Ps in a Pod
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?

2 What did Edinburgh replace as the capital of Scotland?

3 What is the collective noun for a group of ducks?

4 What is the administrative capital of South Africa?

5 Which US space probe landed on Mars in 1997?

6 Who was the last king of Troy?

7 What is the medical name for whooping cough?

8 What is the surname of the legendary King Arthur?

9 What is the generic term for any animal that possesses flippers?

10 Who is the Roman goddess of peace?

11 What comes after Job and before Proverbs?

12 What is the state capital of South Dakota?

13 Which novel features the character of Captain Wentworth?

14 What is metrophobia the fear of?

15 What has been advertised with the slogan, “Keep your school girl complexion”?

16 What is the main ingredient of stargazey pie?

17 What word of German origin means, noisy spirit?

18 In the Bible who said of Jesus, “I find no fault with this man”?

19 In 2004 which country voted against becoming the 51st state of the USA?

20 Which Yorkshire town takes its name from the Latin for broken bridge?

21 In 1960 Dr Thomas Creighton became the first person in Britain to receive a what?

22 Which football team’s mascot is called Pilgrim Pete?

23 What fruit is picked from a mirabelle tree?

24 Which London terminal was specifically built for the Great Western Railway?

25 Which Cambridgeshire hospital is famed for its heart operations?



Answers

1 Polonium
2 Perth
3 Paddling
4 Pretoria
5 Pathfinder
6 Priam
7 Pertussis
8 Pendragon
9 Pinniped
10 Pax
11 Psalms
12 Pierre
13 Persuasion
14 Poetry
15 Palmolive
16 Pilchards
17 Poltergeist
18 Pontius Pilate
19 Puerto Rico
20 Pontefract
21 Parking ticket
22 Plymouth Argyle
23 Plum
24 Paddington
25 Papworth