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Pub quiz question 3759 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which district are Ullswater and Bassenthwaite?
Answer: A: Lake District
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 7092 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Royal Marine term for long distance marching with a full kit entered the British vocabulary during the Falklands War?
Answer: A: Yomping
Notes: *: 1982
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Question: Q: Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Ian Holm, Charles Boyer and Dennis Hooper have all played which historical character on flim?
Answer: A: Napoleon
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Question: Q: What was held at Woodstock, New York for the first time in 1969?
Answer: A: A rock festival
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Pub quiz question 5587 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which sport is an attack known as a balestra?
Answer: A: Fencing
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Pub quiz question 2810 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which planet is nearest the Sun?
Answer: A: Mercury
Categories: Science (2) Space (2)
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Pub quiz question 8627 by pjh

Question: Q: The Islamic calendar is based on which cycle?
Answer: A: Lunar
Categories: Religion (2)

Pub quiz question 4371 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which historic English monument and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites in 1986?
Answer: A: Stonehenge
Categories: 1980s (6)

Pub quiz question 4994 by pjh2

Question: Q: What four-letter name is given to small lakes in the Lake District?
Answer: A: Tarn
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4112 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was given to the hanging bits of paper which confused American vite counters in 2000?
Answer: A: Chads
Categories: 2000s (4) Politics (4)