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Category
1940s
68 questions.
1940-1949
Pub quiz question
626
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
In which year did the first winter Olympics not happen in the same year as the summer Olympics?
Answer:
A:
1994 (Norway)
Categories:
Olympics (7)
Sports (7)
1940s (4)
Times used:
1
Pub quiz question
3113
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
What Japanese term meaning 'divine wind' was adopted into the English language to describe World War II suicide pilots?
Answer:
A:
Kamikaze
Categories:
Language (4)
1940s (4)
History (4)
Pub quiz question
6875
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
What US president came up with the title United Nations after spotting it in Bryon's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?"
Answer:
A:
Franklin D Roosevelt
Categories:
Politics (7)
1940s (7)
Pub quiz question
6580
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
What area of South London housed the Royal Observatory until 1948?
Answer:
A:
Greenwich
Categories:
Geography (3)
London, UK (3)
1940s (3)
Physics (3)
Astronomy (3)
Pub quiz question
632
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Where would the 1940 winter Olympic games have been held?
Answer:
A:
Initially in Sapporo, Japan, but they gave it back to the IOC. IOC gave it to St Moritz, Switzerland, but after falling out, the IOC confiscated it. IOC then gave it to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but it was eventually cancelled because of the warn
Categories:
Olympics (10)
Sports (10)
1940s (10)
Pub quiz question
3010
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Character
Image:
i:
Answer:
A:
Lampwick (as a human)
Notes:
*:
Pinocchio, 1940, voiced by Frankie Darro
Categories:
Cartoons (6)
Disney (6)
Children (6)
1940s (6)
Times used:
1
Pub quiz question
6075
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Who wrote the novel Fair Stood the Wind for France?
Answer:
A:
H.E. Bates
Notes:
*:
Published 1944
Categories:
1940s (8)
Literature (8)
Pub quiz question
2546
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Which Japanese island was captured by the US in 1945 and returned in 1968?
Answer:
A:
Iwo Jima
Categories:
1940s (6)
1960s (6)
Politics (6)
Times used:
1
Pub quiz question
8141
by
pjh
Question:
Q:
Who was the head of state in Japan during the second world war?
Answer:
A:
Emperor Hirohito
Categories:
1940s (5)
Politics (5)
War (5)
Geography (5)
People (5)
Pub quiz question
6970
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Which former Special Constable committed the murders that Timothy Evans hung for?
Answer:
A:
John Christie
Notes:
*:
Murders between 1943-1953, Evans hanged for two in 1949 in 1950, Christie hanged in 1953
Categories:
1940s (6)
1950s (6)
Crime (6)
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