Category

1950s 127 questions.
1950-1959
Pub quiz question 3092 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 with Tenzing Norgay?
  2. Answer: A: Edmund Hillary
  3. Categories: History (2) 1950s (2) Geography (2)
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Pub quiz question 8268 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Dai Rees won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
  2. Answer: A: 1957
  3. Categories: Golf (7) Sports (8) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 4967 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Brussels landmark boasting nine huge balls was created for the 1958 World Fair?
  2. Answer: A: The Atomium
  3. Categories: Geography (5) Science (5) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 3019 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Character
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Drizella Tremaine
  4. Notes: *: Ugly sister in Cinderella, 1950, voiced by Rhoda Williams
  5. Categories: Children (7) 1950s (7) Cartoons (7) Disney (7)
Pub quiz question 4808 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which 1955 musical movie was filmed in Arizona because its title state was so heavily developed?
  2. Answer: A: Oklahoma!
  3. Categories: Art (4) 1950s (5) Entertainment (5) Geography (5) Film/Movies (5)
Pub quiz question 6529 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Waylon Jennings gave up his plane seat to whom in 1959?
  2. Answer: A: JP Richardson (The Big Bopper)
  3. Notes: *: The plane crashed - 'The Day the Music Died'
  4. Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7) 1950s (7)
Pub quiz question 3097 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the leader of the successful 1953 ascent of Mount Everest?
  2. Answer: A: John Hunt
  3. Categories: Geography (7) History (7) 1950s (7)
Pub quiz question 2573 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which former goalkeeper died during the 1958 Munich Air Disaster whilst working as a newspaper reporter?
  2. Answer: A: Frank Swift
  3. Categories: Football (5) 1950s (6)
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Pub quiz question 6353 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Of which German orchestra was Herbert Von Karajan musical director from 1955 to 1989?
  2. Answer: A: Berlin Philharmonic
  3. Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7) 1960s (7) 1950s (7) 1970s (7) 1980s (7)
Pub quiz question 636 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1956 winter Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) 1950s (7)