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Pub quiz question 4171 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Why does the actor Edward Woodward have four "d's" in his name?
  2. Answer: A: Because if he didn't he'd be Ewar WooWoo.
  3. Notes: *: 1x01
  4. Categories: QI (1)
Pub quiz question 4190 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What provides more than 50% of the Earth's oxygen?
  2. Answer: A: Algae
  3. Notes: *: 1x03. Klaxon answer: Trees
  4. Categories: Nature (6) Science (6) QI (4) GI (4)
Pub quiz question 4191 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where is the driest place on Earth?
  2. Answer: A: Dry Valleys region, Antartica
  3. Notes: *: 1x03. Klaxon answer: Sahara Desert. The average annual rainfall is less than two inches, about the same as the Sahara, but the Dry Valleys, are free from ice and snow, and which haven't seen rain for two million years.
  4. Categories: GI (4) QI (4) Geography (6)
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Pub quiz question 4166 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: When was Gustav Mahler born and when did he die?
  2. Answer: A: 1860-1911
  3. Notes: *: 1x01
  4. Categories: QI (9) Music (9)
Pub quiz question 4169 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What connects the herb fennel and Italian homosexuals?
  2. Answer: A: FANUK - short for finocchio, an Italian word for fennel and vernacular for a homosexual man.
  3. Notes: *: 1x01
  4. Categories: Language (8) QI (6) Food (6)
Pub quiz question 4170 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: According to Andrew Marshall's 2002 book about Burma, a Burmese may well sidle up to you, and murmur, "Excuse me, sir, but I see that your department store is open even on weekends." What are they talking about?
  2. Answer: A: Your flies are undone.
  3. Notes: *: 1x01 The book was called "The Trouser People: A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire"
  4. Categories: Language (9) QI (5) 2000s (8) Literature (9)
Pub quiz question 4173 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which actor said, "One of my chief regrets during my years in the theatre is that I couldn't sit in the audience . . . and watch me"?
  2. Answer: A: John Barrymore
  3. Notes: *: 1x01
  4. Categories: QI (7) Quotations (9) Entertainment (9)
Pub quiz question 4196 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which film actor was described by the film critic John Simon as resembling a half-melted rubber bulldog?
  2. Answer: A: Walter Matthau
  3. Notes: *: 1x04
  4. Categories: QI (4) Entertainment (8) Quotations (8) Film/Movies (8)
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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)