Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 3331 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where is a ship's bow?
Answer: A: The front
Categories: Science (1) Language (1)

Pub quiz question 3330 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to an ornamental carving attached to the front of a ship?
Answer: A: Figurehead
Categories: Science (2) Language (2)

Pub quiz question 3329 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is kept in a ship's binnacle?
Answer: A: The compass
Categories: Science (4) Language (4)

Pub quiz question 3328 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are brails and buntlines on a ship?
Answer: A: Ropes (used with sails)
Categories: Science (6) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 3327 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is secured in a ship's cathead?
Answer: A: The anchor
Categories: Science (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 3326 by pjh2

Question: Q: What comes out of a hawsehole?
Answer: A: Hawsers/Ships cable (used for mooring)
Categories: Language (6) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 3325 by pjh2

Question: Q: What strongly flavoured herb is a cross between watermint and spearmint?
Answer: A: Peppermint
Categories: Nature (1) Food (1)

Pub quiz question 3324 by pjh2

Question: Q: What herb accompanies onion in the biggest selling stuffing in British supermarkets?
Answer: A: Sage
Categories: Nature (1) Food (1)

Pub quiz question 3323 by pjh2

Question: Q: What culinary leaves come from several species of the laural family?
Answer: A: Bay leaf
Categories: Nature (3) Food (2)

Pub quiz question 3322 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the common name for arugula when it's served with a high-flying salad?
Answer: A: Rocket (Roquette)
Categories: Nature (4) Food (3)

Pub quiz question 3321 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the culinary name for the herb St Joseph's Wort?
Answer: A: Basil
Categories: Nature (5) Food (4)

Pub quiz question 3320 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which herb traditionally flavours gravadlax?
Answer: A: Dill
Categories: Nature (8) Food (7)

Pub quiz question 3319 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the molten rock magma called once it flows from a volcano?
Answer: A: Lava
Categories: Nature (1) Science (1)

Pub quiz question 3318 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the common name for the main vent at the top of a volcano?
Answer: A: Crater
Categories: Nature (1) Science (1)

Pub quiz question 3317 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is attached to volcanoes which haven't erupted since historical times, but aren't considered extinct?
Answer: A: Dormant
Categories: Nature (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 3316 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of Jupiter's moons is the most volcanically active body in the Solar System?
Answer: A: Io
Categories: Science (3) Astronomy (3) Nature (3)

Pub quiz question 3315 by pjh2

Question: Q: What rare natural phenomenon does the USA's Yellowstone National Part boat approximately 50%of the world's examples of?
Answer: A: Geysers
Categories: Nature (7) Science (7)

Pub quiz question 3314 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which computer company launced its PowerBook series in 1991?
Answer: A: Apple (Computer International)
Categories: Computing (1) Science (1)

Pub quiz question 3313 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the alternative name for a laptop's trackpad?
Answer: A: Touchpad
Categories: Computing (2) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 3312 by pjh2

Question: Q: What term was coined in 1983 to market the Gavilan SC portable computer?
Answer: A: Laptop
Categories: Computing (2) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 3311 by pjh2

Question: Q: What term was coined in 1989 to describe computers smaller than regular laptops?
Answer: A: Notebook
Categories: Computing (4) Science (5)

Pub quiz question 3310 by pjh2

Question: Q: What has Boll Mogridge's 'GRiD Compass 1101' been described as the first true example of?
Answer: A: Laptop computer
Notes: *: 1982
Categories: 1980s (5) Computing (4) Science (5)

Pub quiz question 3309 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who designed the 'Cambridge Z88' mini computer?
Answer: A: Clive Sinclair
Notes: *: 1987
Categories: Computing (4) Science (7) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 3308 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city's landmarks include Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Answer: A: Bristol
Categories: Landmarks (1) Geography (1) Science (1)

Pub quiz question 3307 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London station was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and displays his statue close to platform one?
Answer: A: Paddington
Categories: Science (2) Geography (2)