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Pub quiz question 6822 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which island group was formerly known as the Sandwich Islands?
Answer: A: Hawaii
Notes: *: Started being called Hawaii in the 1840s
Categories: Geography (7) Names (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 5203 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which barefoot sixties singer was born Sandra Goodrich?
Answer: A: Sandy Shaw
Categories: 1960s (6) Entertainment (6) Music (6) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 9249 by pjh

Question: Q: What company was originally called "Cadabra"
Answer: A: Amazon
Categories: General Knowledge (7) Business (7) Names (7)

Pub quiz question 3814 by pjh2

Question: Q: How is Derek Jules Gaspard Ulrich Van Den Bogaerde better known?
Answer: A: Dirk Bogarde
Categories: Names (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 3650 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who changed his name from Gordon Sumner to top the charts?
Answer: A: Sting
Categories: Entertainment (4) Music (4) People (4) Names (4)

Pub quiz question 3746 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which two London Boroughs begin with E?
Answer: A: Ealing, Enfield
Categories: Geography (4) Names (4)

Pub quiz question 3102 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English King's nicknames included "Fitz Empressess" and "Curt Mantle?"
Answer: A: Henry II
Categories: Royalty (7) History (7) Names (9)

Pub quiz question 5803 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which organisation is also known as 'La Cosa Nostra?'
Answer: A: The Mafia
Categories: Names (4) Crime (3)

Pub quiz question 7126 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is attached to the English workers who sabotaged machines as part of their protest against the Industrial Revolution?
Answer: A: Luddites
Categories: History (6) Science (6) Names (8)

Pub quiz question 7019 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name beginning with J was the most popular for boys for its 12th year running in the UK in 2006?
Answer: A: Jack
Categories: 2000s (3) Names (3)