Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4181 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of these would you choose to defend yourself against an alligator with? A) Paperclip. B) Crocodile clip. C) Paper bag. D) Handbag. E) Rubber band.
Answer: A: Rubber band
Notes: *: 1x02. An aligator's jaw muscles are only strong when closing - they're very weak for opening
Categories: QI (1) Nature (3) Biology (3)

Pub quiz question 4180 by pjh2

Question: Q: What colour is a polar bear's fur?
Answer: A: Transparent
Notes: *: 1x02. It's not white - that's just a refraction of the surrounding snow
Categories: Nature (4) QI (2) Biology (3)

Pub quiz question 4179 by pjh2

Question: Q: If you heard the sound of fuffing, what would you expect to be soon savaged by?
Answer: A: Either a tiger or a weasel
Notes: *: 1x02
Categories: Nature (8) QI (5) Biology (8)

Pub quiz question 4178 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who invented the steam engine?
Answer: A: Hero – or Heron – of Alexandria, in 100 A.D.,
Notes: *: 1x01. Richard Trevithick is generally credited with the invention 1784.
Categories: QI (5) History (7) Science (8)

Pub quiz question 4177 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the capital of Lithuania?
Answer: A: Vilnius
Notes: *: 1x01
Categories: QI (5) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 4176 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country has the world's highest suicide rate?
Answer: A: Lithuania
Notes: *: 1x01. Klaxon answer: Sweden
Categories: Geography (7) QI (5)

Pub quiz question 4175 by pjh2

Question: Q: Identify the following animal: "They puff out their hair like a cat, raise one front foot and then hop menacingly from side to side, roaring with all the fury of a clogged drain."
Answer: A: Anteater
Notes: *: 1x01. Part of the elaborate play sequences of young giant anteaters, which is known as "bluff charging".
Categories: QI (5) Biology (9) Nature (9)

Pub quiz question 4174 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which actor said "Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock."
Answer: A: John Barrymore
Notes: *: 1x01
Categories: QI (9) Entertainment (9) Quotations (9)

Pub quiz question 4173 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which actor said, "One of my chief regrets during my years in the theatre is that I couldn't sit in the audience . . . and watch me"?
Answer: A: John Barrymore
Notes: *: 1x01
Categories: QI (7) Quotations (9) Entertainment (9)

Pub quiz question 4172 by pjh2

Question: Q: John Gielgud, on first hearing who's name said, "It's an interesting name: it sounds like a fart in the bath."
Answer: A: Edward Woodward
Notes: *: 1x01
Categories: QI (3) Entertainment (7) Names (7) Quotations (7)

Pub quiz question 4171 by pjh2

Question: Q: Why does the actor Edward Woodward have four "d's" in his name?
Answer: A: Because if he didn't he'd be Ewar WooWoo.
Notes: *: 1x01
Categories: QI (1)

Pub quiz question 4170 by pjh2

Question: Q: According to Andrew Marshall's 2002 book about Burma, a Burmese may well sidle up to you, and murmur, "Excuse me, sir, but I see that your department store is open even on weekends." What are they talking about?
Answer: A: Your flies are undone.
Notes: *: 1x01 The book was called "The Trouser People: A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire"
Categories: Language (9) QI (5) 2000s (8) Literature (9)

Pub quiz question 4169 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects the herb fennel and Italian homosexuals?
Answer: A: FANUK - short for finocchio, an Italian word for fennel and vernacular for a homosexual man.
Notes: *: 1x01
Categories: Language (8) QI (6) Food (6)

Pub quiz question 4168 by pjh2

Question: Q: Of whom was it said, "Working with her was like being hit over the head with a Valentine card"?
Answer: A: Julie Andrews
Notes: *: 1x01. By Christopher Plummer
Categories: QI (4) Quotations (4) Entertainment (4) Film/Movies (4)

Pub quiz question 4167 by pjh2

Question: Q: After the flood, God gave Noah the right to do what to sheep? A right which he denied to Adam.
Answer: A: Eat them
Notes: *: 1x01. According to the Bible, Adam and Eve were vegetarians, told by God to eat fruit and vegetables only. It was only after the Great Flood, when God made a new covenant with Noah, and said, "Every living thing that moves will be yours to eat."
Categories: Food (2) QI (3) Religion (4) Biology (3)

Pub quiz question 4166 by pjh2

Question: Q: When was Gustav Mahler born and when did he die?
Answer: A: 1860-1911
Notes: *: 1x01
Categories: QI (9) Music (9)

Pub quiz question 4165 by pjh2

Question: Q: When was Anton Bruckner born and when did he die?
Answer: A: 1824-1896
Notes: *: 1x01
Categories: QI (9) Music (9)

Pub quiz question 4164 by pjh2

Question: Q: When was Michelangelo Buonarroti born, and when did he die?
Answer: A: 1475-1564
Notes: *: 1x01
Categories: QI (9) Art (9)

Pub quiz question 4163 by pjh2

Question: Q: What have Adam's bellybutton in the "Hand of God" in the Sistine chapel, and Dr Rowan William the Arch Bishop of Caterbury's left ear have in common?
Answer: A: They're both purely decorative
Notes: *: 1x01: Adam shouldn't have a belly button since he was created, not born, and William's has been deaf in the left ear since the age of two.
Categories: QI (5) Religion (6) Art (6)

Pub quiz question 4162 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who fills the role of Craig the puppeteer's wife in Being John Malkovich?
Answer: A: Cameron Diaz
Notes: *: 1999
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 4161 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which fishy movie held the all-time box office record until Star Wars came along?
Answer: A: Jaws
Notes: *: Jaws: 1975, Star Wars:1977
Categories: Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3) 1970s (3)

Pub quiz question 4160 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1977 sci-fi movie was hyped "A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...?'
Answer: A: Star Wars
Categories: Film/Movies (2) 1970s (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 4159 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Star Wars rôle was filled by 7'3'' Peter Mayhew who was working as a hospital orderly when talent spotted?
Answer: A: Chewbacca
Notes: *: 1977
Categories: Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7) 1970s (7)

Pub quiz question 4158 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who claimed it was his idea to have his character killed off in the first Star Wars movie so he 'wouldn't have to go on saying those rubbish lines?'
Answer: A: Sir Alec Guinness
Notes: *: 1977
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) 1970s (7) Quotations (7)

Pub quiz question 4157 by pjh2

Question: Q: What hairy character's growl is the last line heard in Star Wars?
Answer: A: Chewbacca's
Notes: *: 1977
Categories: Film/Movies (4) Entertainment (4) 1970s (4)