Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4065 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where on a fish's body are the growth rings scientists use to determine age?
  2. Answer: A: The ears
  3. Categories: Biology (6) Nature (6) Science (6)
Pub quiz question 4064 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What do most lobsters and crayfish do with their shell after it has moulted?
  2. Answer: A: Eat it
  3. Categories: Nature (6) Biology (6)
Pub quiz question 4063 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What creature boasts the world's largest eyes?
  2. Answer: A: Giant squid
  3. Categories: Nature (5) Biology (5)
Pub quiz question 4062 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What does a little baby elver hope to grow up to become?
  2. Answer: A: An eel
  3. Categories: Nature (5) Biology (5)
Pub quiz question 4061 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What valuable product is obtained from the sturgeon?
  2. Answer: A: Caviar
  3. Categories: Nature (3) Biology (3) Food (2)
Pub quiz question 4060 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What item, in its general sense can be used for any plant in the genus allium?
  2. Answer: A: Onion
  3. Categories: Food (6) Biology (6)
Pub quiz question 4059 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the first vegetable man is known to have cultivated?
  2. Answer: A: Pea
  3. Categories: Biology (6) Food (6)
Pub quiz question 4058 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the main use for soybeans?
  2. Answer: A: Oil
  3. Categories: Food (3) Biology (3) Science (3)
Pub quiz question 4057 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What does an unpicked courgette grow up to be?
  2. Answer: A: A marrow
  3. Categories: Nature (3) Food (3)
Pub quiz question 4056 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What vegetable has types called butterhead, boston, bibb and iceberg?
  2. Answer: A: Lettuce
  3. Categories: Food (2) Nature (2)
Pub quiz question 4055 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the commonest vegetable to take its name from a European capital city?
  2. Answer: A: Brussels sprouts
  3. Categories: Nature (2) Food (2) Language (2)
Pub quiz question 4054 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Sunday was the 10th anniversary of what?
  2. Answer: A: September 11 attacks on the US; 9/11
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (3)
Pub quiz question 4053 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country is David Cameron currently visiting?
  2. Answer: A: Russia
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (4)
Pub quiz question 4052 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which comedian swam 140miles of the Thames for charity, raising nearly £1M (September 2011)
  2. Answer: A: David Walliams
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (4)
Pub quiz question 4051 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the name of the hurricane that hit the UK (in the middle of September '11)?
  2. Answer: A: Katia
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (6)
Pub quiz question 4050 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the final score in the Sunderland v Chelsea match on Saturday 10th Sep 2011?
  2. Answer: A: Sunderland 1 - 2 Chelsea
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (6)
Pub quiz question 4049 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The minimum wage is rising from £5.93 to how much on October 1st 2011?
  2. Answer: A: £6.08
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7)
Pub quiz question 4048 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Jenny Bessant, along with her husband and two kids, have been barred for life from The Nutley Arms in East Sussex, for suggesting that the landlord serve what?
  2. Answer: A: Diet/sugar-free Lemonade
  3. Notes: *: The landlord claims she was rude about it.
  4. Categories: Current Affairs (9)
Pub quiz question 4047 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: September 2011 - which presenter of Top Gear has signed up with TomTom to be a new voice for their sat-navs?
  2. Answer: A: Jeremy Clarkson
  3. Categories: Entertainment (7) Current Affairs (4)
Pub quiz question 4046 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who won Celebrity Big Brother 2011?
  2. Answer: A: Paddy Doherty
  3. Notes: *: He is best known as one of the interviewed gypsies in My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.
  4. Categories: Television (5) Entertainment (5) Current Affairs (5)
Pub quiz question 4045 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What English name is given to the 2004 German film 'Der Untergang' which depicts the last 10 days of Hitler, and from which one scene has been parodied thousands of time on Youtube by changing the subtitles to completely different subjects?
  2. Answer: A: Downfall
  3. Categories: 2000s (7) Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7)
Pub quiz question 4044 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British TV and radio quiz show, that started in 1972, is still going, and has been variously presented by Magnus Magnusson, Peter Snow, Clive Anderson and John Humphrys?
  2. Answer: A: Mastermind
  3. Categories: Entertainment (3) Television (3) Radio (3) 1970s (3)
Pub quiz question 4043 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the name of the a gigantic beast in Labyrinth, whom Sarah found being tortured by goblins and ended up being one of her travelling companions?
  2. Answer: A: Ludo
  3. Notes: *: 1986
  4. Categories: Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8)
Pub quiz question 4042 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which 1980s SitCom, starring Ronnie Corbett, revolved around 40-something Timothy Lumsden, a librarian who still lives with his domineering mother Phyllis and his henpecked father Sydney who's catchphrase was "Language Timothy!"?
  2. Answer: A: Sorry!
  3. Notes: *: 1981-1982, 1985-1988
  4. Categories: SitComs (4) Comedy (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4) 1980s (4)
Pub quiz question 4041 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: From which 1980s musical are "I know him so well" and "One night in Bangkok" from?
  2. Answer: A: Chess
  3. Notes: *: Premiered in 1986 in London
  4. Categories: Entertainment (3) 1980s (3) Music (3)
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