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Pub quiz question 7027 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the nickname of Arthur Harris who was in charge of the World War II Allied air campaign against Germany?
Answer: A: Bomber
Categories: Names (3) 1940s (3) Military (3)

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Pub quiz question 1205 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which famous ship disappeared in the Denmark Strait on 24th May 1941 with the death of all but three of it's 1400 crew?
Answer: A: H.M.S. Hood
Categories: Military (5) 1940s (5) History (5)
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Pub quiz question 3243 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1940 Disney film is a collection of animated impressions of classical music?
Answer: A: Fantasia
Categories: 1940s (1) Music (1) Entertainment (1) Film/Movies (1)

Pub quiz question 626 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which year did the first winter Olympics not happen in the same year as the summer Olympics?
Answer: A: 1994 (Norway)
Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) 1940s (4)
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Pub quiz question 3113 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Japanese term meaning 'divine wind' was adopted into the English language to describe World War II suicide pilots?
Answer: A: Kamikaze
Categories: Language (4) 1940s (4) History (4)

Pub quiz question 6875 by pjh2

Question: Q: What US president came up with the title United Nations after spotting it in Bryon's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?"
Answer: A: Franklin D Roosevelt
Categories: Politics (7) 1940s (7)

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Pub quiz question 632 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where would the 1940 winter Olympic games have been held?
Answer: A: Initially in Sapporo, Japan, but they gave it back to the IOC. IOC gave it to St Moritz, Switzerland, but after falling out, the IOC confiscated it. IOC then gave it to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but it was eventually cancelled because of the warn
Categories: Olympics (10) Sports (10) 1940s (10)

Pub quiz question 3010 by pjh2