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Pub quiz rounds - Cross House Hotel - Team Name:
Mon 8 Aug 2011 - History
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Question 1
(#3061)
Q: Who spied for England in Edinburgh in 1706 but is better known as the author of Robinson Crusoe?
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Question 2
(#3131)
Q: What was the practical purpose of the Pharos of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders ofthe Ancient World?
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Question 3
(#3092)
Q: Who reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 with Tenzing Norgay?
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Question 4
(#3112)
Q: Who were the first Japanese warriors to be officially permitted to carry two swords, one long and one short?
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Question 5
(#3040)
Q: Who was Elizabeth I's father?
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Question 6
(#3046)
Q: Which famous embroidery includes the Battle of Hastings?
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Question 7
(#3056)
Q: What was writer and war hero T.E. Lawrence popularly known as?
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Question 8
(#3051)
Q: Which battle saw the final defeat of Napoleon?
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Question 9
(#3120)
Q: What macabre job brought fame to James Berry and Albert Pierrepoint?
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Question 10
(#482)
Q: Who defined democracy as "government of the people, by the people?"
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