Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6806 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does an agoraphobiac fear?
Answer: A: Open spaces
Categories: Science (3) Phobias (3)

Pub quiz question 6805 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does a dirty ablutophobiac fear?
Answer: A: Washing or bathing
Categories: Science (5) Phobias (4)

Pub quiz question 6804 by pjh2

Question: Q: Why would a gymnophobiac stay clear of lap dancing clubs?
Answer: A: It's a fear of nudity
Categories: Science (7) Phobias (7)

Pub quiz question 6803 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the very common trypanophobia a fear of?
Answer: A: Injections
Categories: Phobias (7) Science (7)

Pub quiz question 6802 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is a dromophobiac afraid to cross?
Answer: A: A street
Categories: Science (8) Phobias (8)

Pub quiz question 6801 by pjh2

Question: Q: What form of communication doubled in the UK between March 2002 and March 2003?
Answer: A: Texting
Categories: Science (4)

Pub quiz question 6800 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the first NASA programme to land an object on Mars that actually sent back information when it got there?
Answer: A: Viking
Categories: Science (7) Space (7)

Pub quiz question 6799 by pjh2

Question: Q: What dog gave its name to the 2003 Mars lander which failed to work?
Answer: A: Beagle
Categories: Biology (5) Science (4) Space (4)

Pub quiz question 6798 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many bends has a standard paperclip?
Answer: A: Three
Categories: Science (1)

Pub quiz question 6797 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Ralph Wedgewood patent an early version of that was once essential for making instant copies of the written word?
Answer: A: Carbon Paper
Categories: Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6796 by pjh2

Question: Q: What item of office equipment, patented in 1883 by William Purvis, Enabled secretaries to sign letters for their boss?
Answer: A: Rubber stamp
Categories: Science (5)

Pub quiz question 6795 by pjh2

Question: Q: What valuable metal has the chemical symbol Au?
Answer: A: Gold
Categories: Chemistry (1) Science (1)

Pub quiz question 6794 by pjh2

Question: Q: What shape is the White House office constructed in 1901 for US Presidents?
Answer: A: Oval
Categories: Politics (2) Buildings (2)

Pub quiz question 6793 by pjh2

Question: Q: What's the name of the building which stands at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC?
Answer: A: The White House
Categories: Buildings (2) Politics (1)

Pub quiz question 6792 by pjh2

Question: Q: What building first appeared on the back of a US $20 bill in 1928?
Answer: A: The White House
Categories: History (6) 1920s (6) Buildings (6)

Pub quiz question 6791 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city's Leinster House was the USA's White House modelled on?
Answer: A: Dublin's
Categories: Buildings (7) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 6790 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US President's disability resulted in the White House being made wheelchair-accessible?
Answer: A: Franklin D. Roosevelt's
Notes: *: He fell ill on 9 August 1921, but there is little consensus on what he actually suffered.
Categories: History (7) Politics (7) Biology (8)

Pub quiz question 6789 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did the residence of the President of the USA become formerly known as in 1901?
Answer: A: The White House
Categories: Politics (1) History (1) Buildings (1)

Pub quiz question 6788 by pjh2

Question: Q: Other than the Queen's English, what language does Queen Elizabeth II speak fluently?
Answer: A: French
Categories: Royalty (6) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 6787 by pjh2

Question: Q: At which London address was Queen Elizabeth II born?
Answer: A: 17, Bruton Street
Notes: *: 1926
Categories: Royalty (8) 1920s (8)

Pub quiz question 6786 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was born at 17, Bruton Street?
Answer: A: Queen Elizabeth II
Notes: *: 1926
Categories: Royalty (6) 1920s (6)

Pub quiz question 6785 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where can you find Arnol Machin's 1966 image of Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: A: On stamps (and coins minted to 1984)
Categories: Royalty (6) 1960s (6) 1970s (6)

Pub quiz question 6784 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects Emma, Linnet, Holly, Monty, Willow?
Answer: A: Names of the Queen's corgis
Categories: Royalty (6) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 6783 by pjh2

Question: Q: "May she defend our laws, and ever give us cause, to sing with heart and voice, "... what comes next?
Answer: A: God save the Queen(King)
Categories: Royalty (4) Music (4)

Pub quiz question 6782 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects Sir William Heseltine, Sir Alan Lascelles, Sir Robert Fellowes?
Answer: A: Private Secretaries to the Queen
Categories: Royalty (7) Connections (8)