Questions by pjh2

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)

Pub quiz question 6231 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who built the first working phonograph?
Answer: A: Thomas Edison
Categories: Science (3)

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
Categories: Biology (7) Science (7) Nature (7) Entertainment (7) Music (7)

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
Categories: Science (2) Nature (2) Biology (2)

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
Categories: Language (2)