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Quotations 30 questions.
Famous, and not quite so famous, sayings
Pub quiz question 6997 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which explorer's final words were: "I am just going outside and may be some time?"
  2. Answer: A: Captain Lawrence Oates'
  3. Notes: *: 17 March 1912
  4. Categories: History (5) Quotations (5) 1910s (5)
Pub quiz question 7032 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did former UK Chancellor Nigel Lawson call 'a national obsession?'
  2. Answer: A: The National Health Service
  3. Categories: Politics (3) Quotations (3)
Pub quiz question 495 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which wartime leader said "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owd by so many to so few?"
  2. Answer: A: Winston Churchill
  3. Categories: Politics (1) History (1) Quotations (1) General Knowledge (1)
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Pub quiz question 4172 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: John Gielgud, on first hearing who's name said, "It's an interesting name: it sounds like a fart in the bath."
  2. Answer: A: Edward Woodward
  3. Notes: *: 1x01
  4. Categories: QI (3) Entertainment (7) Names (7) Quotations (7)
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Pub quiz question 462 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who said the famous phrase "An army marches on its stomach?"
  2. Answer: A: Napoleon
  3. Categories: Military (4) Quotations (4) General Knowledge (4)
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Pub quiz question 127 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who said "If you can count your money, you're not really a rich man?"
  2. Answer: A: Paul Getty
  3. Categories: Quotations (5) General Knowledge (5)
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Pub quiz question 7173 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which member of the royal family went to America to complain that the British media 'hate anyone who succeeds'?
  2. Answer: A: Prince Edward
  3. Categories: Quotations (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 4193 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which town did Charles Dickens describe as "the dullest and most stupid spot on the face of the earth?"
  2. Answer: A: Chelmsford
  3. Notes: *: 1x04
  4. Categories: Literature (7) Geography (7) GI (4) QI (4) Quotations (7)
Pub quiz question 7152 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What US Secretary of State said 'There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full'?
  2. Answer: A: Henry Kissinger
  3. Categories: Politics (5) Quotations (5) People (5)
Pub quiz question 7172 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What had an Australian called the Earl of Wessex when he snapped 'I won't recognise that name'?
  2. Answer: A: Eddie
  3. Categories: Names (6) Quotations (6) Royalty (6)