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Pub quiz question 5241 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6919 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the only UK Prime Minister to win four 20th century general elections?
Answer: A: Harold Wilson
Notes: *: 1964, 1966, Feb 1974, Oct 1974
Categories: Politics (5) 1960s (5) 1970s (5)

Pub quiz question 9380 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many permanent members are there on the UN security council?
Answer: A: Five: China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States
Categories: Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 4560 by pjh2

Question: Q: What famous Frenchman is the subject of an assassination attempt in Frederick Forsyth's 'The Day of the Jackal'?
Answer: A: Charles De Gaulle
Categories: Politics (3) Film/Movies (3) Literature (3) Entertainment (3)
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Pub quiz question 6905 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7169 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose 1939 nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize was retracted in February of that same year?
Answer: A: Adolf Hitler's
Categories: People (2) Politics (2) 1930s (2)

Pub quiz question 7562 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose PhD was on the Difference betweeen the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature?
Answer: A: Karl Marx
Categories: Literature (6) People (6) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 6985 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country saw the 1979-1980 hostage crisis which ended as Ronald Regan took his oath of office?
Answer: A: Iran
Categories: 1970s (6) 1980s (6) Politics (6) Military (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 3610 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the latest/Jul '11 assassination in Southern Afghanistan, the Mayor was killed by a suicide bomber with the bomb hidden where?
Answer: A: In his turban
Categories: Current Affairs (7) Military (9) Politics (9)
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Pub quiz question 955 by pjh2