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Pub quiz question 7439 by pjh

Question: Q: What is a blue straggler?
Answer: A: A star
Categories: Science (6) Astronomy (4) Physics (6)

Pub quiz question 6576 by pjh2

Question: Q: What simple telescope magnifies the view of distant objects through lenses mounted in a tube and viewed directly through the eyepiece?
Answer: A: Refracting telescope
Categories: Astronomy (5) Physics (7)

Pub quiz question 8400 by pjh

Question: Q: What part of the atom has no electric charge?
Answer: A: Neutron
Categories: Science (2) Physics (2)

Pub quiz question 6580 by pjh2

Question: Q: What area of South London housed the Royal Observatory until 1948?
Answer: A: Greenwich
Categories: Geography (3) London, UK (3) 1940s (3) Physics (3) Astronomy (3)

Pub quiz question 6438 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are the sub-atomic particles that carry a positive charge?
Answer: A: Proton
Categories: Science (2) Physics (2)
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Pub quiz question 336 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many laws of motion did Newton come up with?
Answer: A: 3
Categories: General Knowledge (2) Physics (1)
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Pub quiz question 293 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does a 'Pluvio meter' measure?
Answer: A: Rainfall
Categories: Physics (4) Science (5) Language (6)
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Pub quiz question 7460 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Thermodynamics; Newton's Motion; Kepler's planetary motion?
Answer: A: Three Laws
Categories: Connections (5) Physics (5) Science (5)

Pub quiz question 8745 by pjh

Question: Q: In what type of matter are atoms most tightly packed?
Answer: A: Solids
Notes: *: “Neutronium” doesn’t count.
Categories: Science (3) Physics (3)

Pub quiz question 6578 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 16th/17th century Italian with the initials GG make improvements to the telescope and is known as the father of modern astronomy?
Answer: A: Galileo Galilei
Categories: Astronomy (4) Physics (4)