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1910s 31 questions.

1910-1919

Pub quiz question 4367 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was given to the area between fighting fronts during World War II?
Answer: A: No man's land
Categories: Language (2) Military (2) 1910s (2)

Pub quiz question 6898 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic?
Answer: A: Two
Notes: *: Sunk 15 April 1912
Categories: 1910s (7)

Pub quiz question 7250 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Cunard ocean liner was sunk by German torpedoes on 7 May 1915?
Answer: A: RMS Lusitania
Categories: 1910s (7) Travel (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 6891 by pjh2

Question: Q: What annual horse race saw the death of suffragette Emily Davison?
Answer: A: The (Epsom) Derby
Notes: *: Died 4 June 1913
Categories: Sports (4) Politics (4) Horse Racing (3) 1910s (3)

Pub quiz question 6939 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was launched in 1910 as the sister organisation to the Boy Scouts?
Answer: A: Girl Guides
Categories: 1910s (2) Leisure (2)

Pub quiz question 5287 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which what sort of films was Tom Mix associated?
Answer: A: Westerns
Notes: *: 336 films between 1910 and 1935
Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) 1910s (5) 1920s (5) 1930s (5)

Pub quiz question 6863 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who founded a hospital at Labarene, Gabon, in 1913?
Answer: A: Albert Schweitzer
Categories: 1910s (8) Geography (8) Buildings (8)

Pub quiz question 6776 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who first ordered the clocks at Sandringham to be set at half-an-hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time?
Answer: A: Edward VII
Notes: *: 1901 to 1936
Categories: Royalty (8) 1910s (7) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 8378 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose assassination led to the beginning of World War One?
Answer: A: Franz Ferdinand
Categories: War (4) Politics (4) 1910s (4)

Pub quiz question 6897 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many members of the Titanic's orchestra survived to tell the tale?
Answer: A: None
Notes: *: Sunk 15 April 1912
Categories: 1910s (7)