Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4081 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the well known (author) wife of anæsthetist Dr Neil Murray?
Answer: A: JK Rowling
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 4080 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Antony Gormley sculpture welcomes drivers on the A1 to Tyneside?
Answer: A: The Angel of the North
Categories: Art (3) Gateshead, UK (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4079 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which BBC building in Portland Place boasts Eric Gill's sculptures Prospero and Ariel above the front door?
Answer: A: Broadcasting House
Categories: Art (4)

Pub quiz question 4078 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which fictional character's Hyde Park statue was installed in the night at the request of JM Barrie who thought this would retain its magical appeal?
Answer: A: Peter Pan's
Categories: Art (4) Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4077 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which great English artist painted 'The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last birth to be broken up' in 1839?
Answer: A: JMW Turner
Categories: Art (3)

Pub quiz question 4076 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London church is the final resting place of JMW Turner?
Answer: A: St Paul's Cathedral
Categories: Art (4) London, UK (4)

Pub quiz question 4075 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English Artist was known as 'the painter of light?'
Answer: A: JMW Turner
Categories: Art (6)

Pub quiz question 4074 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does the M in JMW Turner's name stand for?
Answer: A: Mallord
Categories: Names (8) Art (8)

Pub quiz question 4073 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which great British artist died at the home of his mistress, Sophia Booth, in 1851?
Answer: A: JMW Turner
Categories: Art (8)

Pub quiz question 4072 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country introduced the paperless toilet with built in bidet and warm air dryer in 1980?
Answer: A: Japan
Categories: Science (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 4071 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Addis create the first artificial example of in the 1930s using the same machine they used to manufacture toilet brushes?
Answer: A: Christmas tree
Categories: Christmas (2) Science (5) 1930s (6)

Pub quiz question 4070 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was first manufactured commercially in 1857 by Joseph Gayetty with his name proudly printed on each sheet?
Answer: A: Toilet paper
Categories: Science (8)

Pub quiz question 4069 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was pioneered by Sir John Harington, Elizabeth I's godson?
Answer: A: The WC
Categories: Science (7)

Pub quiz question 4068 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was often referred to in polite company as TP before Trivial Pursuit was introduced?
Answer: A: Toilet Paper
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (4) Science (4) General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 4067 by pjh2

Question: Q: What colour toilet paper became trendy in 2004 when introduced by the Portuguese Renova company?
Answer: A: Black
Categories: 2000s (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 4066 by pjh2

Question: Q: What find the Stone Fish a place in the record books?
Answer: A: Most poisonous fish
Categories: Nature (6) Science (6) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 4065 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where on a fish's body are the growth rings scientists use to determine age?
Answer: A: The ears
Categories: Biology (6) Nature (6) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 4064 by pjh2

Question: Q: What do most lobsters and crayfish do with their shell after it has moulted?
Answer: A: Eat it
Categories: Nature (6) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 4063 by pjh2

Question: Q: What creature boasts the world's largest eyes?
Answer: A: Giant squid
Categories: Nature (5) Biology (5)

Pub quiz question 4062 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does a little baby elver hope to grow up to become?
Answer: A: An eel
Categories: Nature (5) Biology (5)

Pub quiz question 4061 by pjh2

Question: Q: What valuable product is obtained from the sturgeon?
Answer: A: Caviar
Categories: Nature (3) Biology (3) Food (2)

Pub quiz question 4060 by pjh2

Question: Q: What item, in its general sense can be used for any plant in the genus allium?
Answer: A: Onion
Categories: Food (6) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 4059 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the first vegetable man is known to have cultivated?
Answer: A: Pea
Categories: Biology (6) Food (6)

Pub quiz question 4058 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the main use for soybeans?
Answer: A: Oil
Categories: Food (3) Biology (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 4057 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does an unpicked courgette grow up to be?
Answer: A: A marrow
Categories: Nature (3) Food (3)