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Pub quiz question 5234 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American author wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood?
Answer: A: Truman Capote
Notes: *: Published 1958 and 1966 respectively.
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Pub quiz question 8267 by pjh

Question: Q: Jim Laker won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
Answer: A: 1956
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Pub quiz question 1226 by pjh2

Question: Q: On March/April 1956, The Dream Weavers had a UK one hit wonder with which single?
Answer: A: "It's Almost Tomorrow"
Notes: *: In the US, they scored a minor hit some months later, but then faded into obscurity there also.
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Pub quiz question 5258 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first (and as of 2012 the only) British jockey to be knighted?
Answer: A: Sir Gordon Richards
Notes: *: 1953
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Pub quiz question 9657 by pjh2

Question: Q: Corry Brokken won the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Net als toen' for Netherlands in which year?
Answer: A: 1957
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Pub quiz question 6624 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who had a UK top ten hit single in 1954 with 'Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea?'
Answer: A: Max Bygraves
Categories: 1950s (7) Entertainment (7) Music (7)

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