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1940s 69 questions.
1940-1949
Pub quiz question 9232 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What was Kim Jong Il's name when he was born?
  2. Answer: A: Yuri Irsenovich Kim
  3. Categories: Politics (9) Names (8) 1940s (8)
Pub quiz question 6544 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the four-letter name of Thailand prior to 1949?
  2. Answer: A: Siam
  3. Categories: Geography (3) 1940s (3)
Pub quiz question 5039 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What crime-based boardgame was invented by Anthony Earnest Pratt?
  2. Answer: A: Cluedo
  3. Notes: *: Patent filed 1944, at Waddingtons 1945, patent granted 1947, first produced 1949
  4. Categories: Games (3) Leisure (3) 1940s (3)
Pub quiz question 2960 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Character
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  3. Answer: A: Geppetto
  4. Notes: *: Pinocchio, 1940, voiced by Christian Rub
  5. Categories: Children (5) Cartoons (5) Disney (5) 1940s (5)
Pub quiz question 3240 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Disney musical movie was the first to be shown to large public audiences with stereophonic sound?
  2. Answer: A: Fantasia
  3. Notes: *: 1940
  4. Categories: 1940s (5) Entertainment (5) Music (5) Film/Movies (4)
Pub quiz question 3110 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which was the first city to be devastated by the dropping of an atomic bomb?
  2. Answer: A: Hiroshima
  3. Categories: Geography (2) Military (2) History (2) 1940s (2)
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Pub quiz question 5737 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name was given to a Japanese pilot who flew suicide missions in World War II?
  2. Answer: A: Kamakazi
  3. Notes: *: 1939-1946
  4. Categories: Military (2) 1930s (2) 1940s (2)
Pub quiz question 7309 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What currency was worth 400 quintillion (1×10^20) pengö in 1946?
  2. Answer: A: 1 Hungarian forint
  3. Notes: *: Due to hyperinflation between 1945 and 1946. The forint was introduced on 1 August 1946.
  4. Categories: Politics (6) History (7) 1940s (7)
Pub quiz question 3008 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Character
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  3. Answer: A: Pinocchio
  4. Notes: *: Pinocchio, 1940, voiced by Dickie Jones
  5. Categories: Children (3) 1940s (3) Disney (3) Cartoons (3)
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Pub quiz question 3115 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which United States navel base did Japan attack in 1941 to declare was on the Allies?
  2. Answer: A: Pearl Harbour
  3. Categories: 1940s (3) History (3) Military (3)
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