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Pub quiz question 493 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What were postmen more commonly known as in Victorian England?
  2. Answer: A: Robins
  3. Notes: *: Because of their red uniforms
  4. Categories: History (6) General Knowledge (6) Language (6)
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Pub quiz question 8502 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: In which country Adolph Hitler was born?
  2. Answer: A: Austria
  3. Categories: History (2) War (2) Politics (2)
Pub quiz question 6992 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What shortage killed one million Irish people in the 1840s?
  2. Answer: A: Potatoes
  3. Categories: Food (1) History (1)
Pub quiz question 276 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who discovered penicillin?
  2. Answer: A: Alexander Fleming (1928)
  3. Categories: Science (3) History (3)
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Pub quiz question 3049 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which battle had already exhausted most of England's solders by the time they arrived for the Battle of Hastings?
  2. Answer: A: Stamford Bridge
  3. Categories: History (8) Military (8)
Pub quiz question 8380 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: In what year was The Gunpowder Plot?
  2. Answer: A: 1605
  3. Categories: 1600s (2) History (4) Politics (4)
Pub quiz question 7227 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What creature appears rampant on Scotland's coat of arms?
  2. Answer: A: Lion
  3. Categories: History (5) Nature (5)
Pub quiz question 7059 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did the Incas believe happened to them after death?
  2. Answer: A: Reincarnation
  3. Categories: Religion (8) History (8)
Pub quiz question 3084 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What ranch hands from the days of American cowboys gave their name to a brand of jeans?
  2. Answer: A: Wranglers
  3. Categories: Language (6) History (6)
Pub quiz question 3138 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which exhibition made a profit that helped fund the Science, Natural History and Victoria and Albert Museums?
  2. Answer: A: The Great Exhibition
  3. Categories: History (6) Science (6) Art (6) Landmarks (6)