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Current Affairs 148 questions.
Pub quiz question 6174 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who won the first round of the French elections in 2012?
  2. Answer: A: Francois Hollande
  3. Categories: Politics (7) Current Affairs (5) 2010s (7)
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Pub quiz question 6430 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Newcastle were beaten 4-0 by which bottom-of-the-league team?
  2. Answer: A: Wigan
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Pub quiz question 6079 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which company's TV advert starring David Tennant was pulled (2012) due to a complaint from the BBC about references to Dr Who?
  2. Answer: A: Virgin Media's
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5) Television (6) Business (7) Entertainment (7) SciFi (7) Advertising (7)
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Pub quiz question 4051 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the name of the hurricane that hit the UK (in the middle of September '11)?
  2. Answer: A: Katia
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (6)
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Pub quiz question 4892 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was especially unusual about the sending off, of three players from Bradford and two from Crawley last week/27th March 2012?
  2. Answer: A: They were in the dressing room at the time after the match had finished, brawling.
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (4) Football (6) Sports (7)
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Pub quiz question 6488 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Adam Yauch, who used Nathanial Hörnblowér as a pseudonum, died at age 47 from cancer. Which well-known hip-hop group did he found in 1979?
  2. Answer: A: Beastie Boys
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7) Entertainment (8) Music (7) 1970s (7) 2010s (7)
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Pub quiz question 3071 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Mohammed Bin Hammam, who was a FIFA executive committee member, was banned from football for life (on Saturday, 23 July 2011) for handing out bribes. Which country did he represent?
  2. Answer: A: Qatar
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5) Football (7) Sports (7)
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Pub quiz question 6493 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who won the 2012 French Presidential Election?
  2. Answer: A: François Hollande
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (3) Politics (3) 2010s (3)
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Pub quiz question 3614 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: According to the according to The Middle Class Handbook (published Jul'11), staying up late to watch which television programme is one of the eight signs that your marriage may be in trouble?
  2. Answer: A: Newsnight
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7)
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Pub quiz question 6433 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In China, Peng Peng the sheep was born as the result of cloning with which other animal?
  2. Answer: A: (Round)worm
  3. Notes: *: 2012
  4. Categories: Current Affairs (6) Biology (8) Science (8) 2010s (8)
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