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1910s 31 questions.
1910-1919
Pub quiz question 6256 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the 1914 Eagle the first example of from the Rolls-Royce factory?
  2. Answer: A: Aircraft engine
  3. Categories: Travel (6) 1910s (6) Business (6)
Pub quiz question 7624 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What began as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, 1911?
  2. Answer: A: IBM – changed name in 1924.
  3. Categories: Business (5) Acronyms/Abbreviations (5) 1910s (7) 1920s (7)
Pub quiz question 6995 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ships failed to live up to its name when it was crushed by Antarctic ice in 1915?
  2. Answer: A: Endurance
  3. Categories: History (6) 1910s (6)
Pub quiz question 6886 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did Emily Davison have in her pocket to suggest she didn't intend killing herself under the hooves of the King's horse?
  2. Answer: A: A return train ticket
  3. Notes: *: 4 June 1913
  4. Categories: 1910s (8) Politics (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 4421 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which war was known as the Great War and The War to End All Wars?
  2. Answer: A: World War I
  3. Categories: 1910s (2) Language (2)
Pub quiz question 4367 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name was given to the area between fighting fronts during World War II?
  2. Answer: A: No man's land
  3. Categories: Language (2) Military (2) 1910s (2)
Pub quiz question 6898 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic?
  2. Answer: A: Two
  3. Notes: *: Sunk 15 April 1912
  4. Categories: 1910s (7)
Pub quiz question 7250 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Cunard ocean liner was sunk by German torpedoes on 7 May 1915?
  2. Answer: A: RMS Lusitania
  3. Categories: 1910s (7) Travel (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 6891 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What annual horse race saw the death of suffragette Emily Davison?
  2. Answer: A: The (Epsom) Derby
  3. Notes: *: Died 4 June 1913
  4. Categories: Sports (4) Politics (4) Horse Racing (3) 1910s (3)
Pub quiz question 6939 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was launched in 1910 as the sister organisation to the Boy Scouts?
  2. Answer: A: Girl Guides
  3. Categories: 1910s (2) Leisure (2)