T106 P'S IN A POD QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

The answers to the next 25 questions all begin with the letter P

1 Which element did Marie Curie name after her country of origin?
POLONIUM
2 What did Edinburgh replace as the capital of Scotland?
PERTH
3 What is the collective noun for a group of ducks?
PADDLING
4 What is the administrative capital of South Africa?
PRETORIA
5 Which US space probe landed on Mars in 1997?
PATH FINDER
6 Who was the last king of Troy?
PRIAM
7 What is the medical name for whooping cough?
PERTUSSIS
8 What is the surname of the legendary King Arthur?
PENDRAGON
9 What is the generic term for any animal that possesses flippers?
PINNIPED
10 Who is the Roman goddess of peace?
PAX
11 What comes after Job and before Proverbs?
PSALMS
12 What is the state capital of South Dakota?
PIERRE
13 Which novel features the character of Captain Wentworth?
PERSUASION
14 What is metrophobia the fear of?
POETRY
15 What has been advertised with the slogan, “Keep your school girl complexion”?
PALMOLIVE
16 What is the main ingredient of stargazey pie?
PILCHARDS
17 What word of German origin means, noisy spirit?
POLTERGEIST
18 In the Bible who said of Jesus, “I find no fault with this man”?
PONTIUS PILATE
19 In 2004 which country voted against becoming the 51st state of the USA?
PUERTO RICO
20 Which Yorkshire town takes its name from the Latin for broken bridge?
PONTERFRACT
21 In 1960 Dr Thomas Creighton became the first person in Britain to receive a what?
PARKING TICKET
22 Which football team’s mascot is called Pilgrim Pete?
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
23 What fruit is picked from a mirabelle tree?
PLUM
24 Which London terminal was specifically built for the Great Western Railway?
PADDINGTON
25 Which Cambridgeshire hospital is famed for its heart operations?
PAPWORTH

[godoubleblues]

Q4 - Pretoria

[Turkeywizz]

1 polonium?
11 psalms?
17 poltergeist
18 pilate
23 pommegranite

[Footy Chick]

3 Pod

9 porpoise

17 Poltergeist

18 Peter

23 Pommegranite

[Pseudo]

6 - Priam
8 - Pendragon
19 - Puerto Rico

[redandblack]

2 Perth

12 Pierre

20 Pontefract

24 Paddington

[magpie in the 80's]

Q4 - Pretoria

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

1 polonium?
11 psalms?
17 poltergeist
18 pilate
23 pommegranite........INCORRECT

OTHERS CORRECT TW

[magpie in the 80's]

3 Pod

9 porpoise

17 Poltergeist....CORRECT FC

18 Peter

23 Pommegranite

ALL OTHERS INCORRECT FC

[magpie in the 80's]

6 - Priam
8 - Pendragon
19 - Puerto Rico

ALL CORRECT PSEUDO

[magpie in the 80's]

2 Perth

12 Pierre

20 Pontefract

24 Paddington

ALL CORRECT RAB

[Thiele]

3. Paddle

[FlyingHigh]

13/Persuasion by Jane Austen

[Kahuna]

23/ Persimmon?

[FattyLumpkin]

7. Pertussis

[JAS]

Q16 Fish...possibly sardines...it's the one with the fish heads sticking out through the pastry looking up towards the sky amp;
Q23 Plums
Q25 Papworth

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

3. Paddle

CORRECT JT

[magpie in the 80's]

13/Persuasion by Jane Austen

CORRECT FH

[magpie in the 80's]

23/ Persimmon?

INCORRECT K

[magpie in the 80's]

7. Pertussis

CORRECT FL