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Military 119 questions.
Army, Navy and Airforce
Pub quiz question 6645 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which German field marshal was known as the Desert Fox?
  2. Answer: A: Erwin Rommel
  3. Categories: Military (5)
Pub quiz question 7136 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the subject of a $25 million reward offered by the US State Department in 2001?
  2. Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
  3. Categories: People (1) Military (1) Politics (1) 2000s (1)
Pub quiz question 7026 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which UK Prime Minister's Munich Agreement wasn't worth the paper it was written on?
  2. Answer: A: Neville Chamberlain's
  3. Notes: *: 29/30 September 1938
  4. Categories: Politics (4) 1930s (4) Military (4)
Pub quiz question 6961 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was on the throne of England just 40 years prior to the start of the English Civil War?
  2. Answer: A: Elizabeth I
  3. Notes: *: War 1642–1651, reigned 1558-1603
  4. Categories: History (7) Military (7) Royalty (7)
Pub quiz question 6910 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which high-ranking church official was Terry Waite working for when he was kidnapped?
  2. Answer: A: Archbishop of Canterbury (Robert Runcie)
  3. Notes: *: Kidnapped 1987, released 1991
  4. Categories: Politics (3) Military (3) 1980s (3) 1990s (3) Religion (3)
Pub quiz question 7027 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the nickname of Arthur Harris who was in charge of the World War II Allied air campaign against Germany?
  2. Answer: A: Bomber
  3. Categories: Names (3) 1940s (3) Military (3)
Pub quiz question 1205 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which famous ship disappeared in the Denmark Strait on 24th May 1941 with the death of all but three of it's 1400 crew?
  2. Answer: A: H.M.S. Hood
  3. Categories: Military (5) 1940s (5) History (5)
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Pub quiz question 3055 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which island boasts of being Napoleon's birthplace?
  2. Answer: A: Corsica
  3. Categories: Geography (8) Military (8) History (8)
Pub quiz question 4559 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which of the armed forces did Frederick Forsyth serve in?
  2. Answer: A: RAF
  3. Categories: Military (5) Literature (5)
Pub quiz question 6762 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In what year did Prince Andrew sail to war?
  2. Answer: A: 1982
  3. Categories: Royalty (8) 1980s (7) Military (7)