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Pub quiz question 7109 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who made a contract with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella entitling him to be appointed Viceroy and Governor of any new lands he discovered?
  2. Answer: A: Christopher Columbus
  3. Categories: Travel (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 3119 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the last woman to be executed in Britain?
  2. Answer: A: Ruth Ellis
  3. Notes: *: 13 July 1955
  4. Categories: History (4) 1950s (4) Crime (4)
Pub quiz question 3102 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which English King's nicknames included "Fitz Empressess" and "Curt Mantle?"
  2. Answer: A: Henry II
  3. Categories: Royalty (7) History (7) Names (9)
Pub quiz question 4399 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which US state suffered the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful in North America's history?
  2. Answer: A: Alaska
  3. Categories: 1960s (7) History (7) Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 7126 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is attached to the English workers who sabotaged machines as part of their protest against the Industrial Revolution?
  2. Answer: A: Luddites
  3. Categories: History (6) Science (6) Names (8)
Pub quiz question 7174 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What disease killed 20,000 Parisians in 1832?
  2. Answer: A: Cholera
  3. Categories: Nature (8) History (8)
Pub quiz question 1149 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between December 1066 – September 1087
  2. Answer: A: William I/William the Bastard/William the Conqueror/(Guillaume le Bâtard)/(Guillaume le Conquérant)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 2859 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What do crossed swords indicate on an Ordnance Survey Map?
  2. Answer: A: Battlefield
  3. Categories: History (2) Geography (2)
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Pub quiz question 4497 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which tiny Cornish peninsula claims to be the home of King Arthur?
  2. Answer: A: Tintagel
  3. Categories: Geography (6) History (6) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 3045 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which battle is commemorated by the town of Battle in East Sussex?
  2. Answer: A: The Battle of Hastings
  3. Categories: History (4) Military (4)