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Pub quiz question 4697 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which celebrity was buried at a 45 degree angle, in a tracksuit and with two cigars?
Answer: A: Jimmy Saville
Notes: *: 45 degrees so 'so he can look out over the sea.'
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Pub quiz question 5925 by pjh2

Question: Q: What happened to North Korea's rocket within two minutes of it being launched?
Answer: A: It exploded after 90 seconds and fell into the sea.
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Pub quiz question 4899 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which movie director went on a multi-million dollar deep sea dive to the deepest place on earth?
Answer: A: James Cameron
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Pub quiz question 5922 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the winner of the Grand National on Saturday (2012)
Answer: A: Neptune Collonges
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Pub quiz question 3611 by pjh2

Question: Q: Jul '11, Jane Horrocks was quoted as saying "sometimes you can have rather a lot of chavs in, and that gets a bit scary." Which business was she talking about?
Answer: A: Tesco
Notes: *: She starred in Tesco adverts
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Pub quiz question 3610 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the latest/Jul '11 assassination in Southern Afghanistan, the Mayor was killed by a suicide bomber with the bomb hidden where?
Answer: A: In his turban
Categories: Current Affairs (7) Military (9) Politics (9)
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Pub quiz question 4046 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who won Celebrity Big Brother 2011?
Answer: A: Paddy Doherty
Notes: *: He is best known as one of the interviewed gypsies in My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.
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Pub quiz question 4320 by pjh2

Question: Q: GlaxoSmithKline announced (Oct '11) they had developed the first vaccine for which disease?
Answer: A: Malaria
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Pub quiz question 4898 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which celebrity Big Brother contestant, famously seen acting as a submissive cat, won the by-election in Bradford (March 2012)?
Answer: A: George Galloway
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Pub quiz question 3969 by pjh2

Question: Q: What's the name of the latest game show starring Ant and Dec which has seen the first two shows give away the jackpot prize?
Answer: A: Red or Black
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