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Pub quiz question 5165 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first person of Jewish ancestry to become Prime Minister of Britain?
  2. Answer: A: Benjamin Disraeli
  3. Notes: *: Lived 1804-1881, PM 1874-1880
  4. Categories: Politics (7) Religion (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 4287 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What company produced the Brownie camera?
  2. Answer: A: Kodak
  3. Categories: Technology (2) History (2) Business (2) Leisure (2)
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Pub quiz question 4361 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was assassinated the day before the first episode of Dr Who?
  2. Answer: A: John F Kennedy
  3. Notes: *: Kennedy assassinated November 22, 1963
  4. Categories: History (6) Politics (3) 1960s (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)
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Pub quiz question 6999 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which expedition leader was narrowly beaten to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1912?
  2. Answer: A: Robert Falcon Scott
  3. Categories: History (2) 1910s (2)
Pub quiz question 1163 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between September 1399 – March 1413
  2. Answer: A: Henry IV/Bolingbroke
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 1154 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between December 1154 – September 1189
  2. Answer: A: Henry II/Henry Curtmantle/(Henri Court-manteau) and his son for part of the time, Henry the Young King/(Henri le Jeune Roy)/(co-ruler with his father)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 1143 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between November 1016 – November 1035
  2. Answer: A: Canute (Knútr)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
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Pub quiz question 9284 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: The Parthenon Marbles are controversially located in what museum
  2. Answer: A: The British Museum
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (2) Science (2) History (2)
Pub quiz question 3399 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which town moved from Buckinghamshire to Berkshire in 1972?
  2. Answer: A: Slough
  3. Categories: Geography (8) 1970s (8) History (8)
Pub quiz question 7129 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was George II sitting on at the time of his death?
  2. Answer: A: A toilet
  3. Notes: *: 1760 at the age of 77
  4. Categories: People (6) Royalty (6) History (6)