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Pub quiz question 1159 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between November 1272 – July 1307
  2. Answer: A: Edward I/Longshanks
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 4390 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which US Vice-President couldn't spell potato and is wrongly attributed the quote 'It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it?'
  2. Answer: A: Dan Quayle
  3. Categories: Politics (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 6792 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What building first appeared on the back of a US $20 bill in 1928?
  2. Answer: A: The White House
  3. Categories: History (6) 1920s (6) Buildings (6)
Pub quiz question 3063 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which university was attended by Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Harold Philby, Anthony Blunt, and the unknown fifth person in the 1930s?
  2. Answer: A: Cambridge (Trinity)
  3. Notes: *: The 'Cambridge Five'
  4. Categories: 1930s (4) History (5) Military (5)
Pub quiz question 3118 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country carried out more than 3,400 executions in 2004?
  2. Answer: A: China
  3. Categories: Geography (4) Crime (5) History (5) 2000s (5)
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Pub quiz question 3134 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who designed the Crystal Palace with a little help from engineer Charles Fox?
  2. Answer: A: Joseph Paxton
  3. Categories: History (8)
Pub quiz question 3110 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which was the first city to be devastated by the dropping of an atomic bomb?
  2. Answer: A: Hiroshima
  3. Categories: Geography (2) Military (2) History (2) 1940s (2)
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Pub quiz question 2857 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which capital city was once known as Byzantium?
  2. Answer: A: Istanbul
  3. Notes: *: Via "Constantinople "
  4. Categories: Language (6) History (6) Geography (6)
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Pub quiz question 7309 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What currency was worth 400 quintillion (1×10^20) pengö in 1946?
  2. Answer: A: 1 Hungarian forint
  3. Notes: *: Due to hyperinflation between 1945 and 1946. The forint was introduced on 1 August 1946.
  4. Categories: Politics (6) History (7) 1940s (7)
Pub quiz question 6993 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which saint is said to have landed in Ireland in AD432?
  2. Answer: A: St. Patrick
  3. Categories: Religion (2) History (2) Geography (2)