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Pub quiz question 7000 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What Caribbean island did Columbus originally name Juana?
  2. Answer: A: Cuba
  3. Categories: History (7) Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 6962 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the King of England when the Civil War kicked off?
  2. Answer: A: Charles I
  3. Notes: *: War 1642–1651, Charles I reigned 1625-1649(executed)
  4. Categories: History (6) Military (6) Royalty (6)
Pub quiz question 5320 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first wife of Henry VIII?
  2. Answer: A: Catherine of Aragon
  3. Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)
Pub quiz question 3060 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What surname did T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) use for anonymity when he joined the Royal Tank Corps?
  2. Answer: A: Shaw
  3. Notes: *: T.E. stands for Thomas Edward
  4. Categories: History (9) Names (9)
Pub quiz question 6997 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which explorer's final words were: "I am just going outside and may be some time?"
  2. Answer: A: Captain Lawrence Oates'
  3. Notes: *: 17 March 1912
  4. Categories: History (5) Quotations (5) 1910s (5)
Pub quiz question 2547 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What became available on the National Health Service in December 1961?
  2. Answer: A: The contraceptive pill
  3. Categories: 1960s (4) Biology (5) History (5) General Knowledge (5)
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Pub quiz question 6941 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was abolished in the UK in 1649 only to make a comeback from 1660 to the present day?
  2. Answer: A: The House of Lords
  3. Categories: Politics (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 244 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the signatories to the 1919 Treaty of Versailles
  2. Answer: A: German Reich, British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, United States
  3. Categories: MultiAnswer6 (6) Politics (7) History (5)
Pub quiz question 7311 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton?
  2. Answer: A: They were the three that died in the gunfight at the OK Corral
  3. Notes: *: October 26, 1881
  4. Categories: Connections (7) History (6)
Pub quiz question 495 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which wartime leader said "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owd by so many to so few?"
  2. Answer: A: Winston Churchill
  3. Categories: Politics (1) History (1) Quotations (1) General Knowledge (1)
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