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Pub quiz question 1192 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was King of Britain from 6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936?
  2. Answer: A: George V
  3. Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)
Pub quiz question 478 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Harry S. Truman was the US president who ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb. What does the S stand for?
  2. Answer: A: Nothing. It's just "S"
  3. Notes: *: It was an attempt by his parents to appease /their/ parents: Anderson *S*hipp Truman and *S*olomon Young
  4. Categories: Politics (5) History (5) General Knowledge (5)
Pub quiz question 5316 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the sixth wife of Henry VIII?
  2. Answer: A: Catherine Parr
  3. Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)
Pub quiz question 1133 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between October 899 – August 924
  2. Answer: A: Edward the Elder (Eadweard)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 7252 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the only remaining classic clipper, which can be seen at Greenwich?
  2. Answer: A: Cutty Sark
  3. Categories: Travel (5) History (5) 1800s (5)
Pub quiz question 4258 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What decade saw the start of paper recycling in the UK with the formation of the British Waste Paper Association?
  2. Answer: A: 1920s
  3. Notes: *: 1921
  4. Categories: Technology (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 7023 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country's Antonine Wall was the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire?
  2. Answer: A: Scotland's
  3. Categories: Geography (2) Military (2) History (2)
Pub quiz question 3083 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What subject of hundreds of Wild West movies do the Spaniards, who call then vaquero, lay claim to originating?
  2. Answer: A: Cowboys
  3. Categories: Language (5) History (5)
Pub quiz question 3373 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which modern country includes the ancient region of Mesopotamia?
  2. Answer: A: Iraq
  3. Categories: History (6) Geography (6)
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Pub quiz question 7259 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Queen of the Iceni led a revolt against the Romans in AD61?
  2. Answer: A: Boudica/Boadicea
  3. Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)