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Science 560 questions.
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Pub quiz question 4867 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What method of food preservation was invented for the British Navy in 1813?
  2. Answer: A: Canning
  3. Categories: Food (4) Science (4)
Pub quiz question 5733 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many zeros does a trillion have in its British definition?
  2. Answer: A: Twelve
  3. Notes: *: Britain hasn't used the long scale (eighteen zeros) since 1972.
  4. Categories: Mathematics (4) Science (4)
Pub quiz question 9276 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: How many bones do we have in an ear
  2. Answer: A: 3
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (5) Biology (5) Science (5)
Pub quiz question 8030 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Duodenum; jejunum; ileum?
  2. Answer: A: Segments of the small intestine.
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Science (7) Biology (6)
Pub quiz question 109 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The human backbone is a flexible chain made up of how many bones?
  2. Answer: A: 33
  3. Notes: *: There are 5 fused together in the sacrum (between the hips) and beneath that 4 fused together to make the coccyx, leaving 24 separated by disks. Some quizzes treat the two fused sections as a single bone each to come up with 26 as the answer.
  4. Categories: Science (6) Biology (5)
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Pub quiz question 11 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Mars has two moons, can you name them?
  2. Answer: A: Phobos and Deimos
  3. Notes: *: Suggest one point for each
  4. Categories: Science (6) Space (4)
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Pub quiz question 8097 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Andrew Wiles solved which 300- year-old mathematical mystery?
  2. Answer: A: Fermat's Last Theorem.
  3. Categories: Science (7) Mathematics (3)
Pub quiz question 6128 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is linked to a 66-feet unit of length?
  2. Answer: A: Chain
  3. Categories: Science (4)
Pub quiz question 7612 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Led the Liberals; Dzhugashvili; Fe and C?
  2. Answer: A: Steel
  3. Notes: *: David Steel; Stalin (named after Steel); made of iron and carbon.
  4. Categories: Connections (6) Politics (6) Science (6)
Pub quiz question 2865 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which summer and autumn phenomenon that attracts tourists to Wiltshire fields have been blamed on artists, pranksters and UFOs?
  2. Answer: A: Crop Circles
  3. Categories: Science (1) Geography (1)
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