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1950s 127 questions.
1950-1959
Pub quiz question 5365 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who played Jimmy Porter in the 1959 version of Look Back in Anger?
  2. Answer: A: Richard Burton
  3. Categories: 1950s (5) Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5)
Pub quiz question 6619 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who played Rowdy Yates in the western TV series Rawhide?
  2. Answer: A: Clint Eastwood
  3. Notes: *: 1959 - 1965
  4. Categories: Entertainment (5) Television (5) 1950s (5) 1960s (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)
Pub quiz question 7518 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Where were the first Olympics in the southern hemisphere?
  2. Answer: A: Melbourne, 1956
  3. Categories: 1950s (6) Sports (6) Australia (2) Olympics (5)
Pub quiz question 8205 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1957?
  2. Answer: A: Dai Rees
  3. Categories: Golf (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)
Pub quiz question 7004 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who became Prime Minister of Cuba in 1959?
  2. Answer: A: Fidel Castro
  3. Categories: Politics (3) 1950s (3) Geography (3)
Pub quiz question 928 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the US president
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  3. Answer: A: Harry S. Truman
  4. Categories: Politics (7) 1940s (6) 1950s (6)
Pub quiz question 5845 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Johnny Leach & Fred Perry have both been World Champions in which sport?
  2. Answer: A: Table tennis
  3. Notes: *: Only Fred was World Champion at tennis. Leech 1947-1955, Perry 1933-1936
  4. Categories: 1940s (6) 1950s (6) 1930s (6) Sports (6)
Pub quiz question 7594 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What film was inspired by a 1947 motorbike rally in Hollister, CA?
  2. Answer: A: Marlon Brando’s The Wild one
  3. Notes: *: Filmed 1953
  4. Categories: Film/Movies (6) 1940s (7) 1950s (7) Entertainment (7)
Pub quiz question 1227 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: On 23 August 1958, The Kalin Twins had a UK one hit wonder with which single?
  2. Answer: A: "When"
  3. Notes: *: It was heavily suggested that their song "Forget Me Not" be issued as a follow up, however this was not pursued. The Kalin Twins remain the only one-hit wonder male siblings (composed of twin brothers).
  4. Categories: Music (7) One Hit Wonders (7) Entertainment (7) 1950s (7)