Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6815 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are known as 'ings' in and around York?
Answer: A: Flood Meadows
Categories: Geography (7) Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 6814 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city boasts the world's largest railway museum?
Answer: A: York
Categories: Geography (7) Buildings (7)

Pub quiz question 6813 by pjh2

Question: Q: What desert surrounds Las Vegas?
Answer: A: The Mojave Desert
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6812 by pjh2

Question: Q: What hotel did Bugsy Siegel open on the Las Vegas Strip in 1946?
Answer: A: The Flamingo Hotel
Categories: Geography (7) Buildings (8)

Pub quiz question 6811 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Las Vegas hotel boasts its own Grand Canal?
Answer: A: The Venetian
Categories: Geography (7) Buildings (7)

Pub quiz question 6810 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city in Nevada has a name based on 'The Meadows' in Spanish?
Answer: A: Las Vegas
Categories: Geography (5) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 6809 by pjh2

Question: Q: What shape is the main part of Las Vegas' Luxor Hotel?
Answer: A: Pyramid
Categories: Buildings (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6808 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US city's 'Elvis Wedding Chapel' advertises: 'The best wedding with best value?'
Answer: A: Las Vegas'
Categories: Geography (2) Religion (3)

Pub quiz question 6807 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is dentophobia a common fear of
Answer: A: Dentists
Categories: Science (2) Phobias (2)

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)