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Pub quiz question 4418 by pjh2

Question: Q: What title is Arthur Wellesley better known by?
Answer: A: The Duke of Wellington
Categories: History (5) Names (5)

Pub quiz question 5858 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was on the throne of England at the time of the Battle of Waterloo?
Answer: A: George III
Notes: *: 1815
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5) Military (5)

Pub quiz question 6820 by pjh2

Question: Q: What weren't worn in the Hawaiian Islands until the 1870s?
Answer: A: Grass skirts
Categories: Geography (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 3097 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the leader of the successful 1953 ascent of Mount Everest?
Answer: A: John Hunt
Categories: Geography (7) History (7) 1950s (7)

Pub quiz question 3142 by pjh2

Question: Q: What London Football Club was founded as Dial Square in 1886?
Answer: A: Arsenal
Categories: History (5) Football (5) Sports (5) London, UK (5)

Pub quiz question 7245 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country was separated from England by Offa's Dyke?
Answer: A: Wales
Categories: Geography (2) History (2)

Pub quiz question 5307 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which King of France was the husband of Catherine De'Medici?
Answer: A: Henry II
Categories: Royalty (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 3087 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became India's youngest Prime Minister shortly after his mother's assassination?
Answer: A: Rajiv Gandhi
Notes: *: 31 October 1984
Categories: History (3) 1980s (4) Politics (3)
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Pub quiz question 3374 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World was situated approximately 50km(30mi) south of modern Baghdad?
Answer: A: The Hanging Garden's of Babylon
Categories: History (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 3082 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of the legendary graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona?
Answer: A: Boot Hill
Categories: History (2) Geography (2)