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Pub quiz question 2562 by pjh2

Question: Q: Sung to the tune of "There's a hole in my bucket" which beer was said to "works wonders, Works wonders, works wonders" in the 60s and 70s?
Answer: A: Double Diamond
Categories: Television (5) 1960s (5) 1970s (5)
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Pub quiz question 1240 by pjh2

Question: Q: On 29 September 1973, The Simon Park Orchestra had a UK one hit wonder with which single?
Answer: A: "Eye Level"
Notes: *: Theme tune to the TV series, Van der Valk. It eventually sold over a million copies in the UK.
Categories: Music (5) One Hit Wonders (5) Entertainment (5) 1970s (5)

Pub quiz question 8368 by pjh

Question: Q: Which band had a UK number one hit in 1979 with ‘Message in a Bottle’?
Answer: A: The Police
Categories: 1970s (3) Music (3) Entertainment (3)

Pub quiz question 6381 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 8282 by pjh

Question: Q: Princess Anne won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
Answer: A: 1971
Categories: Eventing (7) Sports (8) 1970s (5)

Pub quiz question 4394 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the only person to have become Vice-President and President of the USA without being elected to either position?
Answer: A: Gerald Ford
Notes: *: Vice Presidency, 1973–74; Presidency, 1974–77
Categories: Politics (7) History (7) 1970s (7)

Pub quiz question 5306 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many novels are there in C.P.Snow's Strangers and Brothers series?
Answer: A: Eleven
Notes: *: 1940 through 1970
Categories: Literature (6) 1940s (6) 1950s (6) 1970s (6) 1960s (6)

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Pub quiz question 2569 by pjh2

Question: Q: The 1979 film "Apocalypse Now" was based on which early 20th century Joseph Conrad novel?
Answer: A: Heart of Darkness
Categories: Literature (6) Film/Movies (6) 1970s (5)
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