Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4306 by pjh2

Question: Q: What disease takes its name from medieval Italian words for 'bad air'?
Answer: A: Malaria
Categories: Biology (5) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 4305 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the three-letter name for a young cheetah?
Answer: A: Cub
Categories: Language (3) Nature (3)

Pub quiz question 4304 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name for a young deer?
Answer: A: Fawn
Categories: Biology (4) Nature (4)

Pub quiz question 4303 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name for a baby turkey?
Answer: A: Poult
Categories: Nature (6) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 4302 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the five-letter name for a young dog? (Not puppy)
Answer: A: Whelp
Categories: Nature (6) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 4301 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name for a baby crocodile?
Answer: A: Crocklet
Categories: Biology (8) Nature (8)

Pub quiz question 4300 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name for a baby alligator?
Answer: A: Hatchling
Categories: Biology (7) Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 4299 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does MW stand for on a radio?
Answer: A: Medium Wave
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (2) Science (2) Technology (2) Radio (2)

Pub quiz question 4298 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which R-word did advertising man Waldo Warren coin to describe what was formerly known as a wireless?
Answer: A: Radio
Categories: Science (2) Technology (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 4297 by pjh2

Question: Q: What word used in connection with radio and television originally came from an agricultural term referring to the scattering of seeds?
Answer: A: Broadcast(ing)
Categories: Language (3) Technology (3) Science (3) Radio (3) Television (3)

Pub quiz question 4296 by pjh2

Question: Q: What old type of radio had a cat's whisker?
Answer: A: Crystal set
Categories: Radio (5) Technology (5) Science (5)

Pub quiz question 4295 by pjh2

Question: Q: What light, but flammable, gas contributed to many deaths in airship disasters?
Answer: A: Hydrogen
Categories: History (2) Chemistry (1) Science (2) Technology (2)

Pub quiz question 4294 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the Regency TR-1 the world's first commercially available example of?
Answer: A: *Transistor* radio
Categories: Radio (2) Technology (7) Science (7)

Pub quiz question 4293 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does LTA stand for when describing balloons and airships?
Answer: A: Lighter than air
Categories: Technology (3) Acronyms/Abbreviations (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 4292 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does an airship have that a balloon doesn't?
Answer: A: Power/engines/propellers
Categories: Technology (3)

Pub quiz question 4291 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the five-letter alternative name for a non-rigid airship?
Answer: A: Blimp
Categories: Technology (5) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 4290 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the surname of hot air balloon pioneers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne?
Answer: A: Montgolfier
Categories: Names (7) Technology (7) Science (7)

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 4288 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which company was founded by Edwin Land who developed the world's best selling instant print camera?
Answer: A: Polaroid
Categories: Technology (2) History (2) Business (2) Leisure (2)

Pub quiz question 4287 by pjh2

Question: Q: What company produced the Brownie camera?
Answer: A: Kodak
Categories: Technology (2) History (2) Business (2) Leisure (2)

Pub quiz question 4286 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was William Fox Talbot a pioneer of?
Answer: A: Photography
Notes: *: 1800's
Categories: Technology (6) History (6) Leisure (6)

Pub quiz question 4285 by pjh2

Question: Q: What word describes the hole that restricts the amount of light allowed to pass through a camera lens?
Answer: A: Aperture
Categories: Technology (5) Language (5) Leisure (5)

Pub quiz question 4284 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most common treat produced from the cacao tree?
Answer: A: Chocolate
Categories: Food (1) Nature (1)

Pub quiz question 4283 by pjh2

Question: Q: What modern treat takes it name from a stimulating Aztec drink called Xocoatl?
Answer: A: Chocolate
Categories: Food (2) Drink (2)

Pub quiz question 4282 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which sweet treat's main appeal, according to scientists, is that it melts in the mouth at almost human body temperature?
Answer: A: Chocolate
Categories: Food (2)