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Pub quiz question 5234 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American author wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood?
Answer: A: Truman Capote
Notes: *: Published 1958 and 1966 respectively.
Categories: 1950s (6) 1960s (6) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 5679 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UK newspaper had the first ever colour supplement on 4th Feb 1962?
Answer: A: The Sunday Times
Categories: Media (6) 1960s (6)
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Pub quiz question 9601 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5978 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the last Spaniard to win Wimbledon's Men's Singles in the 20th Century
Answer: A: Manuel Santana
Notes: *: 1966
Categories: 1960s (8) Tennis (6) Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 7144 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Yuri Gagarin said to have done after leaving the bus just prior to the first space flight that has become a tradition with Russian cosmonauts?
Answer: A: Urinated on its wheel
Notes: *: 12 April 1961
Categories: People (9) Space (9) Science (9) 1960s (9) Superstitions (5)

Pub quiz question 6598 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Belfast-born musician became principal flautist with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1967?
Answer: A: James Galway
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 4116 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 9665 by pjh2

Question: Q: France Gall won the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Poupée de cire, poupée de son' for Luxembourg in which year?
Answer: A: 1965
Categories: Eurovision (9) 1960s (4)

Pub quiz question 7002 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Argentinian Marxist, who became a bedroom poster icon of the 1960s, was one of Fidel Castro's closest advisers?
Answer: A: Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
Categories: Politics (5) 1960s (5)

Pub quiz question 8200 by pjh

Question: Q: Who is the longest serving presenter of the BBC children's show Blue Peter?
Answer: A: John Noakes (12 years from 1965-1978)
Categories: 1930s (6) Entertainment (6) Children (5) 1960s (5) 1970s (5)