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Question: Q: Which Stephen King novel takes place mostly in the fictional Overlook Hotel?
Answer: A: The Shining
Notes: *: 1977 (book) 1980 (film) 1997 (miniseries)
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Question: Q: Milk and Honey won the Eurovision Song Contest with '"Hallelujah" (הללויה)' for Israel in which year?
Answer: A: 1979
Categories: Eurovision (9) 1970s (4)

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Question: Q: On 4 February 1978, Althea and Donna had a UK one hit wonder with which single?
Answer: A: "Uptown Top Ranking"
Notes: *: Ill-advised follow-up, "Puppy Dog Song" proved to be their downfall.
Categories: Music (7) Entertainment (7) One Hit Wonders (7) 1970s (7)

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Question: Q: When Trevor Francis became the first ₤1million footballer, who did he leave and which club did he join?
Answer: A: Left Birmingham City and joined Nottingham Forest
Categories: 1970s (7) Football (5) Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 5728 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British composer wrote A Child of Our Time and The Ice Break?
Answer: A: Sir Michael Tipett
Notes: *: Child of Our time written between 1939 and 1941, Ice Break first produced 1977
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Question: Q: Who played Jerzy Balowski, the landlord, in the eighties sitcom The Young Ones?
Answer: A: Alexi Sayle
Notes: *: 9 November 1982 – 19 June 1984
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