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Pub quiz question 2645 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended World War I and held its first council meeting in Paris on 16 January 1920?
  2. Answer: A: The League of Nations
  3. Notes: *: It was the precursor to the United Nations that was formed in 1945
  4. Categories: History (4) 1920s (4) Politics (5)
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Pub quiz question 1145 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between June 1040 – June 1042
  2. Answer: A: Harthacnut (Hardeknud)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 3130 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who were the first people to separate copper from its ore?
  2. Answer: A: The Egyptians
  3. Categories: History (6) Science (6)
Pub quiz question 7081 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What great catastrophe is commemorated by The Monument?
  2. Answer: A: The Great Fire of London
  3. Categories: London, UK (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 3160 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which game, played with a prolate spheroid, is said to have been invented when William Webb Ellis 'took the ball in his arms and ran?'
  2. Answer: A: Rugby
  3. Categories: History (5) Sports (5)
Pub quiz question 3042 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which of America's original 13 states took its name from Elizabeth I?
  2. Answer: A: Virginia
  3. Categories: History (5) Geography (5)
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Pub quiz question 3394 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which explorer's day is celebrated in the USA on the 2nd Monday in October?
  2. Answer: A: Christopher Columbus'
  3. Categories: History (7) Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 3044 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which language was Elizabeth I's coronation conducted?
  2. Answer: A: Latin
  3. Categories: Language (6) History (6) Royalty (6)
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Pub quiz question 3125 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city didn't open its new spa until 2006 after holding a Three Tenors opening concert in 2003?
  2. Answer: A: Bath
  3. Categories: Geography (4) History (4) 2000s (4)
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Pub quiz question 394 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which person from history famously opened the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
  2. Answer: A: Adolf Hitler
  3. Categories: 1930s (1) Olympics (1) Sports (1) History (1)
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