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General Knowledge 668 questions.
Catch-all for questions that don't really fit into other subjects
Pub quiz question 7706 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What is the international car registration code for Brazil?
  2. Answer: A: BR
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (6) Road signs (6) Transport (6)
Pub quiz question 2474 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Sir Charles Barry (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) designed which iconic British building?
  2. Answer: A: Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament)
  3. Categories: Politics (3) History (5) General Knowledge (6)
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Pub quiz question 164 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What happens to those who kiss the Blarney Stone in Ireland?
  2. Answer: A: They acquire the 'gift of the gab' (flattery)
  3. Categories: Superstitions (2) General Knowledge (2)
Pub quiz question 401 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Poseidon was the Greek God of the sea, but what did the Romans call him?
  2. Answer: A: Neptune
  3. Categories: Mythology (3) General Knowledge (3)
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Pub quiz question 6094 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Starting with F, which computer language was designed by Charles H. Moore in the 1970s?
  2. Answer: A: Forth
  3. Categories: Computing (4) General Knowledge (7)
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Pub quiz question 7287 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Peanut; strawberry; jerusalem artichoke?
  2. Answer: A: Misnomer foods - they aren't what their names imply.
  3. Notes: *: Strictly speaking: not a nut (legume,) not a berry (an 'accessory fruit' - the actual fruit are the seeds,) not an artichoke (it's actually a type of sunflower)
  4. Categories: General Knowledge (7) Food (6) Connections (6)
Pub quiz question 7898 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What is the international car registration code for Sweden?
  2. Answer: A: S
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (6) Road signs (6) Transport (6)
Pub quiz question 7279 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which controversial work was privately printed in Florence in 1928?
  2. Answer: A: Lady Chatterley's Lover
  3. Categories: Literature (6) 1920s (6) General Knowledge (7)
Pub quiz question 256 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: List the different "classical" states of matter
  2. Answer: A: Solid, Gas, Liquid
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (1) MultiAnswer3 (1) Science (1) Physics (1) Chemistry (1)
Pub quiz question 7846 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What is the international car registration code for New Zealand?
  2. Answer: A: NZ
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (6) Road signs (6) Transport (6)
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