Category

1930s 75 questions.
1930-1939
Pub quiz question 6054 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Hollywood great won Best Actress Oscars for Dangerous and Jezebel?
  2. Answer: A: Bette Davis
  3. Notes: *: 1936 and 1938 respectively
  4. Categories: 1930s (6) Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6)
Pub quiz question 5176 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which English-born actor starred in 'The Private Life of Henry VIII' and 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame?'
  2. Answer: A: Charles Laughton
  3. Notes: *: Released 1933 and 1939 respectively
  4. Categories: 1930s (7) Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7)
Pub quiz question 5342 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which famous World War II figher plane was designed by Reginald Joeseph Michell?
  2. Answer: A: Spitfire
  3. Notes: *: 1932
  4. Categories: Military (4) 1930s (6)
Pub quiz question 947 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the US president
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  3. Answer: A: Theodore Roosevelt
  4. Categories: Politics (4) 1930s (4) 1940s (4)
Pub quiz question 4766 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name was given to the O'Hara plantation in 'Gone with the Wind' which author Margaret Mitchell originally called Fountenoy Hall?
  2. Answer: A: Tara
  3. Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
  4. Categories: 1930s (7) Film/Movies (7) Literature (7)
Pub quiz question 631 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1936 winter Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
  3. Categories: Olympics (9) Sports (9) 1930s (9)
Pub quiz question 7549 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What “era” began on 21 August 1935 at LA’s Palomar Ballroom?
  2. Answer: A: Swing/big band
  3. Notes: *: Benny Goodman concert
  4. Categories: Music (5) 1930s (5)
Pub quiz question 6351 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which lyricist collaborated with Richard Rodgers on the song My Funny Valentine?
  2. Answer: A: Lorenz Hart
  3. Notes: *: 1937
  4. Categories: Entertainment (7) Art (7) Music (7) 1930s (7)
Pub quiz question 5182 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British writer created the flying ace 'Biggles?'
  2. Answer: A: W.E. (William Earl) Johns
  3. Notes: *: Published 1932-1968
  4. Categories: Literature (7) 1930s (7)
Pub quiz question 8536 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: The American designer born in 1939 as Ralph Lifshitz is better known as what?
  2. Answer: A: Ralph Lauren
  3. Categories: Fashion (5) 1930s (5)