Category

1950s 115 questions.
1950-1959
Pub quiz question 7135 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Osama bin Laden's country of birth?
  2. Answer: A: Saudi Arabia
  3. Notes: *: March 10, 1957
  4. Categories: People (5) Geography (5) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 7513 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which winner of three Wimbledon singles titles was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany in 1959?
  2. Answer: A: John McEnroe
  3. Categories: Sports (5) Tennis (5) People (5) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 5306 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many novels are there in C.P.Snow's Strangers and Brothers series?
  2. Answer: A: Eleven
  3. Notes: *: 1940 through 1970
  4. Categories: Literature (6) 1940s (6) 1950s (6) 1970s (6) 1960s (6)
Pub quiz question 3190 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What playing surface is used for Bandy, a form of football introduced as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: Ice
  3. Categories: Sports (4) Football (4) Olympics (4) 1950s (5)
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Pub quiz question 8265 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Christopher Chataway won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
  2. Answer: A: 1954
  3. Categories: Athletics (7) Sports (8) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 2843 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which company, starting with X, produced the first one-piece plain paper photocopier in 1959?
  2. Answer: A: Xerox
  3. Categories: 1950s (2) Science (2)
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Pub quiz question 8207 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1959?
  2. Answer: A: John Surtees
  3. Categories: Motorcycle Racing (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)
Pub quiz question 5397 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which company first launched tea bags in the UK?
  2. Answer: A: Tetley
  3. Notes: *: 1953
  4. Categories: Drink (6) 1950s (3)
Pub quiz question 2773 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which 1957 film does Elvis Presley play "Vince Everett," an ex-convict working in the music industry?
  2. Answer: A: Jailhouse Rock
  3. Categories: 1950s (4) Entertainment (4) Film/Movies (4)
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Pub quiz question 8026 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who was nicknamed Muttnik in 1957?
  2. Answer: A: Laika (Soviet space dog).
  3. Categories: Science (9) Astronomy (8) Russia (7) 1950s (6)