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Pub quiz question 3095 by pjh2

Question: Q: What had 1,919 people reached the top of by the end of 2003?
Answer: A: Mount Everest
Categories: History (5) General Knowledge (5) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 7022 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which modern country included ancient Caledonia and its population of Picts?
Answer: A: Scotland
Categories: Geography (3) History (3)

Pub quiz question 5150 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English explorer, who made three attempts to discover the Northwest Passage, gave his name to a bay on Baffin Island?
Answer: A: Sir Martin Frobisher
Categories: History (6)

Pub quiz question 154 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Tsar Nicolas II's youngest daughter?
Answer: A: Anastasia
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)
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Pub quiz question 4375 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which King of England wrote his famous attach on tobacco in 1604?
Answer: A: James I
Categories: Royalty (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 4178 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who invented the steam engine?
Answer: A: Hero – or Heron – of Alexandria, in 100 A.D.,
Notes: *: 1x01. Richard Trevithick is generally credited with the invention 1784.
Categories: QI (5) History (7) Science (8)

Pub quiz question 3131 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the practical purpose of the Pharos of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders ofthe Ancient World?
Answer: A: Lighthouse
Categories: History (5) Landmarks (5)
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Pub quiz question 5494 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which decade did the FA introduce the offside rule into football?
Answer: A: 1860's
Notes: *: Was part of the original 1863 rules.
Categories: Sports (6) Football (6) History (8)

Pub quiz question 4412 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was known as the Iron Duke?
Answer: A: The Duke of Wellington
Categories: History (3) Names (3)

Pub quiz question 6990 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country did the Romans call Hibernia?
Answer: A: Ireland
Categories: History (3) Geography (3)