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Pub quiz question 4865 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the main use for the legume 'phaseolus vulgaris' in the canned food industry?
Answer: A: Baked beans
Categories: Language (6) Nature (6) Science (6) Food (6)

Pub quiz question 4864 by pjh2

Question: Q: What 1941 invention by Heinz and ICI kept the troops warm during the D Day landings?
Answer: A: Self heating can
Categories: Science (7) 1940s (7) Food (7)

Pub quiz question 4863 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which part of a cooked breakfast is an above-ground spore-producing structure?
Answer: A: Mushroom
Categories: Nature (1) Food (1)

Pub quiz question 4862 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the usual British name for the breakfast disk referred to as 'blood sausage' on an American menu?
Answer: A: Black pudding
Categories: Language (2) Food (2)

Pub quiz question 4861 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the main ingredient used for dry-curing bacon?
Answer: A: Salt
Categories: Food (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 4860 by pjh2

Question: Q: What dish did an episode of 'Yes Minister' suggest in an EU directive had renamed 'Emulsified High-Fat Offal Tube?'
Answer: A: Sausage
Categories: Television (3) Entertainment (3) Food (3)

Pub quiz question 4859 by pjh2

Question: Q: What do British breakfast menus call what American's know as Canadian Bacon?
Answer: A: Back bacon (or smoked ham)
Categories: Language (6) Food (6)

Pub quiz question 4858 by pjh2

Question: Q: What English sausage is traditionally sold rolled in a coil?
Answer: A: Cumberland sausage
Categories: Food (4)

Pub quiz question 4857 by pjh2

Question: Q: What branch of alternative medicine tries to treat like with like?
Answer: A: Homeopathy
Categories: Nature (5) Biology (5)

Pub quiz question 4856 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ancient Chinese practice claims to cure pains and disease by the insertion of needles?
Answer: A: Acupuncture
Categories: Science (1) Geography (1)

Pub quiz question 4855 by pjh2

Question: Q: What term for an incompetent doctor sounds like a duck?
Answer: A: Quack
Categories: Language (1) Science (1)

Pub quiz question 4854 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most expensive part of the tiger when used in Chinese medicine?
Answer: A: Penis
Categories: Biology (4) Nature (4) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 4853 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name, based on latin for 'I will please,' is given to a pill or treatment administered as a dummy therapy?
Answer: A: Placebo
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Pub quiz question 4852 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does CAM stand for when referring to medical treatment?
Answer: A: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Categories: Biology (5) Acronyms/Abbreviations (5) Science (5)

Pub quiz question 4851 by pjh2

Question: Q: What car stoppers were first patented in Birmingham in the late 19th century?
Answer: A: Disk brakes
Categories: Technology (8) Science (8) History (8)

Pub quiz question 4850 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does Otto Benz take the credit for inventing?
Answer: A: Car/Automobile
Categories: Science (2) Technology (2)

Pub quiz question 4849 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which European country produced the first motorcar?
Answer: A: Germany
Categories: Science (2) Technology (2) Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 4848 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which company was the world's largest producer of cars in 2006?
Answer: A: General Motors
Categories: 2000s (6) Business (6) Science (6) Technology (6)

Pub quiz question 4847 by pjh2

Question: Q: What were Welsh drivers illegally using as car fuel in 2004?
Answer: A: Cooking oil
Categories: 2000s (7) Technology (7) Science (7)

Pub quiz question 4846 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Britain's top selling lower/medium hatchback in 2006?
Answer: A: Honda Civic
Categories: Science (9) Technology (9)

Pub quiz question 4845 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did every dog owner in Britain require until their abolition in 1987?
Answer: A: A dog licence
Categories: Nature (1) Politics (1)

Pub quiz question 4844 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which breed of dog is guilty of the most appearances at sheepdog trials?
Answer: A: Border Collie
Categories: Television (2) Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 4843 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is 'canis lupus familiaris?'
Answer: A: Pet dog
Categories: Nature (3) Language (3)

Pub quiz question 4842 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the only dog rated above the Basset Hound for its sense of smell?
Answer: A: Bloodhound
Categories: Nature (5) Biology (5)

Pub quiz question 4841 by pjh2

Question: Q: What wild creature does a Shiba Inus dog most look like?
Answer: A: Fox
Categories: Nature (6) Biology (6)