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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)

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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)

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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)

Pub quiz question 3306 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became one of Britain's best-known engineers after working with his father on the Thames Tunnel, the first major tunnel under a navigable river?
Answer: A: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Categories: Science (4)

Pub quiz question 3305 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the chief engineer on the 'Great Western Railway' which linked Bristol with London?
Answer: A: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Categories: Science (5)

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Question: Q: What name was attached to Brunel's railway in Devon which was driven by vacuum pipes?
Answer: A: The Atmospheric Railway
Categories: Science (7)

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Question: Q: Which of Brunel's ships was the first iron-hulled propeller driven vessel to cross the Atlantic?
Answer: A: SS Great Britain
Categories: Science (9)