OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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<laugh> Was it the first book published in a (then) colony of Britain ?

Just about close enough Cologne, it is thought to be the first book printed in America, of course by the Puritans in 1640. It's also the most expensive printed book ever, $14.5m at auction.
 
Cheers Stan. They are 8 sisters who all have first names beginning with the same letter. They all jointly held a World record for about 2 years. One of them is called Eleonora - what is their family name ?
 
They are container ships, surname Maersk

That's the one Stan. 7 ships were built upon the model of the original Emma Maersk ( built in 2007) and all eight sister ships were jointly the largest container ships in the World up to about 2011. Maersk have recently got the record back with an even larger ship - the Magleby Maersk which holds up to 19,000 TEU. Over to you.
 
What enabled George I to inherit the throne of Great Britain and Ireland, even though there were more than 50 closer living relatives to his predecessor, Queen Anne?
 
They won in the end, and we got Tony Blair and an emasculated Labour Party as a result.

What links the following:

Raffles
The Strand
Eastern and Oriental
Oranje
Crag
Armenia