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Pub quiz question 3142 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What London Football Club was founded as Dial Square in 1886?
  2. Answer: A: Arsenal
  3. Categories: History (5) Football (5) Sports (5) London, UK (5)
Pub quiz question 7245 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country was separated from England by Offa's Dyke?
  2. Answer: A: Wales
  3. Categories: Geography (2) History (2)
Pub quiz question 5307 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which King of France was the husband of Catherine De'Medici?
  2. Answer: A: Henry II
  3. Categories: Royalty (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 3087 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who became India's youngest Prime Minister shortly after his mother's assassination?
  2. Answer: A: Rajiv Gandhi
  3. Notes: *: 31 October 1984
  4. Categories: History (3) 1980s (4) Politics (3)
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Pub quiz question 3374 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World was situated approximately 50km(30mi) south of modern Baghdad?
  2. Answer: A: The Hanging Garden's of Babylon
  3. Categories: History (5) Geography (5)
Pub quiz question 3082 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the name of the legendary graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona?
  2. Answer: A: Boot Hill
  3. Categories: History (2) Geography (2)
Pub quiz question 5165 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first person of Jewish ancestry to become Prime Minister of Britain?
  2. Answer: A: Benjamin Disraeli
  3. Notes: *: Lived 1804-1881, PM 1874-1880
  4. Categories: Politics (7) Religion (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 4287 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What company produced the Brownie camera?
  2. Answer: A: Kodak
  3. Categories: Technology (2) History (2) Business (2) Leisure (2)
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Pub quiz question 4361 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was assassinated the day before the first episode of Dr Who?
  2. Answer: A: John F Kennedy
  3. Notes: *: Kennedy assassinated November 22, 1963
  4. Categories: History (6) Politics (3) 1960s (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)
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Pub quiz question 6999 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which expedition leader was narrowly beaten to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1912?
  2. Answer: A: Robert Falcon Scott
  3. Categories: History (2) 1910s (2)