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Pub quiz question 6581 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the more common name for a car engine using the Otto cycle?
Answer: A: Four stroke
Categories: Science (6) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 6580 by pjh2

Question: Q: What area of South London housed the Royal Observatory until 1948?
Answer: A: Greenwich
Categories: Geography (3) London, UK (3) 1940s (3) Physics (3) Astronomy (3)

Pub quiz question 6579 by pjh2

Question: Q: What astronomical aid takes its name from the Greek words for 'far seeing?'
Answer: A: Telescope
Categories: Astronomy (3) Language (3) Physics (3)

Pub quiz question 6578 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 16th/17th century Italian with the initials GG make improvements to the telescope and is known as the father of modern astronomy?
Answer: A: Galileo Galilei
Categories: Astronomy (4) Physics (4)

Pub quiz question 6577 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American astronomer gave his name to a telescope launched into space in 1990?
Answer: A: Edwin Hubble
Categories: Astronomy (5) Physics (5) Names (5)

Pub quiz question 6576 by pjh2

Question: Q: What simple telescope magnifies the view of distant objects through lenses mounted in a tube and viewed directly through the eyepiece?
Answer: A: Refracting telescope
Categories: Astronomy (5) Physics (7)

Pub quiz question 6575 by pjh2

Question: Q: What simple telescope magnifies the view of distance objects by gathering light on curved mirrors?
Answer: A: Reflecting telescope
Categories: Astronomy (5) Physics (5)

Pub quiz question 6574 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which natural fabric becomes denim?
Answer: A: Cotton
Categories: Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 6573 by pjh2

Question: Q: What fibre producing plant is attacked by the boll weevil?
Answer: A: Cotton
Categories: Nature (6)

Pub quiz question 6572 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which registered brand name is now used for the cotton swabs invented in 1923 by Leo Gerstenzang?
Answer: A: Q-Tips
Categories: Business (3)

Pub quiz question 6571 by pjh2

Question: Q: What gin was patented by Eli Whitney in 1749?
Answer: A: Cotton gin
Notes: *: Not a drink - 'gin' is short for machine
Categories: Business (7)

Pub quiz question 6570 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the modern brand name for the bathroom accessories originally called 'Baby Gays?'
Answer: A: Q-Tips
Categories: Business (8) Names (8)

Pub quiz question 6569 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is your shirt made from if the fibre was produced by the gossypium shrub?
Answer: A: Cotton
Categories: Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 6568 by pjh2

Question: Q: What element with the symbol C occurs in all organic life?
Answer: A: Carbon
Categories: Chemistry (2)

Pub quiz question 6567 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which element with the symbol I is found in seawater and has a name based on the Greek for violet?
Answer: A: Iodine
Categories: Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6566 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the second-lightest element, often used for inflating ballons?
Answer: A: Helium
Categories: Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6565 by pjh2

Question: Q: What element was discovered in 1898 by Pierre and Marie Curie?
Answer: A: Radium
Categories: Chemistry (5)

Pub quiz question 6564 by pjh2

Question: Q: What radioactive element was used in the Fat Boy bomb dropped on Nagaski, but in in the Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima?
Answer: A: Plutonium
Categories: Chemistry (7)

Pub quiz question 6563 by pjh2

Question: Q: What element has the chemical symbol K?
Answer: A: Potassium
Categories: Chemistry (7)

Pub quiz question 6562 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does E stand for in relation to food additive E-numbers?
Answer: A: European
Categories: Language (4) Acronyms/Abbreviations (4) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 6561 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does MSG stand for if it is listed on a food package with the number E621?
Answer: A: Monosodium glutamate
Categories: Science (4) Food (4)

Pub quiz question 6560 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the purpose of E numbers 950-967 which include lactitol, aspartame and sucralose?
Answer: A: Sweetners
Categories: Science (4) Food (4)

Pub quiz question 6559 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the purpose of E number 200-299 which include sorbic acid and sodium nitrate?
Answer: A: Preservatives
Categories: Science (5) Food (5)

Pub quiz question 6558 by pjh2

Question: Q: What colour is added to food by E numbers 100-109?
Answer: A: Yellow
Categories: Science (9) Food (9)

Pub quiz question 6557 by pjh2

Question: Q: What has been pumped into your food pack if it has an E number between 930-949?
Answer: A: Gas
Notes: *: Argon, nitrogen, oxygen, butane etc.
Categories: Science (9) Food (9)