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Pub quiz question 628 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7117 by pjh2

Question: Q: What date in 1929 saw the shooting of seven members of Bugs Moran's gang in Chicago?
Answer: A: 14 February
Categories: Crime (4) 1920s (4)

Pub quiz question 5837 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which sport was contested at the 1988 Olympics for the first time in 64 years?
Answer: A: Tennis
Notes: *: Previously played at the 1924 Olympics. Was a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984.
Categories: 1920s (6) 1980s (6) Sports (6) Olympics (6)

Pub quiz question 4091 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the horse which cleared the Wembly pitch for the famous White Horse Final?
Answer: A: Billie
Notes: *: 1923
Categories: Sports (8) Football (8) 1920s (9)

Pub quiz question 2589 by pjh2

Question: Q: The 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, where boys were kidnapped and killed by Gordon Northcott, formed the basis of which 2008 drama film?
Answer: A: Changeling
Categories: Drama (5) Film/Movies (5) 1980s (5) 1920s (5) Crime (5)
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Pub quiz question 4575 by pjh2

Question: Q: What northern spa town was Agatha Christie found in when she disappeared in 1926?
Answer: A: Harrogate
Categories: Geography (7) Literature (7) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 1010 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who, born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi, was a sex Symbol of the 1920s and star of several silent films until his death at the age of 31?
Answer: A: Rudolph Valentino
Categories: 1920s (3) Pseudonyms (3) Film/Movies (3)
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Pub quiz question 2595 by pjh2

Question: Q: Between 1925 and 1961 this Russian city was called Stalingrad (Сталингра́д), what is it called today?
Answer: A: Volgograd (Волгоград)
Categories: Geography (8) 1920s (8) 1960s (8)
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Pub quiz question 8545 by pjh