Letter round: F

Every answer is one word beginning with F. Tell the teams, it is half the fun.

1. Influenced by the Latin word for "iron", what is the name of the metal sleeve on a pencil that holds the eraser in place?

2. In modern physics Up, Down, Strange, Charmed, Bottom (or Beauty) and Top(or Truth) are collectively called what?

3. What did ?Peter Pan? say were made from every new baby?s first laugh?

4. Born in Crew in 1837, George Gascoigne was the great-grandfather of Bamber Gascoigne and the great-great-grandfather of Paul Gascoigne?

5. What type of animal was J Worthington Foul Fellow?

6. What is the medical name given to the thigh bone?

7. In the novel by E.M Forster in which city was A Room with A View?

8. Derived from a Portuguese word for 'farm', what name was commonly given to the coffee estates that spread within the interior of Brazil during the latter half of the 19th century?

9. In which country was it customary to blow trumpets during the church service, to recall 'the sound of the mighty wind which accompanied the Descent of the Holy Spirit'?

10. Who are the world?s greatest cheese eaters?

11. Protazoa contains the Greek root 'prot'. What does 'prot' mean?

12. How many tea spoons are there to a table spoon?

13. Name the Tube station located at the southernmost tip of Islington, at the northern boundary of the City of London and the eastern boundary of Camden?

14. Which garden plant provides the drug digitalis?

15. Which is the most reactive of the halogen elements Flourine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine or Astatine?

ANSWERS

1. Ferrule

2. Flavors / Varieties of Quarks

3. Fairies

4. False

5. A fox (in Pinocchio)

6. Femur

7. Florence

8. Fazenda(s)

9. France

10. The French.

11. First (protazoa, 'first animals)

12. Four

13. Farringdon

14. Foxglove

15. Fluorine

Where these questions come from
  1. Pauls Quiz 337
  2. Pub Quiz 123
  3. Story Time Quiz 1
  4. True or False Quiz 3
  5. Cartoon Characters Quiz 1
  6. Human Body Quiz 3
  7. Books Quiz 3
  8. Pub Quiz 116
  9. Whitsun Pentecost Quiz 1
  10. Mammoth General Knowledge Quiz 1
  11. Pauls Quiz 291
  12. Pauls Quiz 60
  13. London Quiz 3
  14. Green Fingers Quiz 1
  15. The Elements Quiz 1