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Pub quiz question 1165 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between August 1422 – March 1461
  2. Answer: A: Henry VI (first reign)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 1118 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Of which country was Idi Amin the president from 1971 to 1979?
  2. Answer: A: Uganda
  3. Categories: History (7) Politics (7) 1970s (7)
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Pub quiz question 7275 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did Thales of Miletus correctly predict?
  2. Answer: A: A solar eclipse
  3. Notes: *: The one that stopped the battle between King Alyattes of Lydia and King Cyaxares of Media, apparently on May 28, 585.
  4. Categories: Science (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 3117 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Syd Dernley Britain's last example of when he died in 1994?
  2. Answer: A: Hangman/Public executioner
  3. Categories: History (7) Crime (7) 1990s (7)
Pub quiz question 511 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which month of 1945 were the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
  2. Answer: A: August
  3. Categories: Politics (5) Military (5) History (5) 1940s (5)
  4. Times used:
Pub quiz question 1156 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between May 1199 – October 1216
  2. Answer: A: John/Lackland/(Jean sans Terre)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 8497 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who which queen was Julius Caesar involved with?
  2. Answer: A: Cleopatra
  3. Categories: History (1) Egypt (1)
Pub quiz question 6963 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who jointly formed the New Model Army with Thomas Fairfax?
  2. Answer: A: Oliver Cromwell
  3. Notes: *: English Civil War 1642–1651
  4. Categories: Military (5) History (5) Royalty (5)
Pub quiz question 3105 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which airline was the first sponsor of the London Eye?
  2. Answer: A: British Airways
  3. Notes: *: 1999
  4. Categories: London, UK (3) 1990s (3) History (3) Landmarks (3)
Pub quiz question 1139 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between March 978 – December 1013 (first reign)
  2. Answer: A: Æthelred the Unready (Æþelræd Unræd)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)