Category

1950s 115 questions.
1950-1959
Pub quiz question 8204 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1956?
  2. Answer: A: Jim Laker
  3. Categories: Cricket (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)
Pub quiz question 6657 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which South African golfer became the youngest winner of the British Open in 1959?
  2. Answer: A: Gary Player
  3. Categories: Sports (8) Golf (6) 1950s (8)
Pub quiz question 8270 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: John Surtees won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
  2. Answer: A: 1959
  3. Categories: Motorcycle Racing (7) Sports (8) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 5728 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British composer wrote A Child of Our Time and The Ice Break?
  2. Answer: A: Sir Michael Tipett
  3. Notes: *: Child of Our time written between 1939 and 1941, Ice Break first produced 1977
  4. Categories: Entertainment (8) Music (8) 1930s (7) 1950s (7) 1970s (8)
Pub quiz question 5878 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was photographed for the first time on October 7th 1959?
  2. Answer: A: The other side of the moon
  3. Categories: Science (7) Space (5) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 6081 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the name of the British film company who dominated the horror film market in the 50s 60s & 70s?
  2. Answer: A: Hammer House of Horror
  3. Categories: 1960s (3) 1950s (3) Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3) 1970s (3) Horror (3)
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Pub quiz question 5723 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the highest mountain climbed until Everest was conquered in 1953?
  2. Answer: A: Annapurna
  3. Categories: 1950s (8) Geography (8)
Pub quiz question 3022 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Character
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Fairy Godmother
  4. Notes: *: Cinderella, 1950 Voiced by Verna Felton
  5. Categories: Cartoons (5) Disney (5) Children (5) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 8266 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Gordon Pirie won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
  2. Answer: A: 1955
  3. Categories: Athletics (7) Sports (8) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 2955 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Character
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Mr Smee
  4. Notes: *: Peter Pan, 1953, voiced by Bill Thompson
  5. Categories: Children (7) Cartoons (7) Disney (7) 1950s (7)