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Pub quiz question 6665 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was first patented in Britain in 1750 with a recipe consisting mostly of fish and fish bones?
Answer: A: Glue
Categories: Science (7)

Pub quiz question 6664 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which English city was Beau Nash associated?
Answer: A: Bath
Categories: Geography (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 6663 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which English county is the town of Woking?
Answer: A: Surrey
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6662 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former England cricket captain made his first class debut for Cambridge University in 1987?
Answer: A: Michael Atherton
Categories: Sports (5) Cricket (3) 1980s (6)

Pub quiz question 6661 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the flesh of a mature sheep used as Food?
Answer: A: Mutton (not lamb)
Categories: Food (2)

Pub quiz question 6660 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which TV chef married Juliette Norton?
Answer: A: Jamie Oliver
Categories: Food (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)

Pub quiz question 6659 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is give to ice crystals formed from water vapor on windows, grass and other exposed surfaces near the ground?
Answer: A: Frost
Categories: Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 6658 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which well-known horror story was written by Mary Shelley?
Answer: A: Frankenstein
Categories: Literature (2)

Pub quiz question 6657 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which South African golfer became the youngest winner of the British Open in 1959?
Answer: A: Gary Player
Categories: Sports (8) Golf (6) 1950s (8)

Pub quiz question 6656 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the hall in Asgard where Odin feasted with heroes killed in battle?
Answer: A: Valhalla
Categories: Mythology (4)

Pub quiz question 6655 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which long-serving full-back joined West Ham United from Arsenal in 2000?
Answer: A: Nigel Winterburn
Categories: Sports (5) Football (5) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 6654 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Scottish engineer fave the first public demonstration of television?
Answer: A: John Logie Baird
Categories: Entertainment (6) Television (6)

Pub quiz question 6653 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American silent film comedian starred in 'Safety Last' and 'The Freshman?'
Answer: A: Harold Lloyd
Notes: *: Safety last 1923, Freshman 1925
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 6652 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many pounds are there in a long hundredweight?
Answer: A: 112
Categories: Science (5)

Pub quiz question 6651 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which star of 'Mary Poppins' and 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' died in 2000 at the age of 83?
Answer: A: David Tomlinson
Notes: *: Mary Poppins 1964, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) 1960s (7) 1970s (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 6650 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which country is the Wellard Ship Canal?
Answer: A: Canada
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6649 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which contagious disease is also called infectious parotitis?
Answer: A: Mumps
Categories: Biology (6) Nature (6)

Pub quiz question 6648 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the weather conditions of a particular place over a period of time?
Answer: A: Climate
Categories: Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6647 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which motoring organisation is represented by the initals AA?
Answer: A: Automobile Association
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (2) Business (2)

Pub quiz question 6646 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many successive matches had Vincent Spadea lost before he knocked Greg Rusedski out of the 2000 Wimbledon?
Answer: A: Twenty two
Categories: Sports (8) Tennis (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 6645 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which German field marshal was known as the Desert Fox?
Answer: A: Erwin Rommel
Categories: Military (5)

Pub quiz question 6644 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which dame played a countess in the film version of Noel Cowards 'Relative Values?'
Answer: A: Dame Julie Andrews
Notes: *: 2000
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 6643 by pjh2

Question: Q: For which football club did Bobby Charlton play most of his matches?
Answer: A: Manchester United
Notes: *: 1956–1973 Manchester United, 1973–1975 Preston North End, 1976 Waterford
Categories: 1950s (3) 1960s (3) 1970s (3) Sports (3) Football (3)

Pub quiz question 6642 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many lines are there in a sonnet?
Answer: A: Fourteen
Categories: Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 6641 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which common adolescent skin complaint is caused by inflammation of the sebaceous glands?
Answer: A: Acne
Categories: Biology (2)