Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 241 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are the subtractive primary colours (as opposed to the additive primaries)?
Answer: A: Red, blue, yellow
Notes: *: Green is a subtractive secondary, yellow is an additive secondary
Categories: Science (2) General Knowledge (3) MultiAnswer3 (2)

Pub quiz question 240 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are the additive primary colours (as opposed to the subtractive primaries)?
Answer: A: Red, blue, green
Notes: *: Green is a subtractive secondary, yellow is an additive secondary
Categories: Science (2) General Knowledge (3) MultiAnswer3 (2)

Pub quiz question 239 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the first number that cannot be achieved by throwing up to 3 darts at a regulation dartboard?
Answer: A: 169
Categories: General Knowledge (3) Sports (3)

Pub quiz question 238 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the first number that cannot be achieved by throwing a single dart at a regulation dartboard?
Answer: A: 23
Notes: *: The first prime number after 20
Categories: Sports (1) General Knowledge (1)

Pub quiz question 237 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the only (two) teams to have had a "perfect season" in UK football. (A full season winning every game; neither losing or drawing.)
Answer: A: Arsenal(2003–04 English Premier League - 38 games, they went on to win 48 consecutive games to lose to Man U), Preston North End(1889–90 - 22 games)
Categories: Sports (7) MultiAnswer2 (7) Football (7)

Pub quiz question 236 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which sport was known (among other things) as 'Poona' after the British garrison town in India it was particularly popular in?
Answer: A: Badminton
Categories: Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 235 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the 1968 the Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was the first Olympic athlete to do what?
Answer: A: Get disqualified for drug use (it was alcohol; he had some beers before starting)
Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (6)

Pub quiz question 234 by pjh2

Question: Q: Preston North End and Arsenel are the only two UK football teams to achieve what?
Answer: A: A perfect season (no games either lost or tied for the whole season. Preston in 1889/90, Arsenel in 2003/4)
Categories: Sports (6) Football (4)

Pub quiz question 233 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was/were used at Wimbledon for the first time in 1986?
Answer: A: Yellow tennis balls
Categories: Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 232 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which `sport' was specifically banned by Florida and New York states in the US in 1989, by the Mayor of a small town in France around 2002 and by 'Bill 97' in Canada in 2003?
Answer: A: Dwarf Tossing/Throwing
Categories: Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 231 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the three types of weapons that are used in modern fencing
Answer: A: Foil, Sabre and épée ('ip-ay')
Categories: Sports (6) MultiAnswer3 (6)

Pub quiz question 230 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which sport is the aim to get 'rocks' over a 'sheet,' and closest to the 'button' in the 'house'?
Answer: A: Curling
Categories: Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 229 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the main aim in the Caber Toss in the highland games?
Answer: A: To get the end that was held, and flipped, at 12 o'clock with respect to the run-up.
Categories: Sports (3) General Knowledge (3)

Pub quiz question 228 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which sport is it not permitted to play left handed?
Answer: A: Polo
Categories: Sports (4) General Knowledge (5)

Pub quiz question 227 by pjh2

Question: Q: What animals were “Rag, Tag and Bobtail?”
Answer: A: Hedgehog, rabbit and a mouse
Categories: Children (2) Television (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 226 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who shared a basket with Looby Loo and Teddy?
Answer: A: Andy Pandy
Categories: Children (1) Entertainment (1) Television (1)

Pub quiz question 225 by pjh2

Question: Q: Created by Fred Tickner, who was Annette Mills' sidekick until her death in 1955, and recently staged a revival as a cartoon in 2005?
Answer: A: Muffin the Mule
Categories: Children (2) Entertainment (2) Television (2)

Pub quiz question 224 by pjh2

Question: Q: Complete the children's show introduction “It's Friday, it's five o'clock. . . It's...” What? (Sometimes it was 'five to five')
Answer: A: Crackerjack
Categories: Children (2) Entertainment (2) Television (2)

Pub quiz question 223 by pjh2

Question: Q: Stephen Hillenburg created which cartoon character in the 90s, who has friends called Gary, Sandy, Eugene and Patrick and an enemy called Sheldon?
Answer: A: Spongebob Squarepants
Categories: Children (3) Entertainment (3) Television (3)

Pub quiz question 222 by pjh2

Question: Q: Starting in 1960, and with two subsequent series in the 70s and 90s, which children's TV programme was narrated by Johnny Morris, and starred the real-live animals Hammy Hamster, Roderick the Water Rat and GP the Guinea Pig.
Answer: A: Tales of the riverbank
Categories: Children (4) Television (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 221 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Captain Pugwash's first name?
Answer: A: Horatio
Categories: Children (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)

Pub quiz question 220 by pjh2

Question: Q: “By the Power of Greyskull” who turns into He-Man and Battlecat?
Answer: A: Prince Adam and Cringer
Categories: Children (4) Television (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 219 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which puppet family had "the very biggest spotty dog you ever did see"?
Answer: A: Woodentops
Categories: Children (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)

Pub quiz question 218 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name Dave Seville's three chipmunks
Answer: A: Alvin, Theodore, Simon
Categories: Children (6) Television (6) Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6)

Pub quiz question 217 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who originally presented the childrens show Picturebook from 1955 to 1957?
Answer: A: Patricia Driscoll
Categories: Children (6) Television (6) Entertainment (6)