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Pub quiz question 4365 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose 1914 assassination by Gavrilo Princip sparked World War I and is the name of a Scottish rock band?
Answer: A: Archduke Franz Ferdinand's
Categories: 1910s (7) Music (7) Military (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 6526 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6905 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6985 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country saw the 1979-1980 hostage crisis which ended as Ronald Regan took his oath of office?
Answer: A: Iran
Categories: 1970s (6) 1980s (6) Politics (6) Military (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 3610 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the latest/Jul '11 assassination in Southern Afghanistan, the Mayor was killed by a suicide bomber with the bomb hidden where?
Answer: A: In his turban
Categories: Current Affairs (7) Military (9) Politics (9)
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Pub quiz question 528 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6763 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year did Prince Edward decide that the Royal Marines was not for him?
Answer: A: 1987
Categories: Royalty (8) 1980s (7) Military (7)

Pub quiz question 98 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which jazz singer died in an air crash over the English Channel during World War II?
Answer: A: Glenn Miller
Categories: Death (5) Military (5) Music (5)
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Pub quiz question 6321 by pjh2

Question: Q: What word starting with A is the name sometimes given to an agreement between countries or political parties, for example at Camp David between Egypt and Israel in 1978.
Answer: A: Accord
Categories: Language (6) Politics (6) Military (6)
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Pub quiz question 7130 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name did George V adopt in 1917 when he realised Saxe-Coburg-Gotha sounded a bit too German?
Answer: A: Windsor
Categories: 1910s (2) Names (2) Military (2) Royalty (2)