Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4290 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the surname of hot air balloon pioneers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne?
  2. Answer: A: Montgolfier
  3. Categories: Names (7) Technology (7) Science (7)
Pub quiz question 4289 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What D-word derived from French is an alternative name for an airship?
  2. Answer: A: Dirigible
  3. Categories: Language (5) Technology (5)
Pub quiz question 4288 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which company was founded by Edwin Land who developed the world's best selling instant print camera?
  2. Answer: A: Polaroid
  3. Categories: Technology (2) History (2) Business (2) Leisure (2)
Pub quiz question 4287 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What company produced the Brownie camera?
  2. Answer: A: Kodak
  3. Categories: Technology (2) History (2) Business (2) Leisure (2)
Pub quiz question 4286 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was William Fox Talbot a pioneer of?
  2. Answer: A: Photography
  3. Notes: *: 1800's
  4. Categories: Technology (6) History (6) Leisure (6)
Pub quiz question 4285 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What word describes the hole that restricts the amount of light allowed to pass through a camera lens?
  2. Answer: A: Aperture
  3. Categories: Technology (5) Language (5) Leisure (5)
Pub quiz question 4284 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the most common treat produced from the cacao tree?
  2. Answer: A: Chocolate
  3. Categories: Food (1) Nature (1)
Pub quiz question 4283 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What modern treat takes it name from a stimulating Aztec drink called Xocoatl?
  2. Answer: A: Chocolate
  3. Categories: Food (2) Drink (2)
Pub quiz question 4282 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which sweet treat's main appeal, according to scientists, is that it melts in the mouth at almost human body temperature?
  2. Answer: A: Chocolate
  3. Categories: Food (2)
Pub quiz question 4281 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which continent produces most of the world's cocoa beans?
  2. Answer: A: Africa
  3. Categories: Geography (5) Food (5)
Pub quiz question 4280 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did the ancient Mayans drink some 2,600 years ago that was turned into a solid treat during the 18th century?
  2. Answer: A: Chocolate
  3. Categories: History (6) Food (6)
Pub quiz question 4279 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which liquid did Swiss candle maker Daniel Peter first add to chocolate in 1867?
  2. Answer: A: Milk
  3. Categories: Drink (6) History (6)
Pub quiz question 4278 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What C is the proper name for a fairground roundabout ride?
  2. Answer: A: Carousel
  3. Categories: Leisure (1) Language (1)
Pub quiz question 4277 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the alternative name for a theme park 'switchback railway'?
  2. Answer: A: Roller Coaster
  3. Categories: Language (5) Leisure (5)
Pub quiz question 4276 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the surname of the man who invented the Big Wheel fairground ride?
  2. Answer: A: (George Washington Gale) Ferris(, Jr)
  3. Categories: Names (2) Leisure (2)
Pub quiz question 4275 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What now-common fairground ride was first erected at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with an axle that was at the time the world's largest piece of forged steel?
  2. Answer: A: Ferris Wheel/Big Wheel
  3. Notes: *: The original was also known as the Chicago Wheel
  4. Categories: Leisure (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 4274 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Alton Towers ride that opened in March 1998 boasts a '200ft 4.5G plummet to the centre of the earth?'
  2. Answer: A: Oblivion
  3. Categories: Leisure (6)
Pub quiz question 4273 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British theme park boasts 'The Big Dipper,' originally built in 1923?
  2. Answer: A: Blackpool 'Pleasure Beach'
  3. Categories: Leisure (6) 1920s (6)
Pub quiz question 4272 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In what direction do growing bananas point?
  2. Answer: A: Upwards
  3. Categories: Nature (1) Food (1)
Pub quiz question 4271 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the Fyffes Line shipping fleet built to carry?
  2. Answer: A: Bananas
  3. Categories: Business (2) Food (1)
Pub quiz question 4270 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What fruit crop is grown in more countries than any other?
  2. Answer: A: Banana
  3. Categories: Food (5)
Pub quiz question 4269 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is usually given to banana cultivated for cooking?
  2. Answer: A: Plantain
  3. Categories: Food (4) Language (4)
Pub quiz question 4268 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What rank fourth after rice, wheat and maize in terms of human food production?
  2. Answer: A: Bananas
  3. Categories: Food (5)
Pub quiz question 4267 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which common fruit's skin did hippy bible 'The Anarchist's Cookbook' claim could be dried then smoked as an hallucinogenic?
  2. Answer: A: Bananas
  3. Categories: Food (7) Literature (7)
Pub quiz question 4266 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the main levening ingredient used in bread production?
  2. Answer: A: Yeast
  3. Categories: Food (1) Biology (1) Nature (1)
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