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History
431 questions.
What's happened in the past
Pub quiz question
4396
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Who served as Vice-President to Bill Clinton and gained over half a million votes more than George W Bush when Bush was elected President in 2000?
Answer:
A:
Al Gore
Categories:
Politics (5)
History (5)
2000s (5)
Pub quiz question
7123
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
What century saw the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain?
Answer:
A:
18th (1760-1820/40)
Categories:
History (5)
Pub quiz question
3252
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Who founded the cubism movement with George Braque?
Answer:
A:
Pablo Picasso
Categories:
History (5)
Art (5)
Times used:
1
Pub quiz question
380
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Whose seaplane was nicknamed "The Spruce Goose?"
Answer:
A:
Howard Hughes
Categories:
History (5)
General Knowledge (5)
Pub quiz question
6478
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
In ancient Egypt, what was kept in canopic jars?
Answer:
A:
Entrails of mummies
Categories:
History (3)
Egypt (3)
Pub quiz question
3802
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
What number is represented by the Roman numeral M?
Answer:
A:
1,000
Categories:
History (2)
Mathematics (2)
Pub quiz question
7084
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
What disaster swept London the year before the Great Fire?
Answer:
A:
The Great Plague/Black Death
Categories:
London, UK (2)
History (2)
Pub quiz question
585
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Who gave up the title of Viscount Stansgate to remain an MP?
Answer:
A:
Tony Benn
Notes:
*:
He disclaimed the peerage in 1963 on the day the Peerage Act 1963 passed into law and made it possible for him to do so.
Categories:
Politics (6)
History (8)
1960s (7)
Times used:
1
Pub quiz question
4275
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
What now-common fairground ride was first erected at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with an axle that was at the time the world's largest piece of forged steel?
Answer:
A:
Ferris Wheel/Big Wheel
Notes:
*:
The original was also known as the Chicago Wheel
Categories:
Leisure (3)
History (3)
Pub quiz question
3122
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Which English city appointed Swansea-born dandy Beau Nash as its Master of Ceremonies?
Answer:
A:
Bath
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People (8)
Geography (8)
History (8)
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