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Names 159 questions.

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Pub quiz question 7017 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the four-letter Gaelic name for Scotland?
Answer: A: Alba
Categories: Language (6) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 7205 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which future Labour MP for Buckingham was born Ján Ludvík Hoch?
Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
Notes: *: Full birth name was 'Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch', MP 1964–1970
Categories: Politics (7) Sleaze (7) 1960s (7) Names (7)

Pub quiz question 8147 by pjh

Question: Q: What was the Turkish city of Istanbul called before 1930?
Answer: A: Constantinople
Categories: Geography (5) Names (5) 1930s (5)

Pub quiz question 5796 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Harry Houdini's real name?
Answer: A: Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss
Categories: Entertainment (6) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 5442 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is singer Anastacia's full name?
Answer: A: Anastacia Lyn Newkirk
Categories: Names (8) Entertainment (8) Music (8)

Pub quiz question 7221 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are the names of Denis Thatcher's twins?
Answer: A: Carol and Mark
Categories: Names (1) Politics (1)

Pub quiz question 4694 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who were Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky?
Answer: A: The Banana Splits
Categories: Children (3) Names (6) Television (4)
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Pub quiz question 9398 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of Ronnie Barker's character in Open All Hours?
Answer: A: Albert Arkwright, usually known just as Arkwright
Notes: *: 1976-85
Categories: Entertainment (4) Television (4) Names (4) 1970s (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 9418 by pjh2

Question: Q: What do Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien's initials stand for?
Answer: A: John Ronald Reuel
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Pub quiz question 6638 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the nickname of the American frontierswoman born Martha jane Canary?
Answer: A: Calamity Jane
Notes: *: 1852-1903
Categories: People (6) Names (6)