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Pub quiz question 8206 by pjh

Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1958?
Answer: A: Ian Black
Categories: Swimming (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)

Pub quiz question 8205 by pjh

Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1957?
Answer: A: Dai Rees
Categories: Golf (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)

Pub quiz question 8204 by pjh

Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1956?
Answer: A: Jim Laker
Categories: Cricket (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)

Pub quiz question 8203 by pjh

Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1955?
Answer: A: Gordon Pirie
Categories: Athletics (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)

Pub quiz question 8202 by pjh

Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1954?
Answer: A: Christopher Chataway
Categories: Athletics (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)

Pub quiz question 8201 by pjh

Question: Q: What is the name of Mackenzie Crook's character in sitcom The Office?
Answer: A: Gareth Keenan
Categories: Television (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 8200 by pjh

Question: Q: Who is the longest serving presenter of the BBC children's show Blue Peter?
Answer: A: John Noakes (12 years from 1965-1978)
Categories: 1930s (6) Entertainment (6) Children (5) 1960s (5) 1970s (5)

Pub quiz question 8199 by pjh

Question: Q: What was the name of the tower block where Del Boy and Rodney Trotter lived in Only Fools and Horses?
Answer: A: Nelson Mandela House
Categories: Television (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 8198 by pjh

Question: Q: EastEnders began broadcasting on BBC One in which year?
Answer: A: 1985
Categories: Television (5) Entertainment (5) 1980s (3)

Pub quiz question 8197 by pjh

Question: Q: What was the name of the fictional borough of Melbourne where Australian soap Neighbours was set?
Answer: A: Erinsborough
Categories: Television (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 8196 by pjh

Question: Q: Gillian Anderson plays a therapist in which hit Netflix show?
Answer: A: Sex Education
Categories: Television (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 8195 by pjh

Question: Q: The Simpsons was the spin-off show of which American sketch series?
Answer: A: The Tracey Ullman Show
Categories: Television (6) Entertainment (6) Cartoons (6)

Pub quiz question 8194 by pjh

Question: Q: Which actor played the Ninth Doctor in Doctor Who?
Answer: A: Christopher Eccleston
Categories: Television (3) Dr Who (2)

Pub quiz question 8193 by pjh

Question: Q: Who was the first presenter of the X Factor in the UK?
Answer: A: Kate Thornton
Categories: Television (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 8192 by pjh

Question: Q: When did Big Brother first air on Channel 4?
Answer: A: 2000
Categories: Television (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 8191 by pjh

Question: Q: Which European city hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics?
Answer: A: Berlin
Categories: 1930s (4) Sports (4) Olympics (3)

Pub quiz question 8190 by pjh

Question: Q: Where is the US Masters golf tournament held?
Answer: A: Augusta National Golf Club
Categories: Golf (5) America (6) Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 8189 by pjh

Question: Q: How many different teams have won the Premier League since the start of the inaugural season in 1992/93?
Answer: A: Seven (Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Leicester, Blackburn, Liverpool)
Categories: Sports (7) Football (6)

Pub quiz question 8188 by pjh

Question: Q: How many goals did England score (excluding penalty shoot-outs) at the Mens' 2018 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: A: 12
Categories: Sports (8) Football (6) 2010s (8)

Pub quiz question 8187 by pjh

Question: Q: What score did cricketing legend Don Bradman average as a batsman across his career?
Answer: A: 99.94
Categories: Sports (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 8186 by pjh

Question: Q: How many horses are on each team in a polo match?
Answer: A: Four
Categories: Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 8185 by pjh

Question: Q: Ben Stokes inspired England's 2019 Cricket World Cup final victory over New Zealand – who scored the second-highest number of runs in the match for England?
Answer: A: Jos Buttler
Categories: Sports (8) People (8) Football (6) 2010s (8)

Pub quiz question 8184 by pjh

Question: Q: At which venue is the British Grand Prix held?
Answer: A: Silverstone
Categories: Sports (4) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 8183 by pjh

Question: Q: What are the five colours of the Olympic rings?
Answer: A: Blue, Yellow, Black, Green and Red
Categories: Sports (3) General Knowledge (3)

Pub quiz question 8182 by pjh

Question: Q: Which two country singers famously sang together on 1983 song Islands in the Stream?
Answer: A: Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
Categories: Music (2) People (2) Entertainment (2)