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Pub quiz question 6690 by pjh2

Question: Q: What prevents the Earth's atmosphere from drifting into space?
Answer: A: Gravity
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Pub quiz question 6689 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which fruit was crated in 1902 by Algerian priest Pierre Clement?
Answer: A: Clementine
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Pub quiz question 6688 by pjh2

Question: Q: What citrus friot was known as the shaddock until the 1800s?
Answer: A: Grapefruit
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Pub quiz question 6687 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country is the world's leading producer of orange juice?
Answer: A: Brazil
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Pub quiz question 6686 by pjh2

Question: Q: What word beginning with G describes a wind of at least 32mph (51.5km/h)?
Answer: A: Gale
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Question: Q: What is measured on the Beaufort Scale?
Answer: A: Wind speed
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Pub quiz question 6684 by pjh2

Question: Q: What strong northwesterly wind blows from Marseilles to Toulon mostly in the winter and spring?
Answer: A: Mistral
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Pub quiz question 6683 by pjh2

Question: Q: What natural phenomenon is measured with an anemometer?
Answer: A: Wind speed
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Question: Q: What Adriatic wind shares its name with a make of car?
Answer: A: Mæstro
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Question: Q: What name is given to the layer of gasses surrounding the Earth?
Answer: A: Atmosphere
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Pub quiz question 6680 by pjh2

Question: Q: What element has the atomic number 26 and the chemical symbol Fe?
Answer: A: Iron
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Pub quiz question 6679 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most abundant metal on Earth?
Answer: A: Iron
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Pub quiz question 6678 by pjh2

Question: Q: What three-letter word means the combination of gasses surrounding the Earth?
Answer: A: Air
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Pub quiz question 6677 by pjh2

Question: Q: What three letter word describes the material from which iron is extracted?
Answer: A: Ore
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Pub quiz question 6676 by pjh2

Question: Q: What layer of the Earth's atmosphere sits between the troposphere and mesosphere?
Answer: A: Stratosphere
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Pub quiz question 6675 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is defined as a 'ferrous alloy with a minimum of 10% chromium content?'
Answer: A: Stainless steel
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Pub quiz question 6674 by pjh2

Question: Q: What covered Bodmin Moor in November 2005 due to a Pembrokeshire Dangler?
Answer: A: Snow
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Question: Q: What is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere called?
Answer: A: Troposphere
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Question: Q: What was Rowland Hill the first to put on the back of a postage stamp?
Answer: A: Adhesive
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Pub quiz question 6671 by pjh2

Question: Q: What came about when Spencer Silver developed a very week adhesive that he thought might be used on bookmarks in his Bible?
Answer: A: Post-it notes
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Pub quiz question 6670 by pjh2

Question: Q: What element joins iron to become steel?
Answer: A: Carbon
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Pub quiz question 6669 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Britain's best-known brand of latex-based adhesive?
Answer: A: Copydex
Categories: Science (7) Business (7)

Pub quiz question 6668 by pjh2

Question: Q: What product that takes its name from a farm animal is a step along the way from iron ore to cast iron?
Answer: A: Pig iron
Categories: Science (4) Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6667 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did the US Postal Service assure weight-conscious customers contains only one-tenth of a calorie?
Answer: A: Glue on a stamp
Categories: Science (4) Food (3)

Pub quiz question 6666 by pjh2

Question: Q: What might you now use to fix on a cup handle that Dr Harry Coover discovered in 1952 and rejected because it was too sticky?
Answer: A: Superglue
Categories: Science (5) 1950s (5)