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Pub quiz question 6306 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many carets is pure gold?
Answer: A: 24
Categories: Science (6) Business (6)

Pub quiz question 6305 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nautical symbol appears on a Birmingham hallmark?
Answer: A: Anchor
Categories: Science (7) Business (7) Travel (7)

Pub quiz question 6304 by pjh2

Question: Q: What creatures head appears on a London hallmark?
Answer: A: Leopard
Categories: Biology (7) Nature (7) Science (7) London, UK (7) Business (7)

Pub quiz question 6303 by pjh2

Question: Q: What N-word describes a lump if natural gold?
Answer: A: Nugget
Categories: Nature (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6302 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most malleable and ductile metal known to man?
Answer: A: Gold
Categories: Chemistry (3) Physics (3)

Pub quiz question 6301 by pjh2

Question: Q: What modern form of transport developed from the Draisine, patented in 1817 by German inventor Karl Drais?
Answer: A: Bicycle
Categories: Transport (7)

Pub quiz question 6300 by pjh2

Question: Q: What modern from of transport developed from the velocipede?
Answer: A: Bicycle
Notes: *: Velocipede is any human-powered vehicle with one or more wheels
Categories: Transport (7)

Pub quiz question 6299 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did John Boyd Dunlop invent to give cyclists a less bumpy ride?
Answer: A: _Pneumatic_ tyres
Categories: Science (6) Transport (6)

Pub quiz question 6298 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Nottingham bicycle company was set up in the 1890s by Frank Bowden?
Answer: A: Raleigh
Categories: Business (6) Travel (6)

Pub quiz question 6297 by pjh2

Question: Q: What part of a bicycle is commonly formed from two triangles?
Answer: A: The frame
Categories: Travel (3)

Pub quiz question 6296 by pjh2

Question: Q: What were Boneshakers and Penny-Farthings early examples of?
Answer: A: Push-bikes/bicycles
Categories: Travel (2)

Pub quiz question 6295 by pjh2

Question: Q: What P-word means the visible surface of the sun?
Answer: A: Photosphere
Categories: Space (7) Language (7) Science (7) Physics (7)

Pub quiz question 6294 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the second most common element in the sun after hydrogen?
Answer: A: Helium
Categories: Chemistry (6) Physics (5) Space (5)

Pub quiz question 6293 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the dark areas on the surface of the sun?
Answer: A: Sunspots
Categories: Language (6) Space (6) Physics (6)

Pub quiz question 6292 by pjh2

Question: Q: What gas makes up approximately 74% of the sun's mass?
Answer: A: Hydrogen
Categories: Space (4) Physics (4) Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6291 by pjh2

Question: Q: What single object accounts for more than 99% of the solar system's mass?
Answer: A: The sun
Categories: Astronomy (2) Space (2) Physics (2)

Pub quiz question 6290 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the closest start to the Earth?
Answer: A: The sun
Categories: Astronomy (1) Space (1) Physics (1)

Pub quiz question 6289 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London museum has the largest display of dinosaur bones?
Answer: A: Natural History Museum
Categories: London, UK (1) Science (1) Biology (1) Nature (1)

Pub quiz question 6288 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many horns did triceratops have?
Answer: A: three
Categories: Biology (1) Nature (1)

Pub quiz question 6287 by pjh2

Question: Q: What ancient creature took its name from the Greek words for 'terrible lizard?'
Answer: A: Dinosaur
Categories: Language (2) Biology (2) Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 6286 by pjh2

Question: Q: What type of dinosaur snatched the man off the toilet in the movie Jurassic Park?
Answer: A: Tyrannosaurus rex
Notes: *: 1993
Categories: Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3) Nature (3) Biology (3)

Pub quiz question 6285 by pjh2

Question: Q: What period saw the first dinosaurs?
Answer: A: Cretaceous
Categories: History (7)

Pub quiz question 6284 by pjh2

Question: Q: What were the surnames of quality car manufacturing duo Henry and Charles Stewart?
Answer: A: Rolls Royce
Categories: Business (1) Names (1) Travel (1)

Pub quiz question 6283 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name did Neil Armstrong give to the spot where man first touch down on the Moon?
Answer: A: Tranquility Base
Notes: *: 1969
Categories: 1960s (6) Space (6)

Pub quiz question 6282 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the first man made object to land on the Moon?
Answer: A: Luna 2
Notes: *: 1959
Categories: 1950s (7) Space (7)