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Pub quiz question 4381 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which ruler brought the whole of Greece together following the internal struggles between Athenians and Spartans?
  2. Answer: A: Alexander the Great
  3. Categories: History (5) Military (5)
Pub quiz question 3121 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was suspended in Britain in 1965 and finally banned in 1969?
  2. Answer: A: Capital Punishment
  3. Categories: 1960s (2) Politics (2) History (2) Crime (2)
Pub quiz question 4363 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which US Vice-President shot a Texas attorney while out hunting quail in 2006
  2. Answer: A: Dick Cheney
  3. Categories: Politics (4) History (4) 2000s (4)
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Pub quiz question 1147 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between January 1066 – October 1066
  2. Answer: A: Harold Godwinson (Harold Godwinesson)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 7276 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" was a tribute to whom?
  2. Answer: A: Abraham Lincoln
  3. Categories: History (7) Washington, US (7) Politics (4)
Pub quiz question 3062 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the nickname of spy Harold Philby?
  2. Answer: A: Kim
  3. Notes: *: Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 1912 – 11 May 1988)
  4. Categories: Names (7) Military (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 3152 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Queen reputedly played at the world's oldest still existing golf course, Musselburgh Links, East Lothian in 1567?
  2. Answer: A: Mary Queen of Scots
  3. Categories: History (7) Royalty (7) Sports (7) Golf (7)
Pub quiz question 1162 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between June 1377 – September 1399
  2. Answer: A: Richard II
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 7020 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was James I of England's Scottish title?
  2. Answer: A: James VI
  3. Categories: Royalty (6) History (6)
Pub quiz question 7242 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country was missing from the map on the cover of the 2004 'Eurostat Statistical Compendium' of all the facts and figures about Europe?
  2. Answer: A: Wales
  3. Categories: Politics (6) 2000s (6) History (5)