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