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Current Affairs 148 questions.
Pub quiz question 3616 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Royal couple got married on Sat 30th July 2011?
  2. Answer: A: Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall
  3. Categories: Royalty (8) Current Affairs (6)
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Pub quiz question 4035 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: An inquest into the death of which criminal, who died in Jul '10, started at Newcastle Crown Court (Mon 5th September 2011)?
  2. Answer: A: Raoul Moat
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7)
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Pub quiz question 3693 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Aug '11, Paul Daniels took himself to hospital after being attacked by which fellow entertainer?
  2. Answer: A: Sooty
  3. Notes: *: Daniels got hit in the eye with a bit of pizza that was meant to be thrown
  4. Categories: Entertainment (7) Current Affairs (4)
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Pub quiz question 4701 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the last celebrity to join the 2011 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, and is apparently the first one out after having an allergic reaction to something?
  2. Answer: A: Freddie Starr.
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5)
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Pub quiz question 6172 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which female singer's latest album- 50 Words For Snow - was nominated (2012) for an Ivor Novello award?
  2. Answer: A: Kate Bush
  3. Categories: Music (8) Entertainment (8) Current Affairs (7) 2010s (8)
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Pub quiz question 6494 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Of the 66 seats available in Gateshead at the 2012 election, how many did Labour end up with?
  2. Answer: A: 55
  3. Categories: Gateshead, UK (8) Current Affairs (5) Politics (9) 2010s (8)
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Pub quiz question 4324 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall declared (October '11) that eating what is no more morally objectionable than consuming pork?
  2. Answer: A: Puppies
  3. Notes: *: "In principle, but not in practice, I have no objection to a high-welfare organic puppy farm. You can't object, unless you also object to the farming of pigs"
  4. Categories: Current Affairs (5)
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Pub quiz question 6489 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Argentina released an Olympic advert showing one of their hopefuls training, ending with the slogan "To compete on English soil we train on Argentine soil." Where was the whole advert filmed?
  2. Answer: A: The Falklands
  3. Notes: *: 2012 Olympics
  4. Categories: Current Affairs (3) Olympics (5) Politics (5) Sports (6) 2010s (7)
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Pub quiz question 3967 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which singer, and wife to Jay-Z, announced her pregnancy?
  2. Answer: A: Beyoncé
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7)
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Pub quiz question 4036 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: According to Mintel's annual British Lifestyles survey, adults living where are the happiest people in Britian?
  2. Answer: A: Yorkshire
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5)
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