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1950s 115 questions.

1950-1959

Pub quiz question 5490 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which President installed the putting green at the White House?
Answer: A: Dwight Eisenhower
Notes: *: 1954
Categories: Politics (6) 1950s (6)

Pub quiz question 3119 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the last woman to be executed in Britain?
Answer: A: Ruth Ellis
Notes: *: 13 July 1955
Categories: History (4) 1950s (4) Crime (4)

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 7240 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which anti-trade union US President was a former head of the Screen Actors Guild?
Answer: A: Ronald Reagan
Notes: *: 1947 to 1952 and in 1959
Categories: Politics (3) Entertainment (3) 1940s (3) 1950s (3)

Pub quiz question 2957 by pjh2

Question: Q: Character
Image: i:
Answer: A: Tinkerbell
Notes: *: Peter Pan, 1953, unvoiced/uncredited
Categories: Children (2) Cartoons (2) Disney (2) 1950s (2)

Pub quiz question 4613 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city's name was included in the tile of The Guardian until 1959?
Answer: A: Manchester
Categories: Geography (3) Media (3) 1950s (3)

Pub quiz question 3092 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 with Tenzing Norgay?
Answer: A: Edmund Hillary
Categories: History (2) 1950s (2) Geography (2)
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Pub quiz question 8268 by pjh

Question: Q: Dai Rees won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
Answer: A: 1957
Categories: Golf (7) Sports (8) 1950s (5)

Pub quiz question 4967 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Brussels landmark boasting nine huge balls was created for the 1958 World Fair?
Answer: A: The Atomium
Categories: Geography (5) Science (5) 1950s (5)

Pub quiz question 3019 by pjh2

Question: Q: Character
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Answer: A: Drizella Tremaine
Notes: *: Ugly sister in Cinderella, 1950, voiced by Rhoda Williams
Categories: Children (7) 1950s (7) Cartoons (7) Disney (7)