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Pub quiz question 7426 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which off-Broadway musical ran from 1960 to 2002?
  2. Answer: A: The Fantasticks
  3. Notes: *: World's longest running musical
  4. Categories: Entertainment (7) 1990s (7) 1980s (7) 1970s (7) 1960s (7) Music (7)
Pub quiz question 6974 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What nickname was attached to murderer Peter Sutcliffe?
  2. Answer: A: The Yorkshire Ripper
  3. Notes: *: Convicted 1981, murders happened 1975-1980.
  4. Categories: Crime (3) 1980s (3) 1970s (3)
Pub quiz question 4641 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What group of fruits, in true botanical terms, includes the grape, tomato and aubergine but not the strawberry?
  2. Answer: A: Berries
  3. Categories: Food (8) Nature (6)
Pub quiz question 684 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Burkina Faso
  4. Notes: *: West Africa
  5. Categories: Flags (10)
Pub quiz question 6193 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Born Harry Rodger Webb
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Cliff Richard
  4. Categories: When they were younger (3) Entertainment (3) Music (4)
Pub quiz question 1418 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Carnophobia is the fear of what?
  2. Answer: A: Fear of meat.
  3. Categories: Phobias (8)
Pub quiz question 864 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Sara Keays was the mistress of 12 years, and bore a child to, which Conservative politician, forcing him to resign in 1983 when she went public?
  2. Answer: A: Cecil Parkinson
  3. Categories: 1980s (4) Politics (4)
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Pub quiz question 8020 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Secret and Rocky; Tufty; Ratatoskr; Nutkin?
  2. Answer: A: Fictional squirrels: in cartoons
  3. Notes: *: Road safety campaign; in Norse myth; in B Potter story.
  4. Categories: Connections (5) Children (4)
Pub quiz question 6936 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What's the five-letter abbreviation for the organisation set up in 1971 to promote real ale?
  2. Answer: A: CAMRA
  3. Categories: Drink (2) Acronyms/Abbreviations (2) 1970s (2)
Pub quiz question 5985 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which ITV programme is featured on the first class stamp to commemorate ITV's 50th anniversary?
  2. Answer: A: Emmerdale Farm
  3. Notes: *: 2005
  4. Categories: 2000s (8) Entertainment (7) Television (7) Soaps (5)