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Technology 81 questions.

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Pub quiz question 4289 by pjh2

Question: Q: What D-word derived from French is an alternative name for an airship?
Answer: A: Dirigible
Categories: Language (5) Technology (5)

Pub quiz question 6155 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many engines does a Boeing 747 passenger jet have?
Answer: A: Four
Categories: Technology (6) Travel (6)

Pub quiz question 4870 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was give to the magnetic radiation belts around the Earth discovered by the first US satellite?
Answer: A: Van Allen Belts
Categories: Space (7) Physics (7) Technology (7) Science (7)

Pub quiz question 4885 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the popular name for what NASA refers to as its Space Transportation System?
Answer: A: Space Shuttle
Categories: Language (2) Space (2) Technology (2)

Pub quiz question 8452 by pjh

Question: Q: What does BMW stand for (in English)?
Answer: A: Bavarian Motor Works
Categories: Technology (6) Acronyms/Abbreviations (6)

Pub quiz question 8390 by pjh

Question: Q: What is often seen as the smallest unit of memory?
Answer: A: byte
Categories: Technology (1) Computing (1)

Pub quiz question 8395 by pjh

Question: Q: Which email service, beginning with H, is owned by Microsoft?
Answer: A: Hotmail
Categories: Technology (6) Computing (6)

Pub quiz question 6158 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many of the engines can a 747 pilot see from his cockpit window?
Answer: A: None of them
Categories: Travel (7) Technology (7)

Pub quiz question 8455 by pjh

Question: Q: Which car is often called the first muscle car?
Answer: A: The Pontiac GTO
Categories: Technology (7)

Pub quiz question 5016 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the first ocean to be crossed by ship and by plain?
Answer: A: Atlantic Ocean
Categories: Geography (4) Technology (4)