Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6590 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which instruments was Gene Krupa associated?
Answer: A: Drums
Categories: Music (8)

Pub quiz question 6589 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the leader of East Germany from 1971 to 1989?
Answer: A: Erich Hinecker
Categories: Politics (8) 1970s (8) 1980s (8)

Pub quiz question 6588 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which disease is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin B1, or thiamine?
Answer: A: Beriberi
Categories: Science (7)

Pub quiz question 6587 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Spanish golfer captained the 1997 European Ryder Cup team?
Answer: A: Seve(riano) Ballesteros
Categories: Sports (6) Golf (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 6586 by pjh2

Question: Q: What can be found under the bonnet of a car to visually measure the oil level?
Answer: A: Dipstick
Categories: Science (1)

Pub quiz question 6585 by pjh2

Question: Q: What do Americans call petrol?
Answer: A: Gas(oline)
Categories: Science (2) Language (2)

Pub quiz question 6584 by pjh2

Question: Q: What type of internal combustion engine has one upward stroke and one downward stroke to every power stroke?
Answer: A: Two stroke
Categories: Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6583 by pjh2

Question: Q: What mixed with the fuel to aid combustion in most car engines?
Answer: A: Air
Categories: Science (2) Chemistry (2)

Pub quiz question 6582 by pjh2

Question: Q: What shape is the piston in an Wankel engine?
Answer: A: Triangular
Categories: Science (5)

Pub quiz question 6581 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the more common name for a car engine using the Otto cycle?
Answer: A: Four stroke
Categories: Science (6) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 6580 by pjh2

Question: Q: What area of South London housed the Royal Observatory until 1948?
Answer: A: Greenwich
Categories: Geography (3) London, UK (3) 1940s (3) Physics (3) Astronomy (3)

Pub quiz question 6579 by pjh2

Question: Q: What astronomical aid takes its name from the Greek words for 'far seeing?'
Answer: A: Telescope
Categories: Astronomy (3) Language (3) Physics (3)

Pub quiz question 6578 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 16th/17th century Italian with the initials GG make improvements to the telescope and is known as the father of modern astronomy?
Answer: A: Galileo Galilei
Categories: Astronomy (4) Physics (4)

Pub quiz question 6577 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American astronomer gave his name to a telescope launched into space in 1990?
Answer: A: Edwin Hubble
Categories: Astronomy (5) Physics (5) Names (5)

Pub quiz question 6576 by pjh2

Question: Q: What simple telescope magnifies the view of distant objects through lenses mounted in a tube and viewed directly through the eyepiece?
Answer: A: Refracting telescope
Categories: Astronomy (5) Physics (7)

Pub quiz question 6575 by pjh2

Question: Q: What simple telescope magnifies the view of distance objects by gathering light on curved mirrors?
Answer: A: Reflecting telescope
Categories: Astronomy (5) Physics (5)

Pub quiz question 6574 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which natural fabric becomes denim?
Answer: A: Cotton
Categories: Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 6573 by pjh2

Question: Q: What fibre producing plant is attacked by the boll weevil?
Answer: A: Cotton
Categories: Nature (6)

Pub quiz question 6572 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which registered brand name is now used for the cotton swabs invented in 1923 by Leo Gerstenzang?
Answer: A: Q-Tips
Categories: Business (3)

Pub quiz question 6571 by pjh2

Question: Q: What gin was patented by Eli Whitney in 1749?
Answer: A: Cotton gin
Notes: *: Not a drink - 'gin' is short for machine
Categories: Business (7)

Pub quiz question 6570 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the modern brand name for the bathroom accessories originally called 'Baby Gays?'
Answer: A: Q-Tips
Categories: Business (8) Names (8)

Pub quiz question 6569 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is your shirt made from if the fibre was produced by the gossypium shrub?
Answer: A: Cotton
Categories: Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 6568 by pjh2

Question: Q: What element with the symbol C occurs in all organic life?
Answer: A: Carbon
Categories: Chemistry (2)

Pub quiz question 6567 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which element with the symbol I is found in seawater and has a name based on the Greek for violet?
Answer: A: Iodine
Categories: Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6566 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the second-lightest element, often used for inflating ballons?
Answer: A: Helium
Categories: Chemistry (4)