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Category
1950s
115 questions.
1950-1959
Pub quiz question
2952
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Character
Image:
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Answer:
A:
John Darling
Notes:
*:
Peter Pan, 1953, voiced by Paul Collins
Categories:
Children (7)
Cartoons (7)
Disney (7)
1950s (7)
Pub quiz question
8038
by
pjh
Question:
Q:
What afflicted London from 5-9 December 1952?
Answer:
A:
Great Smog.
Categories:
Science (6)
1950s (6)
Pub quiz question
5894
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Which TV game show is named after a Cole Porter song?
Answer:
A:
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Notes:
*:
Song 1955, TV show 1998-
Categories:
1950s (3)
1990s (3)
2000s (3)
2010s (3)
Entertainment (3)
Television (3)
Music (3)
Times used:
1
Pub quiz question
5700
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Which Asian country was divided into North and South in 1954?
Answer:
A:
Vietnam
Categories:
1950s (4)
Military (4)
Politics (5)
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.
Categories:
1950s (6)
1960s (6)
Literature (6)
Pub quiz question
6013
by
pjh2
Question:
Q:
Which Irish dramatist wrote Waiting for Godot?
Answer:
A:
Samuel Beckett
Notes:
*:
Published 1953
Categories:
1950s (6)
Literature (6)
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
Categories:
Cricket (7)
Sports (8)
1950s (5)
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.
Categories:
Music (7)
One Hit Wonders (7)
Entertainment (7)
1950s (7)
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
Categories:
Sports (6)
1950s (6)
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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