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Pub quiz question 4194 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who's face reminded Clive James of two crows that had crash-landed into the White Cliffs of Dover.
  2. Answer: A: Barbara Cartland
  3. Notes: *: 1x04
  4. Categories: QI (4) Quotations (7) Entertainment (7)
Pub quiz question 4164 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: When was Michelangelo Buonarroti born, and when did he die?
  2. Answer: A: 1475-1564
  3. Notes: *: 1x01
  4. Categories: QI (9) Art (9)
Pub quiz question 4185 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What flavour is the oldest-known soup?
  2. Answer: A: Hippopotamus
  3. Notes: *: 1x02
  4. Categories: GI (5) QI (5) Food (9)
Pub quiz question 4163 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What have Adam's bellybutton in the "Hand of God" in the Sistine chapel, and Dr Rowan William the Arch Bishop of Caterbury's left ear have in common?
  2. Answer: A: They're both purely decorative
  3. Notes: *: 1x01: Adam shouldn't have a belly button since he was created, not born, and William's has been deaf in the left ear since the age of two.
  4. Categories: QI (5) Religion (6) Art (6)
Pub quiz question 4192 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the main ingredient of air?
  2. Answer: A: nitrogen
  3. Notes: *: 1x04. Klaxon answers: Oxygen, carbon dioxide
  4. Categories: QI (3) Science (3) GI (3)
Pub quiz question 4183 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the name of the capital city of Thailand?
  2. Answer: A: Krung Thep
  3. Notes: *: 1x02. Klaxon answer: Bangkok
  4. Categories: QI (4) GI (4) Geography (6)
Pub quiz question 4186 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What man-made artifacts can be seen from the moon with the naked eye?
  2. Answer: A: Nothing man-made can be seen.
  3. Notes: *: 1x02. Klaxon answer: Great Wall of China
  4. Categories: QI (3) GI (3) Science (5)
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Pub quiz question 4179 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: If you heard the sound of fuffing, what would you expect to be soon savaged by?
  2. Answer: A: Either a tiger or a weasel
  3. Notes: *: 1x02
  4. Categories: Nature (8) QI (5) Biology (8)
Pub quiz question 4180 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What colour is a polar bear's fur?
  2. Answer: A: Transparent
  3. Notes: *: 1x02. It's not white - that's just a refraction of the surrounding snow
  4. Categories: Nature (4) QI (2) Biology (3)
Pub quiz question 4175 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Identify the following animal: "They puff out their hair like a cat, raise one front foot and then hop menacingly from side to side, roaring with all the fury of a clogged drain."
  2. Answer: A: Anteater
  3. Notes: *: 1x01. Part of the elaborate play sequences of young giant anteaters, which is known as "bluff charging".
  4. Categories: QI (5) Biology (9) Nature (9)