Category

1970s 284 questions.
1970-1979
Pub quiz question 2581 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Starting in 1970, who was BBC Radio One's first female DJ; and, since the death of John Peel in 2004, it's longest serving presenter?
  2. Answer: A: Ann(ie) Nightingale
  3. Categories: Entertainment (5) Music (6) 1970s (6)
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Pub quiz question 8131 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What is the name of the 1976 film about the Watergate scandal, starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman?
  2. Answer: A: All the President's Men
  3. Categories: 1970s (5) Politics (5) America (5)
Pub quiz question 4159 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Star Wars rôle was filled by 7'3'' Peter Mayhew who was working as a hospital orderly when talent spotted?
  2. Answer: A: Chewbacca
  3. Notes: *: 1977
  4. Categories: Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7) 1970s (7)
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Pub quiz question 2727 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Mr Men
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Mr Impossible
  4. Notes: *: 1976
  5. Categories: 1970s (5) Children (5) Literature (5) Mr Men & Little Miss (5)
Pub quiz question 456 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Roxy Music's first hit single?
  2. Answer: A: Virginia Plain
  3. Categories: Music (5) 1970s (5) Entertainment (5)
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Pub quiz question 1248 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: On 27 October 1979, Lena Martell had a UK one hit wonder with which single?
  2. Answer: A: "One Day at a Time"
  3. Notes: *: Martell charted four UK top 20 albums, however her recording of a Kris Kristofferson song was her only hit single.
  4. Categories: Music (7) Entertainment (7) One Hit Wonders (7) 1970s (7)
Pub quiz question 2719 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Mr Men
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Mr Forgetful
  4. Notes: *: 1976
  5. Categories: 1970s (4) Children (4) Mr Men & Little Miss (4) Literature (4)
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Pub quiz question 6353 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Of which German orchestra was Herbert Von Karajan musical director from 1955 to 1989?
  2. Answer: A: Berlin Philharmonic
  3. Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7) 1960s (7) 1950s (7) 1970s (7) 1980s (7)
Pub quiz question 5436 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: According to the song, it will start raining men at just about what time?
  2. Answer: A: Half past ten
  3. Notes: *: Written in 1979, released by Weather Girls in 1982
  4. Categories: Entertainment (2) Music (2) 1970s (2) 1980s (2)
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Pub quiz question 3399 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which town moved from Buckinghamshire to Berkshire in 1972?
  2. Answer: A: Slough
  3. Categories: Geography (8) 1970s (8) History (8)