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Pub quiz question 3077 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the final space shuttle orbiter to fly (which landed Thursday 21 July 2011?)
Answer: A: Atlantis
Categories: Current Affairs (7) Space (9) Science (9)
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Pub quiz question 6173 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nationality were the winners of both the men's and women's 2012 wheelchair London Marathon?
Answer: A: British
Notes: *: David Weir, and Shelly Woods
Categories: Athletics (7) Sports (8) Current Affairs (5) 2010s (7)
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Pub quiz question 4052 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which comedian swam 140miles of the Thames for charity, raising nearly £1M (September 2011)
Answer: A: David Walliams
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Pub quiz question 4047 by pjh2

Question: Q: September 2011 - which presenter of Top Gear has signed up with TomTom to be a new voice for their sat-navs?
Answer: A: Jeremy Clarkson
Categories: Entertainment (7) Current Affairs (4)
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Pub quiz question 3694 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Which weatherman said he should be to blame, not Michael Fish for dismissing the Great Storm of 1987?
Answer: A: Bill Giles
Categories: Current Affairs (5) Entertainment (8)
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Pub quiz question 4893 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which conservative politician first got the blame for encouraging panic buying of petrol last week (March 2012)?
Answer: A: Francis Maude
Categories: Politics (5) Current Affairs (5)
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Pub quiz question 4325 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London building was closed last week ostensibly for health and safety reasons due to the protesters outside?
Answer: A: St Paul's Cathedral
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Pub quiz question 5928 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which comedian from QI, and star of Jonathan Creek, was vilified by football fans after he complained about Liverpool's insistence that they never play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster?
Answer: A: Alan Davies
Categories: Football (4) Sports (5) Entertainment (6) Television (6) Comedy (6) Current Affairs (4)
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Pub quiz question 6178 by pjh2

Question: Q: After 75 years of analogue TV transmission, BBC Director Greg Dyke turned off which transmitter in London?
Answer: A: Crystal Palace
Notes: *: 2012
Categories: Current Affairs (6) Entertainment (8) Television (8) 2010s (8)
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Pub quiz question 6487 by pjh2

Question: Q: Selling at $120 million, which painting became the most expensive ever sold at auction in 2012?
Answer: A: The Scream
Notes: *: Edvard Munch
Categories: Art (5) Current Affairs (5) 2010s (5)
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