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Military 119 questions.
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Pub quiz question 3063 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which university was attended by Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Harold Philby, Anthony Blunt, and the unknown fifth person in the 1930s?
  2. Answer: A: Cambridge (Trinity)
  3. Notes: *: The 'Cambridge Five'
  4. Categories: 1930s (4) History (5) Military (5)
Pub quiz question 3110 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which was the first city to be devastated by the dropping of an atomic bomb?
  2. Answer: A: Hiroshima
  3. Categories: Geography (2) Military (2) History (2) 1940s (2)
  4. Times used:
Pub quiz question 5737 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name was given to a Japanese pilot who flew suicide missions in World War II?
  2. Answer: A: Kamakazi
  3. Notes: *: 1939-1946
  4. Categories: Military (2) 1930s (2) 1940s (2)
Pub quiz question 7179 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city's Bastille was stormed in 1789?
  2. Answer: A: Paris
  3. Categories: Buildings (1) Military (1) Politics (1) Geography (1)
Pub quiz question 3115 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which United States navel base did Japan attack in 1941 to declare was on the Allies?
  2. Answer: A: Pearl Harbour
  3. Categories: 1940s (3) History (3) Military (3)
  4. Times used:
Pub quiz question 5700 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Asian country was divided into North and South in 1954?
  2. Answer: A: Vietnam
  3. Categories: 1950s (4) Military (4) Politics (5)
Pub quiz question 7137 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who topped the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists in October 2001?
  2. Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
  3. Categories: Politics (2) People (2) 2000s (2) Military (2)
Pub quiz question 4365 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Whose 1914 assassination by Gavrilo Princip sparked World War I and is the name of a Scottish rock band?
  2. Answer: A: Archduke Franz Ferdinand's
  3. Categories: 1910s (7) Music (7) Military (7) Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 6526 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which king was killed at the Battle of Flodden?
  2. Answer: A: James IV of Scotland
  3. Categories: Royalty (8) Military (8)
Pub quiz question 6905 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What organisation kidnapped Terry Waite?
  2. Answer: A: Islamic Jihad Organization (Jihad for short)
  3. Notes: *: Kidnapped 1987, released 1991
  4. Categories: 1990s (6) 1980s (6) Politics (6) Military (6)