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