames Head, the source of the River Thames, is located in which English county?

A: Gloucestershire

 

[Questions]

What was the first man made object to break the sound barrier?







The whip.

I lost my walnut when I tried it.

 

[Socialist Sid]

I lost my walnut when I tried it.

Technically, it was the bull whip, although I reckon the bull elephant could break the sound barrier if someone mentioned beer.....

 

[joeinbrighton]

One more I've thought of.

Q: Who was the first female solo artist to have a UK number 1 hit single with a song they had written themselves?

A: Kate Bush

 

[Questions]

Who said : Oh Lordy Lordy, my pants are on fire.

Joan of Arc




The Young Ones university challenge.....

 

[Questions]

Technically, it was the bull whip, although I reckon the bull elephant could break the sound barrier if someone mentioned beer.....

How many people did The Bull knock out of his way when told Thornbridge's Jaipur was on in the Shakespeare off Birmingham's New Street.

Answer 17 including 5 children.

 

[joeinbrighton]

And 2 more I've thought of.

Q: What is the only property in the standard British version of Monopoly that is located south of the river Thames?

A: Old Kent Road


Q: In darts, what is the lowest score that cannot be checked out with 3 darts?

A: 159