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Pub quiz question 2846 by pjh2

Question: Q: On March 30, 1858 Hyman Lipman obtained a patent for attaching what to the end of a pencil?
Answer: A: Eraser/Rubber
Categories: Science (3)
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Pub quiz question 3466 by pjh2

Question: Q: If you combined K and P to make cables, what would you be doing?
Answer: A: Knitting
Categories: Leisure (1)

Pub quiz question 4397 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Jimmy Carter's Vice-President?
Answer: A: Walter (Fritz) Mondale
Notes: *: 1976-1980
Categories: Politics (8) History (8) 1970s (8) 1980s (8)

Pub quiz question 6857 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who holds the title Duke of Lancaster?
Answer: A: The reigning monarch (currently Elizabeth II)
Categories: Geography (7) Politics (7) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 3397 by pjh2

Question: Q: What now stands on the site of the former Windsor Safari Park?
Answer: A: Legoland
Notes: *: Opened March 1996
Categories: 1990s (4) Royalty (4) Geography (4) Leisure (4)
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Pub quiz question 9643 by pjh2

Question: Q: In 2011, Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest with which song?
Answer: A: Running Scared
Notes: *: By Ell and Nikki
Categories: Eurovision (9) 2010s (9)

Pub quiz question 6069 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English poet is best known for nautical ballads such as Drake's Drum?
Answer: A: Sir Henry Newbold
Categories: Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 7624 by pjh

Question: Q: What began as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, 1911?
Answer: A: IBM – changed name in 1924.
Categories: Business (5) Acronyms/Abbreviations (5) 1910s (7) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 2667 by pjh2

Question: Q: Company/Product
Image: i:
Answer: A: John Smith's Magic
Notes: *: 1980s
Categories: 1980s (7) Advertising (7)

Pub quiz question 9491 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which famous artist recorded the theme song for GoldenEye?
Answer: A: Tina Turner
Notes: *: 1995
Categories: Entertainment (5) Music (5) 1990s (5)