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1940s 69 questions.
1940-1949
Pub quiz question 4691 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first, and longest-serving, England football manager?
  2. Answer: A: Sir Walter Winterbottom
  3. Notes: *: 1946-1962
  4. Categories: Football (6) Sports (6) 1940s (6) 1950s (6) 1960s (6)
Pub quiz question 4889 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the name of the main protagonist in Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel "The Maltese Falcon" adapted into film in 1931, 1936 and 1941?
  2. Answer: A: Sam Spade
  3. Categories: 1930s (4) 1940s (4) Literature (4) Entertainment (4) Film/Movies (4)
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Pub quiz question 512 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: On which cities were atomic bombs dropped near the end of WWII in 1945
  2. Answer: A: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  3. Categories: 1940s (4) Politics (4) Military (4) MultiAnswer2 (4)
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Pub quiz question 5297 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which English author wrote Scoop and The Loved One?
  2. Answer: A: Evelyn Waugh
  3. Notes: *: Published 1938 and 1948 respectively
  4. Categories: Literature (4) 1930s (4) 1940s (4)
Pub quiz question 7028 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What year saw the end of World War II?
  2. Answer: A: 1945
  3. Categories: 1940s (1) Military (1)
Pub quiz question 511 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which month of 1945 were the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
  2. Answer: A: August
  3. Categories: Politics (5) Military (5) History (5) 1940s (5)
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Pub quiz question 3242 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who filled the rôle of the Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia?
  2. Answer: A: Mickey Mouse
  3. Notes: *: 1940
  4. Categories: 1940s (2) Entertainment (2) Film/Movies (2) Music (2)
Pub quiz question 607 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where would the 1944 summer Olympic games have been held?
  2. Answer: A: London, UK
  3. Notes: *: Cancelled because of the war
  4. Categories: Sports (8) Olympics (8) 1940s (8)
Pub quiz question 5371 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which controversial film rewrote history to give the Americans credit for capturing an Enigma decoding machine?
  2. Answer: A: U-571
  3. Notes: *: Set in 1942, released in 2000
  4. Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) 1940s (5) 2000s (5) Military (5)
Pub quiz question 608 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1948 summer Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: London, UK
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (7) 1940s (7)
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