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Current Affairs 148 questions.
Pub quiz question 3969 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What's the name of the latest game show starring Ant and Dec which has seen the first two shows give away the jackpot prize?
  2. Answer: A: Red or Black
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5)
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Pub quiz question 3079 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: (On Thursday 21 July 2011) Tatsuya Ichihashi was sentenced to life in prison in Japan for the rape and murder of which British teacher in 2007?
  2. Answer: A: Lindsay Hawker
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7)
Pub quiz question 3962 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Nature Valley incorrectly stated that doubling the number of Granola bars in each pack increased the deliciousness by what percentage?
  2. Answer: A: 200%
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5)
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Pub quiz question 4700 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The mayor of Gila Bend, Arizona, has denied warning who to keep his hands off the town's young women?
  2. Answer: A: Prince Harry
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7)
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Pub quiz question 4323 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: (October '11) A new law passed in Louisiana has made it illegal for consumers to pay for second-hand goods with what?
  2. Answer: A: Cash (as opposed to cheques/SO's etc.)
  3. Notes: *: An attempt to stop the selling of stolen goods
  4. Categories: Current Affairs (6)
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Pub quiz question 3695 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Aug'11, Which country's president was pictured trying to bend a frying pan?
  2. Answer: A: Russia (Putin)
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (6) Politics (8)
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Pub quiz question 6175 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: With which late seventies/early eighties band did Greg Ham, who died in 2012, play the saxophone, flute, organ, piano and synthesizer?
  2. Answer: A: Men at Work
  3. Categories: 1970s (7) 1980s (7) Entertainment (7) Music (7) Current Affairs (7) 2010s (7)
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Pub quiz question 3700 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Aug '11. In the latest tragedy to hit Norway, what killed one person and left another 4 injured?
  2. Answer: A: A Polar Bear
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (3)
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Pub quiz question 3615 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Jul '11, Norwegian scientists have discovered that tree rings can be an inaccurate guide to climate change - what sort of natural phenomenon do they say makes them inaccurate?
  2. Answer: A: Grazing herbivores (sheep)
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (6) Science (6)
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Pub quiz question 4426 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who's knickers fetched £9,375 at auction (Nov 2011)?
  2. Answer: A: Queen Victoria's.
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (6)
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