People Pub Quiz 260509

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1. Q: Who did Gavrilo Princip famously assassinate in 1914?
   A: Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. While Princip pulled the trigger, his actions set off a catastrophic diplomatic chain reaction. This “spark in the powder keg” activated a web of European alliances, directly igniting World War I and altering the course of the 20th century.
2. Q: George H.W. Bush famously removed which vegetable from White House menus and Air Force One meals during his presidency (1989-1993)?
   A: Broccoli. Despite his ban, his wife, Barbara Bush, reportedly continued to enjoy broccoli at the White House
3. Q: Which entrepreneur and inventor of the 1970s and 80s successfully marketed digital watches, home computers, and Pocket Televisions?
   A: Clive Sinclair. His company introduced the pocket television (MTV1) in 1977 and the popular ZX Spectrum home computer in 1982, following the success of the ZX80 and ZX81
4. Q: Who published his theory in 1543 that planets revolve around the sun?
   A: Nicolaus Copernicus. In his landmark book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres).
5. Q: In 1779, Abraham Darby III built the world’s first what in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire?
   A: Iron bridge. The Iron Bridge spans the River Severn as a pioneering, single-span arch structure. Abraham Darby III constructed it entirely of cast iron, and it remains a key symbol of the Industrial Revolution today. History Note: This 1779 marvel was the first major bridge in the world to be made of cast iron. It didn’t just cross a river; it proved that iron could handle massive structural loads, effectively paving the way for the skyscrapers and modern infrastructure we see everywhere now.
6. Q: Which planet did astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discover in 1930?
   A: Pluto. At the time, Pluto was referred to as the ninth planet in the Solar System, a classification that stood for over seven decades.
7. Q: Which Austrian city is the birthplace of the child prodigy Mozart?
   A: Salzburg. Though Mozart lived at a dozen different addresses in Vienna, the only apartment that has survived to this day is at Domgasse number 5.
8. Q: Which country is the birthplace of singer Cliff Richard?
   A: British India, on October 14, 1940. He moved with his family to England in 1948, settling in Surrey before later living in Hertfordshire.
9. Q: How is Isabella Mary Mayson, born in 1836, best remembered?
   A: Mrs Beeton, the author of the 1861 bestseller Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management.
10. Q: To what did Czechoslovakian Jan Ludvik Hoch change his name when moving to England?
    A: Ian Robert Maxwell. Born in Czechoslovakia to a Jewish family, he adopted this British-sounding name after escaping the Holocaust and joining the British Army during World War II, officially registering the name change by deed poll on June 30, 1948. He was known simply as Robert Maxwell.