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Pub quiz question 6881 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster?
Answer: A: Ian Paisley
Categories: Politics (7) Religion (6)

Pub quiz question 6880 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the Irish name for the United Ireland party?
Answer: A: Fine Gael
Categories: Politics (6) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6879 by pjh2

Question: Q: What organisation replaced the League of Nations?
Answer: A: The United Nations
Notes: *: Founded 1945
Categories: Politics (2) 1940s (2)

Pub quiz question 6878 by pjh2

Question: Q: What city saw work start on the United Nation Headquarters in 1950?
Answer: A: New York
Categories: Geography (4) 1950s (4) Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 6877 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UN Secretary-General was sandwiched between Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and Kofi Annan?
Answer: A: Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Notes: *: 1 January 1992 – 31 December 1996
Categories: Politics (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 6876 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which other language joins Chinese, English Russian, French and Spanish to complete the six official languages of the UN?
Answer: A: Arabic
Categories: Language (6) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 6875 by pjh2

Question: Q: What US president came up with the title United Nations after spotting it in Bryon's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?"
Answer: A: Franklin D Roosevelt
Categories: Politics (7) 1940s (7)

Pub quiz question 6874 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which minority were banned from gaining jobs with the UN's World Health Organisation after 1 December 2005?
Answer: A: Smokers
Categories: Politics (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 6873 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Venetian canal is spanned by the Rialto Bridge?
Answer: A: The Grand Canal
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 6872 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most famous product from Murano, Venice?
Answer: A: Glass
Categories: Geography (4) Business (4)

Pub quiz question 6871 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the traditional colour of Venetian gondolas?
Answer: A: Black
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6870 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which saint's winged lion is the symbol of Venice?
Answer: A: Saint Mark's
Categories: Geography (6) Religion (6)

Pub quiz question 6869 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which very small race of people were the first ethnic group to inhabit Gabon?
Answer: A: Pygmy
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6868 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to water buses in Venice?
Answer: A: Vaproetti
Categories: Geography (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 6867 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the official language of Gabon?
Answer: A: French
Categories: Geography (4) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 6866 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which African country's capital, Libreville, was founded in 1849 by freed slaves?
Answer: A: Gabon's
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 6865 by pjh2

Question: Q: What kind of drum shares its name with the man who became President of the Gabonese Republic in 1967?
Answer: A: Bongo
Categories: Geography (4) Language (4)

Pub quiz question 6864 by pjh2

Question: Q: What named line if latitude cuts through Gabon?
Answer: A: The equator
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6863 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who founded a hospital at Labarene, Gabon, in 1913?
Answer: A: Albert Schweitzer
Categories: 1910s (8) Geography (8) Buildings (8)

Pub quiz question 6862 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Italian city did actor Sir John Gielgud describe as looking like "King's Cross in the rain?"
Answer: A: Venice
Categories: Entertainment (2) Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 6861 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Blackpool Pleasure Beach ride was the world's tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster when it appeared in 1994?
Answer: A: Pepsi Max Big One
Categories: Geography (5) Leisure (5) 1990s (5)

Pub quiz question 6860 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which town boasts Britain's most spectacular annual illuminations?
Answer: A: Blackpool
Categories: Geography (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 6859 by pjh2

Question: Q: What flower is the symbol of Lancashire?
Answer: A: Red rose
Categories: Geography (3) Nature (3)

Pub quiz question 6858 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Lancashire holiday resort was the home of the Miss Great Britain beauty contest from 1956 to 1989?
Answer: A: Morcombe
Categories: Geography (4) Entertainment (4) 1950s (4) 1960s (4) 1970s (4) 1980s (4)

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)