Category

1940s 68 questions.
1940-1949
Pub quiz question 626 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which year did the first winter Olympics not happen in the same year as the summer Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: 1994 (Norway)
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) 1940s (4)
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Pub quiz question 3113 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What Japanese term meaning 'divine wind' was adopted into the English language to describe World War II suicide pilots?
  2. Answer: A: Kamikaze
  3. Categories: Language (4) 1940s (4) History (4)
Pub quiz question 6875 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What US president came up with the title United Nations after spotting it in Bryon's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?"
  2. Answer: A: Franklin D Roosevelt
  3. Categories: Politics (7) 1940s (7)
Pub quiz question 6580 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What area of South London housed the Royal Observatory until 1948?
  2. Answer: A: Greenwich
  3. Categories: Geography (3) London, UK (3) 1940s (3) Physics (3) Astronomy (3)
Pub quiz question 632 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where would the 1940 winter Olympic games have been held?
  2. 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
  3. Categories: Olympics (10) Sports (10) 1940s (10)
Pub quiz question 3010 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Character
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  3. Answer: A: Lampwick (as a human)
  4. Notes: *: Pinocchio, 1940, voiced by Frankie Darro
  5. Categories: Cartoons (6) Disney (6) Children (6) 1940s (6)
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Pub quiz question 6075 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who wrote the novel Fair Stood the Wind for France?
  2. Answer: A: H.E. Bates
  3. Notes: *: Published 1944
  4. Categories: 1940s (8) Literature (8)
Pub quiz question 2546 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Japanese island was captured by the US in 1945 and returned in 1968?
  2. Answer: A: Iwo Jima
  3. Categories: 1940s (6) 1960s (6) Politics (6)
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Pub quiz question 8141 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who was the head of state in Japan during the second world war?
  2. Answer: A: Emperor Hirohito
  3. Categories: 1940s (5) Politics (5) War (5) Geography (5) People (5)
Pub quiz question 6970 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which former Special Constable committed the murders that Timothy Evans hung for?
  2. Answer: A: John Christie
  3. Notes: *: Murders between 1943-1953, Evans hanged for two in 1949 in 1950, Christie hanged in 1953
  4. Categories: 1940s (6) 1950s (6) Crime (6)
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