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People 246 questions.
Those, typically famous, individuals that have made their mark
Pub quiz question 8654 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What time did Paula Radcliffe set for the Women's Marathon world record in April 2003?
  2. Answer: A: 2:15:25
  3. Notes: *: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/paula-radcliffe-brigid-kosgei-radcliffe-big-ben-b2318905.html
  4. Categories: Tie Breakers (5) People (6) Sports (6)
Pub quiz question 7967 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Stalin described whose wife as a "syphilitic whore"?
  2. Answer: A: Lenin.
  3. Categories: Politics (6) People (7)
Pub quiz question 7621 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which TV presenter had a spirit guide called Sam?
  2. Answer: A: Derek Acorah.
  3. Categories: Religion (4) People (7) Television (6)
Pub quiz question 9337 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Michel Barnier was voted out of office after only 91 days as the prime minister of which country?
  2. Answer: A: France
  3. Notes: *: 5 Sep - 4 Dec 2024
  4. Categories: Politics (7) People (7) 2020s (7)
Pub quiz question 7377 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Whose 2014 wedding speech praised by his wife as the "ideal celebrity"?
  2. Answer: A: Kanye West
  3. Notes: *: Of Kim Kardashian
  4. Categories: Entertainment (4) People (4)
Pub quiz question 7421 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who (maybe) said, "If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker?"
  2. Answer: A: Albert Einstein
  3. Notes: *: On realising the consequences of his contribution to making atomic bombs possible.
  4. Categories: Science (6) People (7) Physics (5)
Pub quiz question 8011 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which barefoot preacher cried, "Woe to the bloody city of Lichfield"?
  2. Answer: A: George Fox
  3. Notes: *: 1650s
  4. Categories: 1600s (8) Religion (8) People (9)
Pub quiz question 7494 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: (as of 2022) Denmark and UK (2); Norway (5); Spain and Morocco (6); Sweden (16)?
  2. Answer: A: Regnal numbers of their current monarchs
  3. Notes: *: 2: Margarethe II, Elizabeth II 5: Harald V 6: Felipe VI, Mohammed VI 16: Carl XVI Gustaf
  4. Categories: Connections (7) Royalty (3) People (5)
Pub quiz question 7135 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Osama bin Laden's country of birth?
  2. Answer: A: Saudi Arabia
  3. Notes: *: March 10, 1957
  4. Categories: People (5) Geography (5) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 7513 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which winner of three Wimbledon singles titles was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany in 1959?
  2. Answer: A: John McEnroe
  3. Categories: Sports (5) Tennis (5) People (5) 1950s (5)