Category

1940s 69 questions.
1940-1949
Pub quiz question 7962 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: “Nansen” passports were issued by which organisation?
  2. Answer: A: The League of Nations, in 1942, to stateless refugees.
  3. Categories: Politics (8) 1940s (8) War (8)
Pub quiz question 7240 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which anti-trade union US President was a former head of the Screen Actors Guild?
  2. Answer: A: Ronald Reagan
  3. Notes: *: 1947 to 1952 and in 1959
  4. Categories: Politics (3) Entertainment (3) 1940s (3) 1950s (3)
Pub quiz question 5482 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Originally known as Idlewild airport, what is it known as today?
  2. Answer: A: John F Kennedy International Airport
  3. Notes: *: Construction began in 1943, renamed to Major General Alexander E. Anderson Airport in 1944. renamed to New York International Airport, Anderson Field in 1948, renamed to JFK in 1963
  4. Categories: 1940s (6) 1960s (6) Geography (6) Travel (6)
Pub quiz question 5330 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Bolshevik leader was assassinated in Mexico in 1940?
  2. Answer: A: Leon Trotsky
  3. Categories: 1940s (5) Politics (5) Crime (5)
Pub quiz question 2940 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Character
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  3. Answer: A: Bambi
  4. Notes: *: Bambi, 1942, Voiced by Bobby Stewart (baby), Donnie Dunagan (young),. Hardie Albright , (adolescent), John Sutherland (adult)
  5. Categories: Children (2) Disney (2) Cartoons (2) 1940s (2)
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Pub quiz question 3007 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Character
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  3. Answer: A: Jiminy Cricket
  4. Notes: *: Pinocchio, 1940, voiced by Cliff Edwards
  5. Categories: Children (5) 1940s (5) Cartoons (5) Disney (5)
Pub quiz question 606 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where would the 1940 summer Olympic games have been held?
  2. Answer: A: Tokyo, Japan, then when it was stripped from them, Helsinki, Finland. Then it was cancelled totally
  3. Categories: Olympics (8) Sports (8) 1940s (8)
Pub quiz question 1216 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What kind of ethereal requests were forbidden in the USA during World War II?
  2. Answer: A: Music requests on the radio
  3. Notes: *: It was feared secret agents and saboteurs would be able to cimmunicate.
  4. Categories: Entertainment (7) 1930s (7) 1940s (7) General Knowledge (7)
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Pub quiz question 634 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1948 winter Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: St. Moritz, Switzerland
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) 1940s (7)
Pub quiz question 5589 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which American invented the Credit Card in 1946?
  2. Answer: A: John Biggins
  3. Categories: 1940s (5) Business (5)
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