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Pub quiz question 6681 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the layer of gasses surrounding the Earth?
Answer: A: Atmosphere
Categories: Science (2)

Pub quiz question 6680 by pjh2

Question: Q: What element has the atomic number 26 and the chemical symbol Fe?
Answer: A: Iron
Categories: Science (4) Chemistry (3)

Pub quiz question 6679 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most abundant metal on Earth?
Answer: A: Iron
Categories: Science (3) Chemistry (3)

Pub quiz question 6678 by pjh2

Question: Q: What three-letter word means the combination of gasses surrounding the Earth?
Answer: A: Air
Categories: Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6677 by pjh2

Question: Q: What three letter word describes the material from which iron is extracted?
Answer: A: Ore
Categories: Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6676 by pjh2

Question: Q: What layer of the Earth's atmosphere sits between the troposphere and mesosphere?
Answer: A: Stratosphere
Categories: Science (8)

Pub quiz question 6675 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is defined as a 'ferrous alloy with a minimum of 10% chromium content?'
Answer: A: Stainless steel
Categories: Science (6) Chemistry (6)

Pub quiz question 6674 by pjh2

Question: Q: What covered Bodmin Moor in November 2005 due to a Pembrokeshire Dangler?
Answer: A: Snow
Categories: Science (7)

Pub quiz question 6673 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere called?
Answer: A: Troposphere
Categories: Science (8)

Pub quiz question 6672 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Rowland Hill the first to put on the back of a postage stamp?
Answer: A: Adhesive
Categories: Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6671 by pjh2

Question: Q: What came about when Spencer Silver developed a very week adhesive that he thought might be used on bookmarks in his Bible?
Answer: A: Post-it notes
Categories: Science (6)

Pub quiz question 6670 by pjh2

Question: Q: What element joins iron to become steel?
Answer: A: Carbon
Categories: Science (5) Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6669 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Britain's best-known brand of latex-based adhesive?
Answer: A: Copydex
Categories: Science (7) Business (7)

Pub quiz question 6668 by pjh2

Question: Q: What product that takes its name from a farm animal is a step along the way from iron ore to cast iron?
Answer: A: Pig iron
Categories: Science (4) Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6667 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did the US Postal Service assure weight-conscious customers contains only one-tenth of a calorie?
Answer: A: Glue on a stamp
Categories: Science (4) Food (3)

Pub quiz question 6666 by pjh2

Question: Q: What might you now use to fix on a cup handle that Dr Harry Coover discovered in 1952 and rejected because it was too sticky?
Answer: A: Superglue
Categories: Science (5) 1950s (5)

Pub quiz question 6665 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was first patented in Britain in 1750 with a recipe consisting mostly of fish and fish bones?
Answer: A: Glue
Categories: Science (7)

Pub quiz question 6664 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which English city was Beau Nash associated?
Answer: A: Bath
Categories: Geography (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 6663 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which English county is the town of Woking?
Answer: A: Surrey
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6662 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former England cricket captain made his first class debut for Cambridge University in 1987?
Answer: A: Michael Atherton
Categories: Sports (5) Cricket (3) 1980s (6)

Pub quiz question 6661 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the flesh of a mature sheep used as Food?
Answer: A: Mutton (not lamb)
Categories: Food (2)

Pub quiz question 6660 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which TV chef married Juliette Norton?
Answer: A: Jamie Oliver
Categories: Food (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)

Pub quiz question 6659 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is give to ice crystals formed from water vapor on windows, grass and other exposed surfaces near the ground?
Answer: A: Frost
Categories: Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 6658 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which well-known horror story was written by Mary Shelley?
Answer: A: Frankenstein
Categories: Literature (2)

Pub quiz question 6657 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which South African golfer became the youngest winner of the British Open in 1959?
Answer: A: Gary Player
Categories: Sports (8) Golf (6) 1950s (8)