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1940s 68 questions.
1940-1949
Pub quiz question 5371 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which controversial film rewrote history to give the Americans credit for capturing an Enigma decoding machine?
  2. Answer: A: U-571
  3. Notes: *: Set in 1942, released in 2000
  4. Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) 1940s (5) 2000s (5) Military (5)
Pub quiz question 608 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1948 summer Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: London, UK
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (7) 1940s (7)
Pub quiz question 3241 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What kind of creature is the ballet dancing Hyacinth in Fantasia?
  2. Answer: A: Hippopotamus
  3. Notes: *: 1940
  4. Categories: 1940s (4) Entertainment (4) Music (4) Film/Movies (4)
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Pub quiz question 5306 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many novels are there in C.P.Snow's Strangers and Brothers series?
  2. Answer: A: Eleven
  3. Notes: *: 1940 through 1970
  4. Categories: Literature (6) 1940s (6) 1950s (6) 1970s (6) 1960s (6)
Pub quiz question 947 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the US president
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  3. Answer: A: Theodore Roosevelt
  4. Categories: Politics (4) 1930s (4) 1940s (4)
Pub quiz question 7024 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the official name for the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk?
  2. Answer: A: Operation Dynamo
  3. Notes: *: 1940
  4. Categories: Names (7) 1940s (7) Military (7) Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 7962 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: “Nansen” passports were issued by which organisation?
  2. Answer: A: The League of Nations, in 1942, to stateless refugees.
  3. Categories: Politics (8) 1940s (8) War (8)
Pub quiz question 7240 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which anti-trade union US President was a former head of the Screen Actors Guild?
  2. Answer: A: Ronald Reagan
  3. Notes: *: 1947 to 1952 and in 1959
  4. Categories: Politics (3) Entertainment (3) 1940s (3) 1950s (3)
Pub quiz question 5482 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Originally known as Idlewild airport, what is it known as today?
  2. Answer: A: John F Kennedy International Airport
  3. Notes: *: Construction began in 1943, renamed to Major General Alexander E. Anderson Airport in 1944. renamed to New York International Airport, Anderson Field in 1948, renamed to JFK in 1963
  4. Categories: 1940s (6) 1960s (6) Geography (6) Travel (6)
Pub quiz question 5330 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Bolshevik leader was assassinated in Mexico in 1940?
  2. Answer: A: Leon Trotsky
  3. Categories: 1940s (5) Politics (5) Crime (5)
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