Category

1950s 127 questions.
1950-1959
Pub quiz question 5710 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who directed The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Lawrence of Arabia?
  2. Answer: A: Sir David Lean
  3. Notes: *: 1957 and 1962 respectively
  4. Categories: Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8) 1950s (8) 1960s (8)
Pub quiz question 4038 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which play by Agatha Christie opened in London in 1952, and with over 24,000 performances so far, is still running?
  2. Answer: A: Mousetrap
  3. Categories: 1950s (5) Literature (5) Entertainment (5)
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Pub quiz question 5606 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: With which Brazilian football club did Pelé spend the majority of his career?
  2. Answer: A: Santos
  3. Notes: *: 1956–1974
  4. Categories: Sports (4) Football (4) 1950s (4) 1960s (4) 1970s (4)
Pub quiz question 2952 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Character
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: John Darling
  4. Notes: *: Peter Pan, 1953, voiced by Paul Collins
  5. Categories: Children (7) Cartoons (7) Disney (7) 1950s (7)
Pub quiz question 8038 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What afflicted London from 5-9 December 1952?
  2. Answer: A: Great Smog.
  3. Categories: Science (6) 1950s (6)
Pub quiz question 5894 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which TV game show is named after a Cole Porter song?
  2. Answer: A: Who Wants to be a Millionaire
  3. Notes: *: Song 1955, TV show 1998-
  4. Categories: 1950s (3) 1990s (3) 2000s (3) 2010s (3) Entertainment (3) Television (3) Music (3)
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Pub quiz question 5700 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Asian country was divided into North and South in 1954?
  2. Answer: A: Vietnam
  3. Categories: 1950s (4) Military (4) Politics (5)
Pub quiz question 5234 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which American author wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood?
  2. Answer: A: Truman Capote
  3. Notes: *: Published 1958 and 1966 respectively.
  4. Categories: 1950s (6) 1960s (6) Literature (6)
Pub quiz question 6013 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Irish dramatist wrote Waiting for Godot?
  2. Answer: A: Samuel Beckett
  3. Notes: *: Published 1953
  4. Categories: 1950s (6) Literature (6)
Pub quiz question 8267 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Jim Laker won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
  2. Answer: A: 1956
  3. Categories: Cricket (7) Sports (8) 1950s (5)