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| # | Question | Answer | |
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| 3641 | What Was The Name Of The Pandemic Which Killed Over 1% Of The World's Population In 1918 | Spanish Flu | |
| 3642 | Who Was Uk Labour Cabinet Minister And Social Reformer Frank Pakenham Better Known As | Lord Longford (7th Earl of Longford) | |
| 3643 | Which Comic Strip Animal Devised By Otto Mesmer First Appeared In 1931 | Felix the Cat | |
| 3644 | Which Wild West Legend Was Born Henry Mccarty | Billy the Kid, alias William H Bonney | |
| 3645 | The Wars Of The Roses (1455-85) Were Fought Between Which Two Houses Of England | York and Lancaster | |
| 3646 | Who Invented The Thermometer In 1593 | Galileo | |
| 3647 | In Which Year Did The Uk Hand Over Hong Kong Sovereignty To China | 1997 (June 30th) | |
| 3648 | What Apollo 13 Astronaut Contacted Mission Control With The Words, (Houston, We've Had A Problem) | Jack Swigert | |
| 3649 | Who Was The Ruler Of The Ussr From 1917-22 | Vladimir Lenin | |
| 3650 | Who Was The Last British Viceroy Of India | Lord Louis Mountbatten | |
| 3651 | Which Country Was First To Operate An Old Age Pension Scheme | Germany (1891) | |
| 3652 | The Battle Of Rorke's Drift In 1879 Featured In Which War | Zulu War (or Zulu Wars). | |
| 3653 | In Which European City Did Composer Richard Wagner Die In 1883 | Venice | |
| 3654 | Who Discovered The Vaccination Against Smallpox In 1796 | Edward Jenner | |
| 3655 | Which Is The Oldest University In The Usa | Harvard (founded 1636, in Cambridge Massachusetts) | |
| 3656 | Who Was The Cult Leader Of The Waco Siege In 1993 | David Koresh | |
| 3657 | Which Egyptian President Ordered The Seizure Of The Suez Canal In 1956 | President Nassar | |
| 3658 | Who Founded The Salvation Army In London, 1865 | William Booth | |
| 3659 | Who Designed Regent's Park In London In 1811 | John Nash | |
| 3660 | Southern Rhodesia Became What Country In 1980 | Zimbabwe (Independent Nation of Zimbabwe) | |
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| 3661 | In 1979 Which English Art Historian Was Exposed As A One-Time Soviet Spy And Stripped Of His Knighthood | Anthony Blunt | |
| 3662 | In 1816 Which Us State Was Admitted To The Union As The 20th State | Mississippi | |
| 3663 | In Which Year Did The Demolition Of The Berlin Wall Begin | 1989 | |
| 3664 | Holy Roman Emperor Charles Vi Created Which Principality In 1719 | Lichtenstein | |
| 3665 | In 1986 The Prime Minister Of Which European Country Was Assassinated On His Way Home From The Cinema With His Wife | Sweden (Olof Palme) | |
| 3666 | Who Was The First Windsor Monarch Of The Uk | George V (reigned 1910-1936) | |
| 3667 | What Was The Nickname Of President Duvalier Of Haiti, Who Died In 1971 | Papa Doc | |
| 3668 | In What Year Was Robert Kennedy Assassinated (2 Points Spot On, 1 Point Year Either Way) | 1968 | |
| 3669 | What Was Formerly Called Stingray Harbour | Botany Bay | |
| 3670 | Which Small Car Did Austin And Morris Launch In 1959 | Mini | |
| 3671 | Henry The 8 Th Had A Bit Of Bad Rep When It Comes To His Wives But He Only Executed 2 (Pfe) | Anne Boleyn, Katheryn Howard | |
| 3672 | What Left Lisbon On May 28 Th 1588 & Did Not Return Intact | The Spanish Armada | |
| 3673 | Which Magician Was An Advisor To King Arthur | Merlin | |
| 3674 | What Was The Given To The Period From 1919 To 1933 When Alcohol Was Banned In America | The Prohibition | |
| 3675 | Which London Theatre Referring To The 2nd World War Used The Slogan (We Are Never Closed) | The Windmill | |
| 3676 | Where Were Anne Boleyn And Catherine Howard Both Executed | The Tower Of London | |
| 3677 | Which British City Was Named Deva By The Romans | Chester | |
| 3678 | In Which Century Was (The Black Death) | Fourteenth | |
| 3679 | What Was The Name Of Scotland's First King | Kenneth | |
| 3680 | Where Was The Roman's First Colony Based In England | Colchester | |
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| 3681 | When And Over What Was The First British Referendum Held | 1975, Membership Of The EEC | |
| 3682 | Who Was A Tory, Then Became A Labour Mp And Finally Lead The British Facist Party | Oswald Mosley | |
| 3683 | Who Formed The First Labour Goverment | Ramsey MacDonald 1924 | |
| 3684 | Whose Election Slogan Was (You've Never Had It So Good) | Harold Macmillian, 1959 | |
| 3685 | Who Brought Back Tobacco And Potatoes From The Americas | Sir Walter Raleigh | |
| 3686 | Where Was The Royalist Hq During The English Civil War | Oxford | |
| 3687 | Who Played Bowls Before Engaging The Spanish Armada | Sir Francis Drake | |
| 3688 | Which Act Gave People Temporary Release From From Prison To Prevent Starvation | The Cat & Mouse Act | |
| 3689 | Which Law Was Passed At The End Of The Eighteenth Century Making Trade Unions Illegal | The Combination Acts | |
| 3690 | Which King Wore Two Shirts At His Execution So As Not To Shiver And Appear Frightened | Charles I | |
| 3691 | Which Queen Had An Extra Finger | Anne Boleyn | |
| 3692 | After Henry Viii, Who Was The Next Member Of British Royalty To Get Divorced | Princess Margaret | |
| 3693 | What Was Anne Frank Famous For | Writing A Diary About Her Hide From The Germans In WW2 | |
| 3694 | What Was Baron Manfred Von Richthofen Also Known As | The Red Baron | |
| 3695 | What Was The Name Given To The Coding Machine Used By The Germans In World War Ii | Enigma | |
| 3696 | What Was Deciphed As A Result Of The Discovery Of The Rosetta Stone | Hieroglyphics | |
| 3697 | What Process Is Used For Dating Ancient Organic Objects | Radio Carbon Dating | |
| 3698 | Where Was Napoleon Bonaparte Born | Corsica | |
| 3699 | Where Was The German Fleet Scuppered At The End Of World War I | Scapa Flow | |
| 3700 | Which Of Hitler's Deputies Flew To Scotland In 1941 | Rudolf Hess | |
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| 3701 | What Was The Name Given To The French Goverment Which Collaborated With The Nazis | Vichy | |
| 3702 | Who Pioneered Nursing Whilst Serving In The Crimean War | Florence Nightingale | |
| 3703 | Which American President Was Assassinated In A Theatre | Abraham Lincoln | |
| 3704 | Name The Slave Who Lead An Unsuccessful Revolt By The Gladiators Against Rome | Spartacus | |
| 3705 | Which English Silver Coin, Worth Four Pennies, Was Taken Out Of Circulation In The 17th Century | The Groat | |
| 3706 | Where Was A Famous (Tea Party) Held In 1773 | Boston Tea Party | |
| 3707 | Name The Queen Of England Who Ruled For Nine Days | Lady Jane Grey | |
| 3708 | During Which War Did The Charge Of The Light Brigade Occur | Crimean | |
| 3709 | How Many Men Were There In A Roman Legion | 6000 | |
| 3710 | Who Described Russia As (A Riddle Wrapped In A Mystery, Inside An Enigma) | Winston Churchill | |
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