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Pub quiz question 6231 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who built the first working phonograph?
Answer: A: Thomas Edison
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Pub quiz question 6230 by pjh2

Question: Q: What product from an Asian beetle was used in many brittle, old gramophone records?
Answer: A: Shellac
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Pub quiz question 6229 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many true legs does a caterpillar have?
Answer: A: Six
Notes: *: On its thorax (it is an insect)
Categories: Biology (6) Nature (6)

Pub quiz question 6228 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the common name for butterfly larvæ?
Answer: A: Caterpillars
Categories: Science (2) Nature (2) Biology (2) Language (2)

Pub quiz question 6227 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many wings does a butterfly have?
Answer: A: Four
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Pub quiz question 6226 by pjh2

Question: Q: What C word is an alternate name for a butterfly's pupa?
Answer: A: Chrysalis
Categories: Science (3) Nature (3) Language (3) Biology (3)

Pub quiz question 6225 by pjh2

Question: Q: What M-word describes the change from a chrysalis to a butterfly?
Answer: A: Metamorphosis
Categories: Science (4) Biology (4) Language (4) Nature (4)

Pub quiz question 6224 by pjh2

Question: Q: What garden visitors are classified in to two main families: hesperioidea and papilionoidea
Answer: A: Butterflies
Categories: Biology (7) Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 6223 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many pieces of webbing make up the belt in a standard three-point car seat belt?
Answer: A: One
Categories: Science (2) Travel (2)

Pub quiz question 6222 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to full-scale replica humans used to test car safety equipment?
Answer: A: Crash test dummies
Categories: Science (2) Travel (2)

Pub quiz question 6221 by pjh2

Question: Q: What item of car safety equipment is abbreviated to ABS?
Answer: A: Anti-lock Breaking System
Categories: Science (3) Travel (3) Acronyms/Abbreviations (3)

Pub quiz question 6220 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Mary Anderson invent in 1903 to help streetcars operate safely in the rain?
Answer: A: Windscreen wipers
Categories: Science (4) Travel (4)

Pub quiz question 6219 by pjh2

Question: Q: What colour cars did a 2005 Swedish study find most likely to be involved in accidents?
Answer: A: Black
Categories: Travel (6) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 6218 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the British name for what Australians call roo-bars?
Answer: A: Bull bars (not bumpers)
Categories: Language (6) Travel (6)

Pub quiz question 6217 by pjh2

Question: Q: What tool gets called a Manchester Screwdriver?
Answer: A: Hammer
Categories: Language (2)

Pub quiz question 6216 by pjh2

Question: Q: What would a British mechanic call the tool his American counterpart knows as a wrench?
Answer: A: Spanner
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Pub quiz question 6215 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Henry F Phillips introduce for carpenters?
Answer: A: Phillips crosshead screwdriver
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Pub quiz question 6214 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of the part that holds the bit in a drill?
Answer: A: Chuck
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Pub quiz question 6213 by pjh2

Question: Q: What tool's variations include mill, geared head and radial arm?
Answer: A: Drills
Categories: Science (5)

Pub quiz question 6212 by pjh2

Question: Q: What common tool might have a claw or a peen?
Answer: A: Hammer
Categories: Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6211 by pjh2

Question: Q: Fe is the chemical symbol for which element?
Answer: A: Iron
Categories: Science (3) Chemistry (3)

Pub quiz question 6210 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is David and Victoria Beckham's eldest child called?
Answer: A: Brooklyn
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Pub quiz question 6209 by pjh2

Question: Q: Jane Tennison - Prime Suspect
Image: i:
Answer: A: Helen Mirren
Notes: *: 1991
Categories: Entertainment (4) When they were younger (4) Television (4) 1990s (4)

Pub quiz question 6208 by pjh2

Question: Q: Elliot Ness in the 1987 version of The Untouchables
Image: i:
Answer: A: Kevin Costner
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Pub quiz question 6207 by pjh2

Question: Q: M
Image: i:
Answer: A: Judi Dench
Notes: *: Bond films 1995-
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