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Pub quiz question 6256 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the 1914 Eagle the first example of from the Rolls-Royce factory?
Answer: A: Aircraft engine
Categories: Travel (6) 1910s (6) Business (6)

Pub quiz question 6255 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the only company to have produced engines that held the world air, land and water speed records simultaneously?
Answer: A: Rolls-Royce
Categories: Travel (7) Business (7)

Pub quiz question 6254 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is a young female horse called if a male is a colt?
Answer: A: Filly
Categories: Language (1) Nature (1) Biology (1)

Pub quiz question 6253 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does a male horse become in the UK at the age of five when a female becomes a mare?
Answer: A: Stallion
Categories: Language (1) Biology (1) Nature (1)

Pub quiz question 6252 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does a female horse become in the UK at the age of five when a male becomes a stallion?
Answer: A: Mare
Categories: Language (1) Biology (1) Nature (1)

Pub quiz question 6251 by pjh2

Question: Q: What animals are of the genus equus?
Answer: A: Horses
Categories: Biology (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6250 by pjh2

Question: Q: What measurement of horses is defined in British law as 101.6mm?
Answer: A: Hand
Categories: Science (4) Politics (4) Biology (4) Nature (4)

Pub quiz question 6249 by pjh2

Question: Q: What animal provides the meat at French boucheries chevalines?
Answer: A: Horse
Categories: Language (5) Geography (5) Food (5)

Pub quiz question 6248 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the tallest modern breed of horse?
Answer: A: Shire
Categories: Biology (6) Nature (6)

Pub quiz question 6247 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is a young male horse called if a female is called a filly?
Answer: A: Colt
Categories: Language (1) Biology (1) Nature (1)

Pub quiz question 6246 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which company produces the iPod?
Answer: A: Apple (Computer International)
Categories: Business (1) Entertainment (1) Music (1) Computing (1)

Pub quiz question 6245 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which rock diva was the first woman to have her signature engraved on a special edition iPod?
Answer: A: Madonna
Categories: Entertainment (2) Music (2) Computing (3)

Pub quiz question 6244 by pjh2

Question: Q: What were 5th generation iPods the first to offer?
Answer: A: Video
Categories: Entertainment (6) Computing (7)

Pub quiz question 6243 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many gigabytes capacity had the first commercially available iPod?
Answer: A: Five
Categories: Computing (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 6242 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the first iPod without a screen or scroll wheel?
Answer: A: iPod Shuffle
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7) Computing (7)

Pub quiz question 6241 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does the computer acronym WORM stand for?
Answer: A: Write Once, Read Many (not to be confused with worms which are akin to viruses.)
Categories: Computing (6) Acronyms/Abbreviations (7)

Pub quiz question 6240 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is a computer's UPS?
Answer: A: Uninterruptable Power Supply
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (7) Computing (6)

Pub quiz question 6239 by pjh2

Question: Q: What F-word describes the surface area of a desk occupied by a computer?
Answer: A: Footprint
Categories: Computing (7)

Pub quiz question 6238 by pjh2

Question: Q: What symbol shares a key with the number 4 on a standard QWERTY computer keyboard?
Answer: A: $ (dollar)
Categories: Computing (3)

Pub quiz question 6237 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does ROM stand for in CD-ROM?
Answer: A: Read Only Memory
Categories: Computing (3) Acronyms/Abbreviations (4)

Pub quiz question 6236 by pjh2

Question: Q: What three letter word means the smallest piece of information used by a computer?
Answer: A: Bit
Categories: Computing (2) Language (4)

Pub quiz question 6235 by pjh2

Question: Q: Why did 45rpm singles have a centre which could be punched out to make a bigger hole?
Answer: A: To fit juke boxes
Categories: Entertainment (5) Music (5)

Pub quiz question 6234 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the common diameter of a 45rpm single?
Answer: A: 7'' (10'' and 12'' did exist, but were less common)
Categories: Entertainment (5) Music (5)

Pub quiz question 6233 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the speed of a 12'' LP record?
Answer: A: 33⅓ rpm
Categories: Entertainment (6) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 6232 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did the Pye record company first offer British hi-fi enthusiasts in 1958?
Answer: A: Stereo
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (6) 1950s (7)