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Monday 21 October 2024
21/10/2024

Author name: Chris Earnshaw

Quizzing at The QT โ€“ February 23

Welcome all to our Friday quiz questionโ€ฆ But first, to February 23 in years gone by. On this day inโ€ฆ 1820 The Cato Street Conspiracy. A plot to assassinate all members of the British Cabinet was exposed. 1836 The Siege of The Alamo began. 1854 The Orange Free State became independent. 1898 Emile Zola was imprisoned after writing Jโ€™Accuse in which โ€ฆ

Quizzing at The QT โ€“ February 16

Welcome all to our Friday quiz questionโ€ฆ But first, to February 16 in years gone by. On this day, which has been surprisingly eventful over the yearsโ€ฆ  1646 The last major battle of the First English Civil War was fought at Torrington in Devon 1742 Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, became British Prime Minister 1796 Colombo fell to โ€ฆ

Quizzing at The QT

Welcome all to this wet and windy February 9โ€ฆ and to the first of our weekly QT quizzes. But first, to the 9th of February in years gone by. On this dayโ€ฆ 1539: The first recorded horse race was held on Chester Racecourse, known as โ€˜The Roodeeโ€™ 1825: After no candidate received a majority of โ€ฆ