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Pub quiz question 3706 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Ben won an Oscar for Best Actor in Gandhi?
Answer: A: Kingsley
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Pub quiz question 3705 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many degrees in a right angle?
Answer: A: 90
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Pub quiz question 3704 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which group had a No. 1 with 'Hey Jude?'
Answer: A: The Beatles
Categories: Music (3) Entertainment (3)

Pub quiz question 3703 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country's credit rating got downgraded on Friday (5th Aug 2011)
Answer: A: USA
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Pub quiz question 3702 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11. Which comedian crashed, for the second time, their McLaren F1 - hitting a tree and a road sign before catching fire, even though they said they were driving at an "embarrassingly low-speed and therefore not related to my handling of the car."
Answer: A: Rowan Atkinson
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Pub quiz question 3701 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, The death of Mark Duggan was said to be the cause of riots in which area of London?
Answer: A: Tottenham
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Pub quiz question 3700 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11. In the latest tragedy to hit Norway, what killed one person and left another 4 injured?
Answer: A: A Polar Bear
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Pub quiz question 3699 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Dragon's Den star quickly retracted the reward for £50,000 to anyone who broke the arms of whoever was threatening his daughter on Twitter, and replaced it with a reward of £30,000 for information leading to an arrest?
Answer: A: Duncan Bannatyne
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Pub quiz question 3698 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Which of the three people convicted for the death of Peter Connelly/Baby P was released less than halfway through his six-year jail sentence?
Answer: A: Jason Owen
Categories: Crime (8) Current Affairs (5)

Pub quiz question 3697 by pjh2

Question: Q: 11:00 8th August 2011, Summarise any of the three e-petitions that are more popular than the one calling for the restoration of capital punishment.
Answer: A: Cheaper petrol and diesel,(18,191). Petition to retain the ban on Capital Punishment View (17,608). Keep Formula 1 Free To Air in the UK View (12,892)
Notes: *: Restore Capital Punishment View (9,933)
Categories: Politics (8) Current Affairs (7) Sports (9)

Pub quiz question 3696 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Which ex-president of Egypt went on trial, along with his two sons, for corruption and the premediated killing of peaceful protestors?
Answer: A: Muhammad (Hosni Sayyid) Mubarak
Categories: Politics (8) Current Affairs (5)

Pub quiz question 3695 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug'11, Which country's president was pictured trying to bend a frying pan?
Answer: A: Russia (Putin)
Categories: Current Affairs (6) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 3694 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Which weatherman said he should be to blame, not Michael Fish for dismissing the Great Storm of 1987?
Answer: A: Bill Giles
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Pub quiz question 3693 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Paul Daniels took himself to hospital after being attacked by which fellow entertainer?
Answer: A: Sooty
Notes: *: Daniels got hit in the eye with a bit of pizza that was meant to be thrown
Categories: Entertainment (7) Current Affairs (4)

Pub quiz question 3692 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which soap is set in Borsetshire?
Answer: A: The Archers
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Pub quiz question 3691 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who left EastEnders for France with two of her three children?
Answer: A: Cindy Beale
Categories: Soaps (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)

Pub quiz question 3690 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of Maureen's mum in Coronation Street?
Answer: A: Maud Grimes
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Pub quiz question 3689 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Coronation Street's repetitive butcher?
Answer: A: Fred Elliott
Categories: Soaps (3) Entertainment (3) Television (3)

Pub quiz question 3688 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which soap did Dave Glover perish in a fire?
Answer: A: Emmerdale
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Pub quiz question 3687 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Coronation Street MacDonald twin went to prison?
Answer: A: Steve
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Pub quiz question 3686 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which soap did Sinbad appear?
Answer: A: Brookside
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Pub quiz question 3685 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is EastEnder Tiffany's daughter called?
Answer: A: Courtney
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Pub quiz question 3684 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Ivy Tilsley's surname when she died?
Answer: A: Brennan
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Pub quiz question 3683 by pjh2

Question: Q: Former members of which soap starred in a BT ad in 1997?
Answer: A: Eastenders
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Pub quiz question 3682 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Frank Tate's murdered wife in Emmerdale?
Answer: A: Kim
Categories: Soaps (7) Television (6) Entertainment (6)