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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)

Pub quiz question 1169 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who ruled England between April 1483 – June 1483
Answer: A: Edward V
Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 7282 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Ulyanov; Bronstein; Dzhugashvili; Skryabin?
Answer: A: Russian revolutionaries: Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Molotov
Categories: Russia (4) History (7) General Knowledge (9) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 4405 by pjh2

Question: Q: What shook building in Yorkshire and the West Midlands on 23rd September 2002?
Answer: A: An earthquake
Categories: History (2) 2000s (2)

Pub quiz question 7246 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which saint died in the last 6th or early 7th century after founding a monastery in what is now Pembrokeshire?
Answer: A: St David
Categories: Religion (4) History (4)

Pub quiz question 1161 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who ruled England between January 1327 – June 1377
Answer: A: Edward III
Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 1134 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who ruled England between August 924 – October 939
Answer: A: Æthelstan the Glorious (Æþelstan)
Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 2474 by pjh2

Question: Q: Sir Charles Barry (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) designed which iconic British building?
Answer: A: Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament)
Categories: Politics (3) History (5) General Knowledge (6)
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Pub quiz question 7064 by pjh2

Question: Q: What archaeological site is known as the Lost City of the Incas?
Answer: A: Machu Picchu
Categories: History (6)