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Pub quiz question 5379 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which Texas city was President John F. Kennedy assassinated in 1963?
Answer: A: Dallas
Categories: Politics (3) Geography (4) 1960s (4)

Pub quiz question 7167 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US President's assassination put an end to his negotiations for a joint USA/USSR space programme with Nikita Khrushchev?
Answer: A: John F Kennedy's
Notes: *: Assassinated 1963
Categories: People (1) 1960s (1) Politics (1) Space (1) Science (1)

Pub quiz question 4120 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the train robber who was the main subject of the film Buster, starring Phil Collins?
Answer: A: Ronald Edwards
Notes: *: Train robbery in 1963, film in 1988
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) History (7) 1960s (7) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 989 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who, born Maurice Micklewhite, is the actor who played Harry Palmer (1960s, 1990s)?
Answer: A: Michael Caine
Categories: Entertainment (3) Pseudonyms (3) 1960s (3) 1990s (3)
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Pub quiz question 1017 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 8276 by pjh

Question: Q: Tom Simpson won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
Answer: A: 1965
Categories: Cycling (7) Sports (8) 1960s (5)

Pub quiz question 940 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7148 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5215 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which soul diva had a UK top ten hit in 1968 with 'I Say a Little Prayer?'
Answer: A: Aretha Franklin
Categories: 1960s (3) Entertainment (3) Music (3)
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Pub quiz question 1229 by pjh2

Question: Q: On 1 October 1960, Ricky Valance had a UK one hit wonder with which single?
Answer: A: "Tell Laura I Love Her"
Notes: *: Ricky Valance was the first British one-hit wonder (hailing from Wales). He scored further hits in Europe, but none in the UK.
Categories: Music (5) One Hit Wonders (5) Entertainment (5) 1960s (5)