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Language 520 questions.

Verbal, written and spoken communication

Pub quiz question 4862 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the usual British name for the breakfast disk referred to as 'blood sausage' on an American menu?
Answer: A: Black pudding
Categories: Language (2) Food (2)

Pub quiz question 4367 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was given to the area between fighting fronts during World War II?
Answer: A: No man's land
Categories: Language (2) Military (2) 1910s (2)

Pub quiz question 4250 by pjh2

Question: Q: What word describes the habit of some bears to sleep through the winter?
Answer: A: Hibernation
Categories: Nature (2) Language (2)

Pub quiz question 7370 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: bribes; cave; chair; coin?
Answer: A: "False friends" in French
Categories: Language (5) Connections (7)

Pub quiz question 3084 by pjh2

Question: Q: What ranch hands from the days of American cowboys gave their name to a brand of jeans?
Answer: A: Wranglers
Categories: Language (6) History (6)

Pub quiz question 4231 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which brand name has become a generic term in the English Dictionary meaning 'to clean with a vacuum cleaner?'
Answer: A: Hoover
Categories: Language (1)

Pub quiz question 8960 by pjh

Question: Q: What is a group of Bears called?
Answer: A: A sloth or sleuth; Cubs: a litter
Categories: Language (7) Biology (7)

Pub quiz question 7454 by pjh

Question: Q: How does a siffleur entertain an audience?
Answer: A: Whistling
Categories: Entertainment (6) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 9043 by pjh

Question: Q: What is a group of Pigeons called?
Answer: A: A flock or flights
Categories: Language (7) Biology (7)

Pub quiz question 9050 by pjh

Question: Q: What is a group of Rattlesnakes called?
Answer: A: A rhumba
Categories: Language (7) Biology (7)