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Quotations 30 questions.
Famous, and not quite so famous, sayings
Pub quiz question 6917 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which UK Prime Minister claimed "A soundbite never buttered any parsnips?"
  2. Answer: A: John Major
  3. Notes: *: 1998
  4. Categories: 1990s (4) Quotations (6) Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 6768 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Whose last words were supposedly 'Oh, bugger Bognor?'
  2. Answer: A: George V
  3. Notes: *: On being told 'that he would soon be well enough to revisit the town' on his deathbed
  4. Categories: Royalty (8) Quotations (8)
Pub quiz question 4158 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who claimed it was his idea to have his character killed off in the first Star Wars movie so he 'wouldn't have to go on saying those rubbish lines?'
  2. Answer: A: Sir Alec Guinness
  3. Notes: *: 1977
  4. Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) 1970s (7) Quotations (7)
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Pub quiz question 7149 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where, in a 1961 speech, did John F Kennedy say the USA should commit to landing a man before the decade was out?
  2. Answer: A: On the moon
  3. Categories: Quotations (1) Science (1) 1960s (1) Space (1)
Pub quiz question 482 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who defined democracy as "government of the people, by the people?"
  2. Answer: A: Abraham Lincoln
  3. Categories: Quotations (4) History (4) Politics (4) General Knowledge (4)
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Pub quiz question 7156 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who asked a Scottish driving instructor 'How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?'
  2. Answer: A: Prince Phillip
  3. Notes: *: 1995
  4. Categories: Quotations (6) Royalty (4) People (6) 1990s (7)
Pub quiz question 3251 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who remarked when Gertrude Stein complained she didn't look like a portrait he'd painted: 'You will Gertrude, you will?'
  2. Answer: A: Pablo Picasso
  3. Categories: Quotations (4) Art (4) People (4)
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Pub quiz question 431 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which historical figure said "je suis la France?"
  2. Answer: A: General Chales de Gaulle
  3. Categories: Politics (5) History (5) Quotations (5)
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Pub quiz question 5906 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who (first) said 'Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke up, the pillow was gone?'
  2. Answer: A: Tommy Cooper
  3. Categories: Quotations (4) Entertainment (4) Comedy (4) Television (4)
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Pub quiz question 4148 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which 1999 movie was hyped: "Ever want to be someone else? Now you can!"?
  2. Answer: A: Being John Malkovich
  3. Notes: *: 1999
  4. Categories: Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7) 1990s (7) Quotations (7)
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