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Pub quiz question 3802 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What number is represented by the Roman numeral M?
  2. Answer: A: 1,000
  3. Categories: History (2) Mathematics (2)
Pub quiz question 7084 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What disaster swept London the year before the Great Fire?
  2. Answer: A: The Great Plague/Black Death
  3. Categories: London, UK (2) History (2)
Pub quiz question 585 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who gave up the title of Viscount Stansgate to remain an MP?
  2. Answer: A: Tony Benn
  3. 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.
  4. Categories: Politics (6) History (8) 1960s (7)
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Pub quiz question 4275 by pjh2
  1. 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?
  2. Answer: A: Ferris Wheel/Big Wheel
  3. Notes: *: The original was also known as the Chicago Wheel
  4. Categories: Leisure (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 3122 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which English city appointed Swansea-born dandy Beau Nash as its Master of Ceremonies?
  2. Answer: A: Bath
  3. Categories: People (8) Geography (8) History (8)
Pub quiz question 1180 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was Lord Protector of England between September 1658 – May 1659
  2. Answer: A: Richard Cromwell/Tumbledown Dick
  3. Categories: Politics (8) History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 4394 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who is the only person to have become Vice-President and President of the USA without being elected to either position?
  2. Answer: A: Gerald Ford
  3. Notes: *: Vice Presidency, 1973–74; Presidency, 1974–77
  4. Categories: Politics (7) History (7) 1970s (7)
Pub quiz question 4752 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What colour is the triangle on a Bass label, Britain's oldest trademark?
  2. Answer: A: Red
  3. Notes: *: It was the first trademark to be registered under the UK's Trade Mark Registration Act 1875, as trade mark number 1
  4. Categories: Leisure (2) Logos (2) History (2) Drink (3)
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Pub quiz question 1142 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between April 1016 – November 1016
  2. Answer: A: Edmund Ironside (Eadmund)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 7249 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What woman's name was the last word spoken by Napoleon?
  2. Answer: A: Josephine
  3. Notes: *: Died: May 5, 1821
  4. Categories: History (1) 1800s (1)