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Pub quiz question 7383 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Ho does an extra "ne" lose 10.047kg?
  2. Answer: A: UK ton/tonne
  3. Notes: *: (1,016.047kg v 1,000kg)
  4. Categories: Science (7) Language (7)
Pub quiz question 4066 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What find the Stone Fish a place in the record books?
  2. Answer: A: Most poisonous fish
  3. Categories: Nature (6) Science (6) Biology (6)
Pub quiz question 4178 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who invented the steam engine?
  2. Answer: A: Hero – or Heron – of Alexandria, in 100 A.D.,
  3. Notes: *: 1x01. Richard Trevithick is generally credited with the invention 1784.
  4. Categories: QI (5) History (7) Science (8)
Pub quiz question 4622 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did Clive Sinclair call the world's first pocket calculator launched in 1972?
  2. Answer: A: Sinclair Executive
  3. Categories: Science (8) Computing (8)
Pub quiz question 4068 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was often referred to in polite company as TP before Trivial Pursuit was introduced?
  2. Answer: A: Toilet Paper
  3. Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (4) Science (4) General Knowledge (4)
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Pub quiz question 2811 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which is the second planet from the sun?
  2. Answer: A: Venus
  3. Categories: Space (2) Science (2)
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Pub quiz question 7651 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What is South African Denise Darvall's place in medical history?
  2. Answer: A: Donor in first successful human heart transplant.
  3. Notes: *: 1967. The recipient lived for 18 days.
  4. Categories: Science (6) Biology (5) People (7) 1960s (7)
Pub quiz question 4831 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What communications instrument takes its name from Greek words meaning 'far away voice?'
  2. Answer: A: Telephone
  3. Categories: Technology (2) Science (2) Language (3)
Pub quiz question 4835 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the main constituant of an eggshell?
  2. Answer: A: Calcium carbonate (limestone/chalk)
  3. Categories: Chemistry (4) Biology (5) Nature (5) Science (5)
Pub quiz question 6673 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere called?
  2. Answer: A: Troposphere
  3. Categories: Science (8)