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    Time Lord Member The_Doctor's Avatar
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    Default Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.

    Guys, please make them easier, this is for the local tennis club not Mensa.

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    Default Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.

    oke, who was president before bush....
    Clinton.

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    Default Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.

    Guys, please make them easier, this is for the local tennis club not Mensa.
    That's what you get when you ask about history here

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    okay, when was jesus born?
    7-4 bc? but most say 1AD.

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    Default Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.

    These are from a St George's Day quiz I ran at work a couple of years ago - so all the questions had some (loose) connection with England - a mix of difficulty levels, and era:

    What is the modern name of the city where Constantine was proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops,
    York

    Which politician wrote the "History of the English Speaking People."
    Winston Churchill.

    King James I of England was what number King of Scotland.
    VI.

    Which North East saint wrote "The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation" completed in 731.
    Venerable Bede.

    What year was the Spanish Armada defeated by the English fleet?
    1588

    Who gave the signal "England expects that every man will do his duty"
    Nelson

    What started on September 1st 1666 in Pudding Lane?
    Great Fire of London

    In 1991, who became the first English person in Space
    Helen Sharman

    Six "martyrs" from where were sentenced to transportation to Australia for trying to start "The Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers".
    Tolpuddle
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    who killed Franz Ferdinand?
    Gavrilo Princip

    What was he doing when he saw Franz Ferdinand?
    Buying something to eat (more specifically a sandwich.)

    Who founded the tetrachy?
    Diocteclan

    who set up the themata system for the Byzantines?
    Heraklios
    Last edited by ah_dut; 07-30-2005 at 16:48.

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