Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4631 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a pen with a reservoir of water based liquid ink that feeds to a nib?
Answer: A: Fountain pen
Categories: Science (3)

Pub quiz question 4630 by pjh2

Question: Q: What do you hoard if your collection inclues a Parker Duofold and a Waterman 42?
Answer: A: Fountain pen
Categories: Science (3) Leisure (3)

Pub quiz question 4629 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Hungarian journalist's surname has become a generic term in the UK for a ballpoint pen?
Answer: A: Laszlo Biro's
Categories: Names (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 4628 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which organisation developed the zero gravity Space Pen in the 1960's?
Answer: A: NASA
Categories: Science (4) Space (4)

Pub quiz question 4627 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name, originally describing a person who performed calculations has now come to mean an electronic machine which performs multiple tasks?
Answer: A: Computer
Categories: Science (2) Computing (2)

Pub quiz question 4626 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does CPU stand for when relating to computers?
Answer: A: Central Processing Unit
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (2) Computing (2) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 4625 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does PDA stand for in computer terminology?
Answer: A: Personal Digital Assistant
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (5) Computing (3)

Pub quiz question 4624 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose 'Difference Engine' is often described as the first computer?
Answer: A: Charles Babbage's
Categories: Science (4) Computing (3)

Pub quiz question 4623 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many bits are there (commonly) in a byte?
Answer: A: Eight
Categories: Science (5) Computing (2)

Pub quiz question 4622 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Clive Sinclair call the world's first pocket calculator launched in 1972?
Answer: A: Sinclair Executive
Categories: Science (8) Computing (8)

Pub quiz question 4621 by pjh2

Question: Q: What insulates the ice cream to prevent it from melting in the hot dish Baked Alaska?
Answer: A: Meringue
Categories: Food (4)

Pub quiz question 4620 by pjh2

Question: Q: What form of food preservation involves the removal of water content from frozen food?
Answer: A: Freeze drying
Categories: Science (3) Food (3)

Pub quiz question 4619 by pjh2

Question: Q: What frozen product consisted of cake spread with jam wrapped around a stick of vanilla ice cream?
Answer: A: Arctic Roll
Categories: Food (4)

Pub quiz question 4618 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Nestlé freeze dry in 1938 that led to the development of powdered food products?
Answer: A: Coffee
Categories: Drink (3) Science (5)

Pub quiz question 4617 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became a household name after inventing fast frozen foods?
Answer: A: Clarance Birdseye
Categories: Science (6) Food (5)

Pub quiz question 4616 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the main method of food preservation used by the Incas to store their potatoes?
Answer: A: Freeze drying
Notes: *: They used salt to a lesser extent
Categories: Science (5) Food (8)

Pub quiz question 4615 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of the chubby diva in the musical Fame?
Answer: A: Mabel Washington
Categories: Art (7) Music (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 4614 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sport most frequently featured in Degas' paintings?
Answer: A: Horseracing
Categories: Sports (7) Art (4)

Pub quiz question 4613 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city's name was included in the tile of The Guardian until 1959?
Answer: A: Manchester
Categories: Geography (3) Media (3) 1950s (3)

Pub quiz question 4612 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which musical is set at the New York High School for the Performing Arts?
Answer: A: Fame
Categories: Music (2) Art (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 4611 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which musical's songs include 'I Want to Make Magic' and 'Tyrone's Rap?'
Answer: A: Fame's
Categories: Music (3) Art (3) Entertainment (3)

Pub quiz question 4610 by pjh2

Question: Q: What subject does Miss Sherman teach in the musical Fame?
Answer: A: English
Categories: Art (5) Music (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 4609 by pjh2

Question: Q: What musical instrument does Goody King play in the musical 'Fame?'
Answer: A: Saxophone
Categories: Music (6) Art (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 4608 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ballet term translates literally as 'in Arabic fashion?'
Answer: A: Arabesque
Categories: Language (5) Art (5)

Pub quiz question 4607 by pjh2

Question: Q: What actress are we advised to think of in the title of a song from the musical Fame?
Answer: A: Meryl Streep
Categories: Music (5) Entertainment (5)