Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6315 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Japanese condiment has variations including Tamari, Shiro and Usukuchi?
Answer: A: Soy sauce
Categories: Food (3)

Pub quiz question 6314 by pjh2

Question: Q: What four letter word describes flour and butter mixed with milk to give a basic béchamel sauce?
Answer: A: Roux
Categories: Food (5)

Pub quiz question 6313 by pjh2

Question: Q: What French word for 'hunter' gives its name to a sauce popularly served with steak?
Answer: A: Chasseur
Categories: Food (5) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 6312 by pjh2

Question: Q: What animal family ranges from the tiny pygmy marmoset up to the mandril?
Answer: A: Monkey
Categories: Biology (1) Nature (1)

Pub quiz question 6311 by pjh2

Question: Q: What South African monkey takes its name due to its similarity in appearance to a nocturnal bird?
Answer: A: Owl monkey
Categories: Biology (2) Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 6310 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are apes and monkeys called when found on a menu?
Answer: A: Bushmeat
Categories: Food (5) Nature (5) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 6309 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the only non-human member of the ape family which isn't an agile climber?
Answer: A: Gorilla
Categories: Biology (5) Nature (5)

Pub quiz question 6308 by pjh2

Question: Q: What kind of tails to New World monkeys have that Old World monkeys don't?
Answer: A: Prehensile
Categories: Biology (6) Nature (6)

Pub quiz question 6307 by pjh2

Question: Q: What ape has a name derived from the Malay for 'man of the forest?'
Answer: A: Orangutang
Categories: Biology (7) Nature (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 6306 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many carets is pure gold?
Answer: A: 24
Categories: Science (6) Business (6)

Pub quiz question 6305 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nautical symbol appears on a Birmingham hallmark?
Answer: A: Anchor
Categories: Science (7) Business (7) Travel (7)

Pub quiz question 6304 by pjh2

Question: Q: What creatures head appears on a London hallmark?
Answer: A: Leopard
Categories: Biology (7) Nature (7) Science (7) London, UK (7) Business (7)

Pub quiz question 6303 by pjh2

Question: Q: What N-word describes a lump if natural gold?
Answer: A: Nugget
Categories: Nature (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6302 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most malleable and ductile metal known to man?
Answer: A: Gold
Categories: Chemistry (3) Physics (3)

Pub quiz question 6301 by pjh2

Question: Q: What modern form of transport developed from the Draisine, patented in 1817 by German inventor Karl Drais?
Answer: A: Bicycle
Categories: Transport (7)

Pub quiz question 6300 by pjh2

Question: Q: What modern from of transport developed from the velocipede?
Answer: A: Bicycle
Notes: *: Velocipede is any human-powered vehicle with one or more wheels
Categories: Transport (7)

Pub quiz question 6299 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did John Boyd Dunlop invent to give cyclists a less bumpy ride?
Answer: A: _Pneumatic_ tyres
Categories: Science (6) Transport (6)

Pub quiz question 6298 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Nottingham bicycle company was set up in the 1890s by Frank Bowden?
Answer: A: Raleigh
Categories: Business (6) Travel (6)

Pub quiz question 6297 by pjh2

Question: Q: What part of a bicycle is commonly formed from two triangles?
Answer: A: The frame
Categories: Travel (3)

Pub quiz question 6296 by pjh2

Question: Q: What were Boneshakers and Penny-Farthings early examples of?
Answer: A: Push-bikes/bicycles
Categories: Travel (2)

Pub quiz question 6295 by pjh2

Question: Q: What P-word means the visible surface of the sun?
Answer: A: Photosphere
Categories: Space (7) Language (7) Science (7) Physics (7)

Pub quiz question 6294 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the second most common element in the sun after hydrogen?
Answer: A: Helium
Categories: Chemistry (6) Physics (5) Space (5)

Pub quiz question 6293 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the dark areas on the surface of the sun?
Answer: A: Sunspots
Categories: Language (6) Space (6) Physics (6)

Pub quiz question 6292 by pjh2

Question: Q: What gas makes up approximately 74% of the sun's mass?
Answer: A: Hydrogen
Categories: Space (4) Physics (4) Chemistry (4)

Pub quiz question 6291 by pjh2

Question: Q: What single object accounts for more than 99% of the solar system's mass?
Answer: A: The sun
Categories: Astronomy (2) Space (2) Physics (2)