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Pub quiz question 4950 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 8782 by pjh

Question: Q: In what year was the film version of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' released?
Answer: A: 2009
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Pub quiz question 4246 by pjh2

Question: Q: What happened to polar bears in Chicago's Brookfield Zoo when algæ appeared in their drinking water during the hot summer of 2005?
Answer: A: The bears turned green
Notes: *: Algae was growing in their hollow hairs
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Pub quiz question 8311 by pjh

Question: Q: Steve Redgrave won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
Answer: A: 2000
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Pub quiz question 1265 by pjh2

Question: Q: On 13 January 2001, Rui Da Silva had a UK one hit wonder with which single?
Answer: A: "Touch Me"
Notes: *: The single was Da Silva's only UK chart hit, although featured vocalist Cass Fox released her own version, which became a minor hit five years later.
Categories: Music (7) One Hit Wonders (7) Entertainment (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 5156 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which rugby team clinched the 2000 Allied Dunbar Premiership by beating Bristol?
Answer: A: Leicester
Categories: Rugby (4) Sports (4) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 6023 by pjh2

Question: Q: Members of which organisation heckled and slow-handclapped Tony Blair when he addressed their conference in 2000?
Answer: A: Women's Institute
Categories: Politics (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 6980 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5813 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which football club did Arsenal sign Andrei Arshavin from in January 2009 for a reported £16.9 million?
Answer: A: Zenit St. Petersburg
Categories: 2000s (7) Football (7) Sports (8)

Pub quiz question 8118 by pjh

Question: Q: From 1993 to 2009, European police forces sought "the Phantom of Heilbronn," (also known as the “Woman Without a Face”) This woman was linked with 40 crimes scenes in Germany, Austria and France, which included murders, burglaries and drug cases. What were the repercussions when she was eventually found?
Answer: A: Standards for producing products free of human DNA were tightened.
Notes: *: Contaminated swabs at the factory producing them were responsible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_of_Heilbronn
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