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Pub quiz question 4896 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country saw a general strike last week, with more than 1 million protestors against austerity?
Answer: A: Spain
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Pub quiz question 4698 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which tourist attraction was closed over concerns that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2011?
Answer: A: Great pyramids of Giza
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Pub quiz question 3609 by pjh2

Question: Q: Jul '11, William Hague announced the expulsion of all diplomats from which country while inviting rebels to send their own diplomats?
Answer: A: Libya
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Pub quiz question 6177 by pjh2

Question: Q: The 2012 Proms will star which claymation character in a piece entitled "My Concerto in Ee, Lad?"
Answer: A: Wallace form Wallace and Gromit
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Pub quiz question 3698 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Which of the three people convicted for the death of Peter Connelly/Baby P was released less than halfway through his six-year jail sentence?
Answer: A: Jason Owen
Categories: Crime (8) Current Affairs (5)
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Pub quiz question 6431 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the Republican presumptive nominee for the 2012 presidential elections?
Answer: A: Mitt Romney
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Pub quiz question 3073 by pjh2

Question: Q: The United States have/had (in 2011) until when to either raise or abolish their debt ceiling from $14.294tn or be considered in default?
Answer: A: August 2nd 2011
Categories: Finance (8) Current Affairs (7)

Pub quiz question 5121 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was banned in all large shops and supermarkets (in the UK) from Friday (6th April 2012)?
Answer: A: The display of tobacco products
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Pub quiz question 4703 by pjh2

Question: Q: The International Atomic Energy Agency says that assistance from foreign scientists has brought the which nation to the threshold of building a nuclear weapon?
Answer: A: Iran
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Pub quiz question 3070 by pjh2

Question: Q: Rebecca Leighton, the nurse arrested in connection with 5 deaths thought to be due to saline solution being contaminated with insulin, worked in which hospital?
Answer: A: Stepping Hill, Stockport, Manchester
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