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Pub quiz question 50 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the game of scrabble, which two tiles are worth 10 points each?
Answer: A: Q and Z
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Pub quiz question 49 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the last English football player to win the European Golden Shoe?
Answer: A: Kevin Phillips
Notes: *: Won in 1999/2000 while playing for Sunderland
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Pub quiz question 48 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which rock band did Jay-Z collaborate with in 2006, recording 6 songs
Answer: A: Linkin Park
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Pub quiz question 47 by pjh2

Question: Q: Americans call it a "faucet," but what do the British call it?
Answer: A: A tap
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Pub quiz question 46 by pjh2

Question: Q: On which piece of apparatus would a male gymnast perform a Crucifix?
Answer: A: The Rings
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Pub quiz question 45 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the album Blondie released in 1979?
Answer: A: Parallel Lines
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Pub quiz question 44 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where in the human body would you find the "labyrinth?"
Answer: A: In the ear
Notes: *: It has two parts:, the cochlea, dedicated to hearing and the vestibular system, dedicated to balance
Categories: Biology (3) Science (5)

Pub quiz question 43 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does the acronym NASCAR stand for?
Answer: A: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
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Pub quiz question 42 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which sport is the Nextel Cup awarded?
Answer: A: NASCAR racing
Notes: *: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
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Pub quiz question 41 by pjh2

Question: Q: On which date did Brookside air the final ever episode?
Answer: A: 4th November 2003
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Pub quiz question 40 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most abundant element _on_ Earth?
Answer: A: Oxygen
Notes: *: If you include "in the earth" it's Iron, if only the atmosphere, it's Nitrogen.
Categories: Science (5) Chemistry (5)

Pub quiz question 39 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English cricketing county plays their home games at Sophia Gardens?
Answer: A: Glamorgan CC
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Pub quiz question 38 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UK girl band burst onto the scene in 2008 with top ten hits "If This is Love" and "Up?"
Answer: A: The Saturdays
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Pub quiz question 37 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: A: Three
Notes: *: Two for the gills and one for its body
Categories: Nature (4) Biology (4) Science (7)

Pub quiz question 36 by pjh2

Question: Q: In golf, who was the first European to win the US Masters?
Answer: A: Seve Ballasteros
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Pub quiz question 35 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who co-wrote Fawlty Towers with John Cleese?
Answer: A: Connie Booth
Notes: *: She was his wife at the time
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Pub quiz question 34 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was managing Manchester United when they were last relegated before 2010?
Answer: A: Tommy Docherty
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Pub quiz question 33 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which element, discovered around 1737, is named after the German word for Goblin
Answer: A: Cobolt
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Pub quiz question 32 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who won Celebrity Big Brother in January 2009?
Answer: A: Ulrika Jonsson
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Pub quiz question 31 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which musical contains the song "America?"
Answer: A: West Side Story
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Pub quiz question 30 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who won the 2008 men's Wimbledon final, dubbed "the greatest Wimbledon final ever?"
Answer: A: Rafael Nadal
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Pub quiz question 29 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which popular TV programme includes Richard Farleigh,. Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis?
Answer: A: Dragon's Den
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Pub quiz question 28 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the editor of the spoof magazine Private Eye?
Answer: A: Ian Hislop
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Pub quiz question 27 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 14th century poet wrote The Canterbury Tales?
Answer: A: Geoffrey Chaucer
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Pub quiz question 26 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which armless statue was discovered by a peasant in 1829 on the Aegean island of Melos?
Answer: A: The Venus de Milo
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