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1940s 69 questions.
1940-1949
Pub quiz question 6970 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which former Special Constable committed the murders that Timothy Evans hung for?
  2. Answer: A: John Christie
  3. Notes: *: Murders between 1943-1953, Evans hanged for two in 1949 in 1950, Christie hanged in 1953
  4. Categories: 1940s (6) 1950s (6) Crime (6)
Pub quiz question 4414 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country lost the highest proportion of its citizens in World War II?
  2. Answer: A: Poland
  3. Categories: 1930s (4) 1940s (4) History (4) Politics (4) Military (4) Geography (4)
Pub quiz question 7981 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who contested the Winter War of 1939-40?
  2. Answer: A: USSR and Finland.
  3. Categories: Geography (7) War (6) 1940s (7)
Pub quiz question 6760 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In what year did Queen Elizabeth II marry Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten?
  2. Answer: A: 1947
  3. Categories: Royalty (7) 1940s (7)
Pub quiz question 6108 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In what year were TV licences introduced in the UK?
  2. Answer: A: 1946
  3. Categories: 1940s (4) Television (6) Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 928 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the US president
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  3. Answer: A: Harry S. Truman
  4. Categories: Politics (7) 1940s (6) 1950s (6)
Pub quiz question 9231 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who was born Yuri Irsenovich Kim?
  2. Answer: A: Kim Jong Il
  3. Categories: Politics (6) Names (7) 1940s (7)
Pub quiz question 5845 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Johnny Leach & Fred Perry have both been World Champions in which sport?
  2. Answer: A: Table tennis
  3. Notes: *: Only Fred was World Champion at tennis. Leech 1947-1955, Perry 1933-1936
  4. Categories: 1940s (6) 1950s (6) 1930s (6) Sports (6)
Pub quiz question 7594 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What film was inspired by a 1947 motorbike rally in Hollister, CA?
  2. Answer: A: Marlon Brando’s The Wild one
  3. Notes: *: Filmed 1953
  4. Categories: Film/Movies (6) 1940s (7) 1950s (7) Entertainment (7)
Pub quiz question 6879 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What organisation replaced the League of Nations?
  2. Answer: A: The United Nations
  3. Notes: *: Founded 1945
  4. Categories: Politics (2) 1940s (2)
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