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history, memes

July Quiz Questions

Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month.
As always, they’re designed to be tricky but not impossible, so it’s unlikely everyone will know all the answers – just have a bit of fun.

General History

  1. In what year did the Battle of Waterloo occur?
  2. Which ancient civilization built the city of Machu Picchu?
  3. Which famous historical document begins with the words “We hold these truths to be self-evident”?
  4. The Aztecs even used cocoa beans as what?
  5. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
  6. What event marked the beginning of World War I?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

memes, topographical

June Quiz Questions

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Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month.
As always, they’re designed to be tricky but not impossible, so it’s unlikely everyone will know all the answers – just have a bit of fun.

Geography

  1. In which country is Angel Falls, the world’s largest waterfall?
  2. Switzerland is made up of how many cantons?
  3. Which continent has land in all four hemispheres?
  4. In what country is the Chernobyl nuclear plant located?
  5. What’s the capital city of Tanzania?
  6. Area 51 is located in which American state?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

memes, people

May Quiz Questions

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Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month.
As always, they’re designed to be tricky but not impossible, so it’s unlikely everyone will know all the answers – just have a bit of fun.

People

  1. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
  2. Who is often credited with creating the world’s first car?
  3. The name of which British prince is often used to describe a pierced manhood?
  4. Who was married to John F Kennedy and was first lady from 1961 until 1963?
  5. Name the author: He was born in Dublin in 1854, and died in Paris in 1900.
  6. Although more well-known for his fiction and character creations, what famous author was also an ophthalmologist? He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the 1870s, was a determined supporter of compulsory vaccination, and partially based his most famous character on a former university teacher.

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.