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Pub quiz question 351 by pjh2

Question: Q: If you were eating fish "a la Normande," how would the fish be cooked?
Answer: A: Braised in white wine
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Pub quiz question 350 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which sporting star has a line of designer clothing named Aneres?
Answer: A: Serena Williams
Notes: *: Aneres is Serena spelt backwards
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Pub quiz question 349 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the title of the Beatles' first single?
Answer: A: Love Me Do
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Pub quiz question 348 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who fought the Six Day War in 1967?
Answer: A: Arabs and Israelis
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Pub quiz question 347 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who's family motto is Orbis non sufficit ("The world is not enough")
Answer: A: James Bond's
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Pub quiz question 346 by pjh2

Question: Q: The first James Bond movie, released in 1964, was entitled what?
Answer: A: Dr No.
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Pub quiz question 345 by pjh2

Question: Q: Ravi Shankar plays which musical instrument?
Answer: A: Sitar
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Pub quiz question 344 by pjh2

Question: Q: From who did Tottenham sign striker Roman Pavlyuchenko for a reported ₤14m?
Answer: A: Spartak Moscow
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Pub quiz question 343 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became World Professional Snooker Champion for the first time in 2006?
Answer: A: Graeme Dott
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Pub quiz question 342 by pjh2

Question: Q: In Doctors, character Faith Walker left the Practice with partner Paul to do what and why?
Answer: A: To travel the world before her eyesight failed
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Pub quiz question 341 by pjh2

Question: Q: In scrabble, how many additional points are awarded if all 7 letters are played in one turn?
Answer: A: 50
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Pub quiz question 340 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which English county would you find Stonehenge?
Answer: A: Wiltshire
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Pub quiz question 339 by pjh2

Question: Q: What measurement was originally defined as "1⁄10,000,000 of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole measured on the circumference through Paris,"in 1791 but was subsequently, and eventually, redefined using the speed of light in 1983?
Answer: A: The metre.
Categories: Physics (1) General Knowledge (2) Science (1)

Pub quiz question 338 by pjh2

Question: Q: List the names given to the base units for the International System of Units (SI) from which all other units are derived?
Answer: A: metre for length, kilogram for mass, second for time, ampere for electric current, kelvin for temperature, candela for luminous intensity, and mole for the amount of substance
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Pub quiz question 337 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many laws (or principles) of thermodynamics are there?
Answer: A: 4
Notes: *: They start at 0.
Categories: Physics (1) General Knowledge (3)

Pub quiz question 336 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many laws of motion did Newton come up with?
Answer: A: 3
Categories: General Knowledge (2) Physics (1)

Pub quiz question 335 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the Nobel gasses (group 18) in the periodic table up to element 86
Answer: A: Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon
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Pub quiz question 334 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the halogen group elements (group 17) in the periodic table up to element 85.
Answer: A: Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine
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Pub quiz question 333 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the calcogen group elements (group 16) in the periodic table up to element 84.
Answer: A: Oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, polonium
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Pub quiz question 332 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the elements in the nitrogen group (group 15) in the periodic table up to element 83.
Answer: A: Nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, bismuth
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Pub quiz question 331 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the elements in the Carbon group (group 14) in the periodic table up to element 82.
Answer: A: Carbon, silicon, germanium, tin, lead
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Pub quiz question 330 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the elements of the boron group in the periodic table up to element 81.
Answer: A: Boron, Aluminium, Gallium, Indium, Thallium
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Pub quiz question 329 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the elements in the second group (column) of the periodic table - the alkaline earth metals,
Answer: A: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium
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Pub quiz question 328 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the elements in the first group (column) of the periodic table; the alkali metals.
Answer: A: Hydrogen, Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cæsium, Francium
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Pub quiz question 327 by pjh2

Question: Q: In 1988 Siobhan Fahey left which band to join Marcella Detroit in Shakespears Sister?
Answer: A: Bananarama
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