Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6156 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the first passenger jet larger than a 747?
Answer: A: Airbus A380
Categories: Travel (7)

Pub quiz question 6155 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many engines does a Boeing 747 passenger jet have?
Answer: A: Four
Categories: Technology (6) Travel (6)

Pub quiz question 6154 by pjh2

Question: Q: What airport did the first commercial Boeing 747 flight from JFK land at?
Answer: A: London Heathrow
Notes: *: 1970s
Categories: Technology (5) Travel (5) 1970s (5)

Pub quiz question 6153 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the common name for the Boeing 747?
Answer: A: Jumbo Jet
Categories: Technology (4) Travel (4) Names (4)

Pub quiz question 6152 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the hottest part of Concorde in flight after the engines?
Answer: A: Nose
Categories: Travel (5) Science (5) Technology (5)

Pub quiz question 6151 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many seats were there across a Concorde cabin?
Answer: A: Four
Categories: Travel (2) Technology (2)

Pub quiz question 6150 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the only airline other than British Airways to buy Concorde?
Answer: A: Air France
Categories: Travel (3) Technology (3)

Pub quiz question 6149 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Westcountry city did Concorde make its final flight from Heathrow to?
Answer: A: Bristol
Notes: *: 2003
Categories: Geography (5) Technology (5) Travel (5)

Pub quiz question 6148 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does SST stand for when referring to Concorde?
Answer: A: Supersonic transport
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (6) Technology (6) Travel (6)

Pub quiz question 6147 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the only supersonic airline, other than Concorde, to have seen commercial service?
Answer: A: Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO name: Charger)
Notes: *: Passenger service 1977/8 - grounded after 55 scheduled flights
Categories: Travel (8) 1970s (8) Technology (8)

Pub quiz question 6146 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
Answer: A: Jupiter
Categories: Space (3)

Pub quiz question 6145 by pjh2

Question: Q: What orbit the sun and have a name based on an ancient Greek word meaning wanderer?
Answer: A: Planets
Categories: Space (4) Language (4)

Pub quiz question 6144 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the only one of the accepted nine plants at the start of the 21st century not to be named after a Roman or Greek god?
Answer: A: Earth
Categories: Space (1) Religion (1)

Pub quiz question 6143 by pjh2

Question: Q: What became the furthest major planet from the sun when Pluto was downgraded to minor planet status in 2006?
Answer: A: Neptune
Categories: Space (5)

Pub quiz question 6142 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of the accepted nine planets at the start of the 21st century was named after a Greek god?
Answer: A: Uranus
Categories: Space (6) Language (6) Religion (6)

Pub quiz question 6141 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Ceres always classed as until it was touted as a minor planet in 2006?
Answer: A: Asteroid
Categories: Space (6)

Pub quiz question 6140 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name for the soft pale yellow/white layer which forms on teeth?
Answer: A: Plaque
Categories: Biology (2)

Pub quiz question 6139 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the clever-sounding name for a human third-molar?
Answer: A: Wisdom teeth
Categories: Biology (2) Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 6138 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Waldo Hanchett patent in 1848 to make things more comfortable for dental patients?
Answer: A: Dentist's chair
Categories: Science (4)

Pub quiz question 6137 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did dentist Levi Spear Parmly first recommend a piece of silk thread for in 1815?
Answer: A: Dental flossing
Categories: Science (5)

Pub quiz question 6136 by pjh2

Question: Q: What metal is the essential ingredient in a dental amalgam filling?
Answer: A: Mercury
Categories: Science (4) Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6135 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did George Green patent in 1875 that was voted the second most terrifying thing known to mankind after nuclear warfare in a 2003 poll?
Answer: A: Dentist's electric drill
Categories: Science (4)

Pub quiz question 6134 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to male rhinoceroses?
Answer: A: Bulls
Categories: Biology (2) Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 6133 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many horns has the average African black rhino?
Answer: A: Two
Categories: Biology (3) Nature (3)

Pub quiz question 6132 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the more colourful alternative name for the square-lipped rhinoceros?
Answer: A: White rhinoceros
Categories: Biology (3) Nature (3)