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Military 119 questions.
Army, Navy and Airforce
Pub quiz question 6526 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which king was killed at the Battle of Flodden?
  2. Answer: A: James IV of Scotland
  3. Categories: Royalty (8) Military (8)
Pub quiz question 6905 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What organisation kidnapped Terry Waite?
  2. Answer: A: Islamic Jihad Organization (Jihad for short)
  3. Notes: *: Kidnapped 1987, released 1991
  4. Categories: 1990s (6) 1980s (6) Politics (6) Military (6)
Pub quiz question 6985 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What country saw the 1979-1980 hostage crisis which ended as Ronald Regan took his oath of office?
  2. Answer: A: Iran
  3. Categories: 1970s (6) 1980s (6) Politics (6) Military (6) Geography (6)
Pub quiz question 3610 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In the latest/Jul '11 assassination in Southern Afghanistan, the Mayor was killed by a suicide bomber with the bomb hidden where?
  2. Answer: A: In his turban
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7) Military (9) Politics (9)
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Pub quiz question 528 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: By what military rank is the President of Libya known?
  2. Answer: A: Colonel
  3. Categories: Politics (2) Military (2)
Pub quiz question 6763 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In what year did Prince Edward decide that the Royal Marines was not for him?
  2. Answer: A: 1987
  3. Categories: Royalty (8) 1980s (7) Military (7)
Pub quiz question 98 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which jazz singer died in an air crash over the English Channel during World War II?
  2. Answer: A: Glenn Miller
  3. Categories: Death (5) Military (5) Music (5)
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Pub quiz question 6321 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What word starting with A is the name sometimes given to an agreement between countries or political parties, for example at Camp David between Egypt and Israel in 1978.
  2. Answer: A: Accord
  3. Categories: Language (6) Politics (6) Military (6)
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Pub quiz question 7130 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name did George V adopt in 1917 when he realised Saxe-Coburg-Gotha sounded a bit too German?
  2. Answer: A: Windsor
  3. Categories: 1910s (2) Names (2) Military (2) Royalty (2)
Pub quiz question 4785 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which war provides the background for 'Gone with the Wind?'
  2. Answer: A: American Civil War
  3. Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
  4. Categories: Military (3) Literature (3) 1930s (3) Film/Movies (3)