Pub Quiz thread

[Bolton's Boots]

No - but Shaun the Sheep may well have stumbled across some of these recently.

On his trip to the moon - where these can be found aplenty.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Brought to Earth by the Chinese Chang'e-5 mission.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

lunar dirt and gravel ?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

lunar dirt and gravel ?

No. They're actually glass beads - but it's what is in them that is of interest.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

No. They're actually glass beads - but it's what is in them that is of interest.

Water!?
They could prove useful to people who go there?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Water!?
They could prove useful to people who go there?

Yes. The scientists involved have estimated that there are 300 trillion kgs of water held in the beads that are spread over the moon's surface. Useful to know for future expeditions - probably explains why the Americans have just announced plans to land people there again.

Over to you

 

[yorkshirehornet]

What do Richard and John have in common?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Their surnames have one syllable

 

[yorkshirehornet]

The surnames rhyme

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Legal

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Not real people

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Used in a legal case

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Was this the John Doe vs. Richard Roe case in the USA, where a son was seeking financial support from his biological father?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Was this the John Doe vs. Richard Roe case in the USA, where a son was seeking financial support from his biological father?

exactly and the names were fictional as it was a test case.... over to you

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

John Quincy Adams in 1825 broke a tradition. What was the tradition?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

He took the oath of office on a book of constitutional law, instead of the more traditional Bible?

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

He took the oath of office on a book of constitutional law, instead of the more traditional Bible?

No.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

He finished second on the vote?

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

He finished second on the vote?

No.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Anything to do with who he selected as his Secretary of State?