Pub Quiz 1 (Questions only)

The following questions are suitable for a pub quiz, generally having short answers (that can be scribbled on a piece of paper) and not too difficult.

1. With which doubles partner did John McEnroe have most success?

2. Back in 1962, the British and the French both agreed to co-operate with each other with the building of what?

3. Which political leader was executed alongside his wife on Christmas Day 1989?

4. Which London underground line was originally called the Fleet line?

5. Which town in Australia was the site of one of the earliest gold strikes, and has subsequently had a beer named after it?

6. What down-hill skiing event has the second longest course?

7. What title should you use when talking to a Cardinal?

8. Which city is the third largest in Scotland?

9. Who captained "Morning Cloud" in the 1969 Sydney to Hobart race?

10. Who starred along side Katherine Hepburn in the movie ?Bringing Up Baby??

11. In which year did the following events take place: 
    Norway rejected European Union membership, 
    Inauguration of the Channel Tunnel, 
    Brian Lara broke four cricket records, 
    First women priests ordained by the Church of England?

12. Which former cosmonaut died in a plane crash in March 1968?

13. What is the name of the large area of temperate grassland in the Soviet Union?

14. Which beautiful youth pined for the love of his reflection?

15. Which traditional British form of entertainment combines harlequinade and burlesque?

16. Which actress played Marion to Sean Connery?s Robin in the film Robin & Marion?

17. Walter Gropius was the founder of which school of Architecture?

18. What is the name given to a Buddhist burial mound?

19. Name five European nations that remained neutral during World War II?

20. In the 1970s who was accused of stealing a passport and a fur coat from Miss World?

21. Which two fictional characters had a valet named Kato?

22. Which North American city is served by Louis Armstrong International Airport?