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Language 527 questions.

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Pub quiz question 6170 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are the primary predecessors which are replaced in later life by succedaneous?
Answer: A: Teeth
Categories: Language (8) Biology (8) Nature (8)

Pub quiz question 7456 by pjh

Question: Q: Where did a flash in the pan originally take place?
Answer: A: A Flintlock musket
Categories: History (6) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 3723 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who invented Braille?
Answer: A: Louis Braille
Categories: Language (3) Literature (3)

Pub quiz question 7642 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: 1968 Czech reforms; 1967 Flower Power; 1978-9 industrial unrest?
Answer: A: Seasons
Notes: *: Prague Spring; Summer of Love; Winter of Discontent.
Categories: 1960s (7) 1970s (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 5683 by pjh2

Question: Q: The name of which sport means "empty hand" in Japanese?
Answer: A: Karate
Categories: Language (4) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 4975 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the official language of Egypt?
Answer: A: Arabic
Categories: Geography (5) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 6060 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which popular toy is, allegedly, based on a weapon from the Philippines who's name means 'come come?'
Answer: A: Yo-yo
Categories: Children (6) Language (6) Military (6)

Pub quiz question 3872 by pjh2

Question: Q: What, according to proverb, breeds contempt?
Answer: A: Familiarity
Categories: Language (2)

Pub quiz question 3348 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a clock with a face and hands, as opposed to a digital clock which displays the time as numbers?
Answer: A: Analog
Categories: Science (3) Language (3)

Pub quiz question 4982 by pjh2

Question: Q: What would a Bangladeshi man do with his lungi?
Answer: A: Wear it
Notes: *: It's also known as a sarong, and it's worn like a skirt
Categories: Geography (7) Language (7)