Category

1930s 75 questions.
1930-1939
Pub quiz question 7025 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What defensive line was supposed to keep the Germans out of France in World War II?
  2. Answer: A: Maginot Line
  3. Notes: *: Started in 1930, largely completed by 1939
  4. Categories: Military (6) 1930s (6) Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 5997 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The Walker and Blackett children sailed which boats?
  2. Answer: A: Swallow and Amazon
  3. Notes: *: 1930
  4. Categories: 1930s (5) Literature (5)
Pub quiz question 7134 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who's abdication handed the throne to George VI?
  2. Answer: A: Edward VIII's
  3. Notes: *: 11 December 1936 - after just over 11 months
  4. Categories: Royalty (1) 1930s (2) People (1) Sleaze (1)
Pub quiz question 5845 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Johnny Leach & Fred Perry have both been World Champions in which sport?
  2. Answer: A: Table tennis
  3. Notes: *: Only Fred was World Champion at tennis. Leech 1947-1955, Perry 1933-1936
  4. Categories: 1940s (6) 1950s (6) 1930s (6) Sports (6)
Pub quiz question 5287 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which what sort of films was Tom Mix associated?
  2. Answer: A: Westerns
  3. Notes: *: 336 films between 1910 and 1935
  4. Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) 1910s (5) 1920s (5) 1930s (5)
Pub quiz question 6373 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Ancient symbol was adopted by the Nazis in Germany as their emblem?
  2. Answer: A: Swastika
  3. Notes: *: 1920-1945
  4. Categories: Politics (2) 1920s (2) 1930s (2) 1940s (2) Military (2)
Pub quiz question 4869 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What four letter name was given to 'Hormel Spiced Ham' in the 1930s?
  2. Answer: A: Spam
  3. Categories: 1930s (5) Language (5)
Pub quiz question 394 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which person from history famously opened the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
  2. Answer: A: Adolf Hitler
  3. Categories: 1930s (1) Olympics (1) Sports (1) History (1)
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Pub quiz question 6475 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who signed the Anti-Comintern Pact in 1936?
  2. Answer: A: Germany and Japan
  3. Categories: Military (8) 1930s (8)
Pub quiz question 3063 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which university was attended by Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Harold Philby, Anthony Blunt, and the unknown fifth person in the 1930s?
  2. Answer: A: Cambridge (Trinity)
  3. Notes: *: The 'Cambridge Five'
  4. Categories: 1930s (4) History (5) Military (5)