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Pub quiz question 7135 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7513 by pjh

Question: Q: Which winner of three Wimbledon singles titles was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany in 1959?
Answer: A: John McEnroe
Categories: Sports (5) Tennis (5) People (5) 1950s (5)

Pub quiz question 5306 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many novels are there in C.P.Snow's Strangers and Brothers series?
Answer: A: Eleven
Notes: *: 1940 through 1970
Categories: Literature (6) 1940s (6) 1950s (6) 1970s (6) 1960s (6)

Pub quiz question 3190 by pjh2

Question: Q: What playing surface is used for Bandy, a form of football introduced as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics?
Answer: A: Ice
Categories: Sports (4) Football (4) Olympics (4) 1950s (5)
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Pub quiz question 9591 by pjh2

Question: Q: In 1959, Netherlands won the Eurovision Song Contest with which song?
Answer: A: Een beetje
Notes: *: By Teddy Scholten
Categories: Eurovision (9) 1950s (9)

Pub quiz question 8265 by pjh

Question: Q: Christopher Chataway won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
Answer: A: 1954
Categories: Athletics (7) Sports (8) 1950s (5)

Pub quiz question 9656 by pjh2

Question: Q: Lys Assia won the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Refrain' for Switzerland in which year?
Answer: A: 1956
Categories: Eurovision (9) 1950s (4)

Pub quiz question 2843 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which company, starting with X, produced the first one-piece plain paper photocopier in 1959?
Answer: A: Xerox
Categories: 1950s (2) Science (2)
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Pub quiz question 8207 by pjh

Pub quiz question 5397 by pjh2