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Pub quiz question 8663 by pjh

Question: Q: How many words are there in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Answer: A: 190,637
Notes: *: https://blog.fostergrant.co.uk/2017/08/03/word-counts-popular-books-world/
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Harry Potter (8) Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 8662 by pjh

Question: Q: How many words are there in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Answer: A: 107,253
Notes: *: https://blog.fostergrant.co.uk/2017/08/03/word-counts-popular-books-world/
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Harry Potter (8) Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 8661 by pjh

Question: Q: How many words are there in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Answer: A: 85,141
Notes: *: https://blog.fostergrant.co.uk/2017/08/03/word-counts-popular-books-world/
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Harry Potter (8) Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 8660 by pjh

Question: Q: How many words are there in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Answer: A: 76,944
Notes: *: https://blog.fostergrant.co.uk/2017/08/03/word-counts-popular-books-world/
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Harry Potter (8) Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 8659 by pjh

Question: Q: How many miles long is the M1 motorway?
Answer: A: 193(.6) miles
Notes: *: https://www.rac.co.uk/route-planner/traffic-news/m1/
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Pub quiz question 8658 by pjh

Question: Q: How many cities are there in England?
Answer: A: 55 (as of 2022)
Notes: *: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom#Officially_designated_cities (NB - question asks England only, that goes to UK)
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Pub quiz question 8657 by pjh

Question: Q: How many metres high is London's The Shard building?
Answer: A: 309.6m/1,016ft
Notes: *: https://www.the-shard.com/about/
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Buildings (7)

Pub quiz question 8656 by pjh

Question: Q: How long is the River Nile in kilometres?
Answer: A: 6,853km
Notes: *: https://phys.org/news/2015-06-longest-rivers-world.html
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Pub quiz question 8655 by pjh

Question: Q: What is the flying distance between Manchester and London in miles?
Answer: A: 163 miles
Notes: *: https://www.distance.to/London/Manchester
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Pub quiz question 8654 by pjh

Question: Q: What time did Paula Radcliffe set for the Women's Marathon world record in April 2003?
Answer: A: 2:15:25
Notes: *: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/paula-radcliffe-brigid-kosgei-radcliffe-big-ben-b2318905.html
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) People (6) Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 8653 by pjh

Question: Q: On what date did the BBC Two channel become the first European colour TV broadcaster?
Answer: A: 1 July 1967
Notes: *: https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/history-colour-tv-uk
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 8652 by pjh

Question: Q: On what date did the BBC Two channel first appear on British televisions?
Answer: A: 20 April 1964
Notes: *: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1P9ll2qsVspFKJDpXrQfp3s/a-brief-history-of-bbc-two
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 8651 by pjh

Question: Q: How tall in centimetres is Basketballer Kobe Bryant?
Answer: A: 198cm
Notes: *: https://blogging.org/kobe-bryant-height/
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) People (6)

Pub quiz question 8650 by pjh

Question: Q: When did Disneyland Paris open?
Answer: A: 12 April 1992
Notes: *: https://disneylandparis-news.com/en/history/
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) 1990s (3) Business (5)

Pub quiz question 8649 by pjh

Question: Q: How many people voted for Britain to leave the EU?
Answer: A: 17,410,742
Notes: *: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/eu-referendum/report-23-june-2016-referendum-uks-membership-european-union
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Politics (6) 2010s (6)

Pub quiz question 8648 by pjh

Question: Q: How many miles is it from Nazareth to Bethlehem as the crow flies?
Answer: A: 70 miles
Notes: *: https://www.stcatherinercc.org/single-post/2017/12/06/how-long-is-the-trip-from-nazareth-to-bethlehem
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Religion (7)

Pub quiz question 8647 by pjh

Question: Q: How many words are there in (the English translastion of) Leo Tolstoy's novel War & Peace?
Answer: A: 587,287
Notes: *: https://wordcounter.net/blog/2016/10/28/102640_how-many-words-is-war-and-peace.html
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 8646 by pjh

Question: Q: When is Justin Bieber's date of birth?
Answer: A: 1st March 1994
Notes: *: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Justin-Bieber
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) People (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 8645 by pjh

Question: Q: How many minutes long is the running time of The Beatles album Revolver?
Answer: A: 35:01
Notes: *: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_(Beatles_album)
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 8644 by pjh

Question: Q: Who is older; Steven Gerrard or Frank Lampard?
Answer: A: Frank older by 1 year, 11 months, and 10 days
Notes: *: FL: June 20, 1978, SG: 30 May 1980
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) People (7) Football (7) Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 8643 by pjh

Question: Q: How old was William Shakespeare when he died?
Answer: A: 52
Notes: *: https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeares-life-and-times
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Pub quiz question 8642 by pjh

Question: Q: How many metres high is London's BT Tower?
Answer: A: 189m
Notes: *: https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/the-bt-tower-and-a-classified-communications-network/
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Buildings (7)

Pub quiz question 8641 by pjh

Question: Q: How long is the Queen single 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?
Answer: A: 5 mins 55 seconds
Notes: *: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Music (3)

Pub quiz question 8640 by pjh

Question: Q: In which year did the first McDonald's restaurant open in the UK?
Answer: A: 1974
Notes: *: https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/newsroom/history.html
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Business (7) 1970s (4)

Pub quiz question 8639 by pjh

Question: Q: How many verses are there in total in the New Testament?
Answer: A: 7956
Notes: *: https://catholic-resources.org/Bible/NT-Statistics-Greek.htm
Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Literature (7)