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Pub quiz question 4178 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who invented the steam engine?
  2. Answer: A: Hero – or Heron – of Alexandria, in 100 A.D.,
  3. Notes: *: 1x01. Richard Trevithick is generally credited with the invention 1784.
  4. Categories: QI (5) History (7) Science (8)
Pub quiz question 4174 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which actor said "Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock."
  2. Answer: A: John Barrymore
  3. Notes: *: 1x01
  4. Categories: QI (9) Entertainment (9) Quotations (9)
Pub quiz question 4165 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: When was Anton Bruckner born and when did he die?
  2. Answer: A: 1824-1896
  3. Notes: *: 1x01
  4. Categories: QI (9) Music (9)
Pub quiz question 4189 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did Atlas carry on his shoulders?
  2. Answer: A: The sky/heavens
  3. Notes: *: 1x03. Klaxon answer: the earth.
  4. Categories: Mythology (3) QI (3) GI (3)
Pub quiz question 4197 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: A chameleon changes colour to match what?
  2. Answer: A: Mood/temperature/emotion
  3. Notes: *: 1x04. Klaxon answer: Environment/background.
  4. Categories: QI (3) GI (3) Nature (4) Biology (4)
Pub quiz question 4172 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: John Gielgud, on first hearing who's name said, "It's an interesting name: it sounds like a fart in the bath."
  2. Answer: A: Edward Woodward
  3. Notes: *: 1x01
  4. Categories: QI (3) Entertainment (7) Names (7) Quotations (7)
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Pub quiz question 4184 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: To the nearest thousand, how many brides walked down the aisle in Britain last year?
  2. Answer: A: Zero.
  3. Notes: *: 1x02 Klaxon answer: Anything that isn't zero. The aisles in a church are either side of the nave, not down the middle.
  4. Categories: Religion (6) QI (3) GI (3)
Pub quiz question 4193 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which town did Charles Dickens describe as "the dullest and most stupid spot on the face of the earth?"
  2. Answer: A: Chelmsford
  3. Notes: *: 1x04
  4. Categories: Literature (7) Geography (7) GI (4) QI (4) Quotations (7)
Pub quiz question 4168 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Of whom was it said, "Working with her was like being hit over the head with a Valentine card"?
  2. Answer: A: Julie Andrews
  3. Notes: *: 1x01. By Christopher Plummer
  4. Categories: QI (4) Quotations (4) Entertainment (4) Film/Movies (4)
Pub quiz question 4195 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What's 15 miles away from everybody, and smells of geraniums?
  2. Answer: A: The ozone layer.
  3. Notes: *: 1x04
  4. Categories: Science (6) QI (5)