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Pub quiz question 3095 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What had 1,919 people reached the top of by the end of 2003?
  2. Answer: A: Mount Everest
  3. Categories: History (5) General Knowledge (5) Geography (3)
Pub quiz question 7022 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which modern country included ancient Caledonia and its population of Picts?
  2. Answer: A: Scotland
  3. Categories: Geography (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 5150 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which English explorer, who made three attempts to discover the Northwest Passage, gave his name to a bay on Baffin Island?
  2. Answer: A: Sir Martin Frobisher
  3. Categories: History (6)
Pub quiz question 154 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was Tsar Nicolas II's youngest daughter?
  2. Answer: A: Anastasia
  3. Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)
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Pub quiz question 4375 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which King of England wrote his famous attach on tobacco in 1604?
  2. Answer: A: James I
  3. Categories: Royalty (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 4178 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who invented the steam engine?
  2. Answer: A: Hero – or Heron – of Alexandria, in 100 A.D.,
  3. Notes: *: 1x01. Richard Trevithick is generally credited with the invention 1784.
  4. Categories: QI (5) History (7) Science (8)
Pub quiz question 3131 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the practical purpose of the Pharos of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders ofthe Ancient World?
  2. Answer: A: Lighthouse
  3. Categories: History (5) Landmarks (5)
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Pub quiz question 5494 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which decade did the FA introduce the offside rule into football?
  2. Answer: A: 1860's
  3. Notes: *: Was part of the original 1863 rules.
  4. Categories: Sports (6) Football (6) History (8)
Pub quiz question 4412 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was known as the Iron Duke?
  2. Answer: A: The Duke of Wellington
  3. Categories: History (3) Names (3)
Pub quiz question 6990 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What country did the Romans call Hibernia?
  2. Answer: A: Ireland
  3. Categories: History (3) Geography (3)