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Practice Questions

Want to see what sort of questions you can expect at our pub quizzes? Fancy a quick quizzing challenge over your lunch break? Or feel brave enough to take on 'Jon's Hard Quiz'?! What ever you're looking for in the way of practice questions, we hope you'll be able to find it on our website. Simply follow the links on the left-hand side of this page.


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Current Questions of the Week

The 'Questions of the Week' are included in our weekly newsletter. An archive of past questions can be found here.

You can submit the answers to the current questions below. There are no prizes save the glory of seeing your name on the website, and in the next quizzing update!


This week's questions - in honour of Halloween on Wednesday - are on witches...

  1. The last woman in the UK to be legally executed as a witch died in which year?



  2. During the Renaissance, healers prescribed which herb as protection against demon lovers?



  3. Who was the most powerful sorceress of Oz, ruler of the Quadling Country south of the Emerald City?



  4. Archie Comics publishes a comic book series about which young witch?



  5. How were all but one of those executed after the ‘Salem Witch Trials’ put to death?




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