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Pub quiz question 3694 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Which weatherman said he should be to blame, not Michael Fish for dismissing the Great Storm of 1987?
Answer: A: Bill Giles
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Pub quiz question 4893 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which conservative politician first got the blame for encouraging panic buying of petrol last week (March 2012)?
Answer: A: Francis Maude
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Pub quiz question 4325 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London building was closed last week ostensibly for health and safety reasons due to the protesters outside?
Answer: A: St Paul's Cathedral
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Pub quiz question 5928 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which comedian from QI, and star of Jonathan Creek, was vilified by football fans after he complained about Liverpool's insistence that they never play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster?
Answer: A: Alan Davies
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Pub quiz question 6178 by pjh2

Question: Q: After 75 years of analogue TV transmission, BBC Director Greg Dyke turned off which transmitter in London?
Answer: A: Crystal Palace
Notes: *: 2012
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Pub quiz question 6487 by pjh2

Question: Q: Selling at $120 million, which painting became the most expensive ever sold at auction in 2012?
Answer: A: The Scream
Notes: *: Edvard Munch
Categories: Art (5) Current Affairs (5) 2010s (5)
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Pub quiz question 3608 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which beauty product firm got a slap on the wrists from the Advertising Standards Authority for digitally altering two adverts starring Julia Roberts and Christy Turlington?
Answer: A: L'Oréal
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Pub quiz question 3072 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the Norwegian island on which Anders Behring Breivik shot and killed at least 86 people (on Friday 22 July 2011?)
Answer: A: Utøya (p: oo-terrya) (in Buskerud)
Categories: Current Affairs (8) Geography (9)
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Pub quiz question 6176 by pjh2

Question: Q: Stacie Halas, a science teacher in Southern California, was finally sacked by her school district, for what reason?
Answer: A: Starring in porn movies before she was a teacher
Notes: *: 2012
Categories: Current Affairs (7) Entertainment (6) Politics (7) 2010s (7)
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Pub quiz question 6179 by pjh2

Question: Q: Patients in which UK city were put at risk when surgeons had to complete operations by torchlight when workers cut the power ahead of scheduled maintenance?
Answer: A: Edinburgh (Royal Infirmary)
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