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Pub quiz question 1183 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who co-ruled England between February 1689–1694
Answer: A: Mary II and William III (William of Orange)
Categories: MultiAnswer2 (6) History (6) Royalty (6)

Pub quiz question 7257 by pjh2

Question: Q: What county did the Roman invasion of 43AD begin in?
Answer: A: Kent
Categories: History (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 3103 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was nine-years old when he became King of England in 1216?
Answer: A: Henry III
Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 9494 by pjh2

Question: Q: Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived – who was Henry VIII's last wife?
Answer: A: Catherine Parr
Categories: History (4) Royalty (4) 1500s (4)

Pub quiz question 7416 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Fanya Kaplan; Violet Gibson; Lynette Fromme and Sara Jane Moore?
Answer: A: Unsuccessful female assassins
Notes: *: Of Lennin, Mussolini, Gerald Ford
Categories: Connections (8) Politics (8) History (8)

Pub quiz question 1141 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who ruled England between March/April 1014 – April 1016 (second reign)
Answer: A: Æthelred the Unready (Æþelræd Unræd)
Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 4321 by pjh2

Question: Q: (October '11) Gadaffi was killed in which Libyan city?
Answer: A: Sirte
Categories: History (6) Current Affairs (4)
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Pub quiz question 2470 by pjh2

Question: Q: From which stone are the pyramids in Giza build from?
Answer: A: Limestone
Categories: Geography (7) History (8) General Knowledge (7)
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Pub quiz question 3120 by pjh2

Question: Q: What macabre job brought fame to James Berry and Albert Pierrepoint?
Answer: A: Hangman/Public executioner
Categories: History (2) Crime (2)
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Pub quiz question 7050 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did the Romans consider to be their most important road?
Answer: A: Appian Way (Via Appia)
Categories: Travel (5) Geography (5) History (5)