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Pub quiz question 4856 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ancient Chinese practice claims to cure pains and disease by the insertion of needles?
Answer: A: Acupuncture
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Pub quiz question 4855 by pjh2

Question: Q: What term for an incompetent doctor sounds like a duck?
Answer: A: Quack
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Pub quiz question 4854 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most expensive part of the tiger when used in Chinese medicine?
Answer: A: Penis
Categories: Biology (4) Nature (4) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 4853 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name, based on latin for 'I will please,' is given to a pill or treatment administered as a dummy therapy?
Answer: A: Placebo
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Pub quiz question 4852 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does CAM stand for when referring to medical treatment?
Answer: A: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Pub quiz question 4851 by pjh2

Question: Q: What car stoppers were first patented in Birmingham in the late 19th century?
Answer: A: Disk brakes
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Pub quiz question 4850 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does Otto Benz take the credit for inventing?
Answer: A: Car/Automobile
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Pub quiz question 4849 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which European country produced the first motorcar?
Answer: A: Germany
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Pub quiz question 4848 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which company was the world's largest producer of cars in 2006?
Answer: A: General Motors
Categories: 2000s (6) Business (6) Science (6) Technology (6)

Pub quiz question 4847 by pjh2

Question: Q: What were Welsh drivers illegally using as car fuel in 2004?
Answer: A: Cooking oil
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Pub quiz question 4846 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Britain's top selling lower/medium hatchback in 2006?
Answer: A: Honda Civic
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Pub quiz question 4845 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did every dog owner in Britain require until their abolition in 1987?
Answer: A: A dog licence
Categories: Nature (1) Politics (1)

Pub quiz question 4844 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which breed of dog is guilty of the most appearances at sheepdog trials?
Answer: A: Border Collie
Categories: Television (2) Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 4843 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is 'canis lupus familiaris?'
Answer: A: Pet dog
Categories: Nature (3) Language (3)

Pub quiz question 4842 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the only dog rated above the Basset Hound for its sense of smell?
Answer: A: Bloodhound
Categories: Nature (5) Biology (5)

Pub quiz question 4841 by pjh2

Question: Q: What wild creature does a Shiba Inus dog most look like?
Answer: A: Fox
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Pub quiz question 4840 by pjh2

Question: Q: What breed is often called the Apollo of Dogs?
Answer: A: Great Dane
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Pub quiz question 4839 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which P-word is given to birds reared for human consumption
Answer: A: Poultry
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Pub quiz question 4838 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which bird, with a unique call, lays its eggs in other birds nests?
Answer: A: Cuckoo
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Pub quiz question 4837 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which birds were traditionally used as gas detectors in coal mines?
Answer: A: Canaries
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Pub quiz question 4836 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are categorised as the biological class 'aves?'
Answer: A: Birds
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Pub quiz question 4835 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the main constituant of an eggshell?
Answer: A: Calcium carbonate (limestone/chalk)
Categories: Chemistry (4) Biology (5) Nature (5) Science (5)

Pub quiz question 4834 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which birds are commonly used by Chinese and Japanese fishermen?
Answer: A: Cormorants
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Pub quiz question 4833 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the bottom left number on a touchtone telephone?
Answer: A: Seven
Categories: Science (1) Technology (1)

Pub quiz question 4832 by pjh2

Question: Q: What form of communication doubled in the UK between March 2002 and March 2003?
Answer: A: Texting/SMS
Categories: Science (1) 2000s (1) Technology (1)