Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6181 by pjh2

Question: Q: Famous member of hip-hop band D12
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Answer: A: Eminem/Slim Shady/Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Categories: Music (8) Entertainment (8) When they were younger (8)

Pub quiz question 6180 by pjh2

Question: Q: Singer
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Answer: A: George Michael
Categories: When they were younger (3) Entertainment (3) Music (3)

Pub quiz question 6179 by pjh2

Question: Q: Patients in which UK city were put at risk when surgeons had to complete operations by torchlight when workers cut the power ahead of scheduled maintenance?
Answer: A: Edinburgh (Royal Infirmary)
Categories: Current Affairs (7)

Pub quiz question 6178 by pjh2

Question: Q: After 75 years of analogue TV transmission, BBC Director Greg Dyke turned off which transmitter in London?
Answer: A: Crystal Palace
Notes: *: 2012
Categories: Current Affairs (6) Entertainment (8) Television (8) 2010s (8)

Pub quiz question 6177 by pjh2

Question: Q: The 2012 Proms will star which claymation character in a piece entitled "My Concerto in Ee, Lad?"
Answer: A: Wallace form Wallace and Gromit
Categories: Entertainment (6) 2010s (7) Music (7) Current Affairs (6)

Pub quiz question 6176 by pjh2

Question: Q: Stacie Halas, a science teacher in Southern California, was finally sacked by her school district, for what reason?
Answer: A: Starring in porn movies before she was a teacher
Notes: *: 2012
Categories: Current Affairs (7) Entertainment (6) Politics (7) 2010s (7)

Pub quiz question 6175 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which late seventies/early eighties band did Greg Ham, who died in 2012, play the saxophone, flute, organ, piano and synthesizer?
Answer: A: Men at Work
Categories: 1970s (7) 1980s (7) Entertainment (7) Music (7) Current Affairs (7) 2010s (7)

Pub quiz question 6174 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who won the first round of the French elections in 2012?
Answer: A: Francois Hollande
Categories: Politics (7) Current Affairs (5) 2010s (7)

Pub quiz question 6173 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nationality were the winners of both the men's and women's 2012 wheelchair London Marathon?
Answer: A: British
Notes: *: David Weir, and Shelly Woods
Categories: Athletics (7) Sports (8) Current Affairs (5) 2010s (7)

Pub quiz question 6172 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which female singer's latest album- 50 Words For Snow - was nominated (2012) for an Ivor Novello award?
Answer: A: Kate Bush
Categories: Music (8) Entertainment (8) Current Affairs (7) 2010s (8)

Pub quiz question 6171 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where was Formula One being held in 2012 amid controversy about the safety of participants and spectators?
Answer: A: Bahrain
Categories: Sports (6) Geography (7) Military (5) 2010s (7) Current Affairs (3)

Pub quiz question 6170 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are the primary predecessors which are replaced in later life by succedaneous?
Answer: A: Teeth
Categories: Language (8) Biology (8) Nature (8)

Pub quiz question 6169 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where is your 'tragus?'
Answer: A: Ear
Notes: *: The protuberance in front of the ear opening
Categories: Nature (7) Biology (7)

Pub quiz question 6168 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does a butterfly have 380 of, a chicken 78, a donkey 62 and humans a mere 46?
Answer: A: Chromosomes
Categories: Biology (6) Nature (6)

Pub quiz question 6167 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does the average human lose between 40 and 100 of each day?
Answer: A: Hairs on the head
Categories: Biology (5) Nature (5)

Pub quiz question 6166 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are there 270 of in the average human baby, but only 206 in an adult?
Answer: A: Bones
Notes: *: As we grow, some of the bones fuse together (in the skull, the long bones
Categories: Biology (4) Nature (4)

Pub quiz question 6165 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the common name for the condition an Olympic sprinter would have if his doctor said he was suffering from tinea pedis?
Answer: A: Athlete's foot
Categories: Biology (4) Nature (4) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 6164 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sign of the zodiac is the first air sign of the calendar year?
Answer: A: Aquarius
Categories: Superstitions (8)

Pub quiz question 6163 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many degrees of the sky does each sign of the zodiac represent?
Answer: A: 30°
Categories: Superstitions (5)

Pub quiz question 6162 by pjh2

Question: Q: What do astrologers call their chart of predictions based on the position of planets and the signs of the zodiac?
Answer: A: Horoscope
Categories: Superstitions (5)

Pub quiz question 6161 by pjh2

Question: Q: What astrological chart takes its name from a Greek word meaning 'circle of animals?'
Answer: A: Zodiac
Categories: Superstitions (5)

Pub quiz question 6160 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sign of the zodiac is represented by an archer?
Answer: A: Sagittarius
Categories: Superstitions (3)

Pub quiz question 6159 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sign of the zodiac is represented by a bull?
Answer: A: Taurus
Categories: Superstitions (2)

Pub quiz question 6158 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many of the engines can a 747 pilot see from his cockpit window?
Answer: A: None of them
Categories: Travel (7) Technology (7)

Pub quiz question 6157 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American airline was the first to order Boeing 747s?
Answer: A: Pan Am
Categories: Business (8) Travel (8)