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General Knowledge 662 questions.
Catch-all for questions that don't really fit into other subjects
Pub quiz question 435 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In the Twelve days of Christmas, what was given on the twelfth day?
  2. Answer: A: Twelve drummers drumming
  3. Notes: *: Representing the twelve points of the Apostles Creed
  4. Categories: Christmas (2) Music (2) General Knowledge (2)
Pub quiz question 2486 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was built at the Forth Street Works in Newcastle, and won the Rainhill Trials in 1929?
  2. Answer: A: Stephenson's Rocket
  3. Categories: Local History (5) Newcastle, UK (5) General Knowledge (6) History (6)
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Pub quiz question 7664 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What is the international car registration code for Afghanistan?
  2. Answer: A: AFG
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (6) Road signs (6) Transport (6)
Pub quiz question 5993 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where did Charles Darwin succeed Charles Dickens?
  2. Answer: A: On the back of a £10 note
  3. Notes: *: 2003
  4. Categories: General Knowledge (6) Science (6) Literature (6) 2000s (6)
Pub quiz question 479 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: On which novel was the concept of "Big Brother" based, and who wrote it?
  2. Answer: A: 1984 by George Orwell
  3. Categories: Literature (2) Television (3) Entertainment (3) General Knowledge (3)
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Pub quiz question 7900 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What is the international car registration code for Switzerland?
  2. Answer: A: CH
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (6) Road signs (6) Transport (6)
Pub quiz question 8668 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What does “www” stand for in a website browser?
  2. Answer: A: World Wide Web
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (4) Acronyms/Abbreviations (3)
Pub quiz question 7431 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Stidda; 'Ndrangheta; Camorra; Sacra Corona Unita?
  2. Answer: A: Italian organised crime groups (mafia/mob gangs)
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Geography (7) Italy (4) General Knowledge (7) Crime (4)
Pub quiz question 1018 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What do the Americans call the constellation of stars that the UK refers to as "The Plough?"
  2. Answer: A: The Big Dipper
  3. Categories: Science (3) Astronomy (3) General Knowledge (3)
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Pub quiz question 2542 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What year was the Open University established?
  2. Answer: A: 1969
  3. Categories: 1960s (5) General Knowledge (6)
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