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1960s 246 questions.
1960-1969
Pub quiz question 8216 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1968?
  2. Answer: A: David Hemery
  3. Categories: Athletics (8) Sports (8) 1960s (8)
Pub quiz question 8096 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who famously said "non", and to what, in 1963 and 1967?
  2. Answer: A: De Gaulle, to UK joining EEC.
  3. Categories: 1960s (6) Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 7529 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: In 1960, who made a speech lasting four hours 29 minutes at the UN?
  2. Answer: A: Fidel Castro
  3. Categories: Politics (6) 1960s (6)
Pub quiz question 9449 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which blonde bombshell became the face of country music in the 60s?
  2. Answer: A: Dolly Parton
  3. Categories: 1960s (2) Music (2)
Pub quiz question 7205 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which future Labour MP for Buckingham was born Ján Ludvík Hoch?
  2. Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
  3. Notes: *: Full birth name was 'Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch', MP 1964–1970
  4. Categories: Politics (7) Sleaze (7) 1960s (7) Names (7)
Pub quiz question 1007 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who, born Norma Jeane Mortenson, was a singer and actress who died in 1962?
  2. Answer: A: Marilyn Monroe
  3. Notes: *: She was baptised, soon after birth, as Norma Jeane Baker.
  4. Categories: Pseudonyms (4) Entertainment (4) 1960s (3)
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Pub quiz question 2557 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which controversial bill, sponsored by MP David Steel, was passed in 1967 and came into force in 1968?
  2. Answer: A: The Abortion Act (1967)
  3. Categories: Politics (7) 1960s (7)
Pub quiz question 2555 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What year was Prince Andrew born?
  2. Answer: A: 1960
  3. Categories: 1960s (5) Royalty (4)
Pub quiz question 4126 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: how many guns did the 15 members of the Great Train Robbery gang use between them in the raid?
  2. Answer: A: None
  3. Notes: *: 1963
  4. Categories: 1960s (5) History (5)
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Pub quiz question 7289 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was cursed by Béla Guttmann?
  2. Answer: A: Benfica football club in 1962, when he left as manager.
  3. Notes: *: After winning the 1962 European Cup Final against Real Madrid, Guttmann reportedly approached the Benfica board of directors and asked for a modest pay rise. They refused. He said as he left "[n]ot in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever be European champions again." As of 2022, while they've reached the finals 8 times, they've yet to win (twice lost on penalties.) The Uner-19's won theirs in 2022.
  4. Categories: 1960s (7) Football (4) Sports (6) Superstitions (8)