Category

1950s 127 questions.
1950-1959
Pub quiz question 7343 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Bern; Munich; Rome; Rio de Janeiro?
  2. Answer: A: German World Cup wins
  3. Notes: *: 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014
  4. Categories: Sports (6) Football (4) Connections (7) 2010s (9) 1990s (9) 1970s (9) 1950s (9)
Pub quiz question 5162 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British novelist wrote 'My Cousin Rachel' and 'Rebecca?'
  2. Answer: A: Daphne Du Maurier
  3. Notes: *: Published 1951, and 1938 respectively
  4. Categories: Literature (4) 1950s (4) 1930s (4)
Pub quiz question 6666 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What might you now use to fix on a cup handle that Dr Harry Coover discovered in 1952 and rejected because it was too sticky?
  2. Answer: A: Superglue
  3. Categories: Science (5) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 5329 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which US actor starred ion A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and The Godfather?
  2. Answer: A: Marlon Brando
  3. Notes: *: Released 1951, 1954 and 1972 respectively
  4. Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) 1950s (5) 1970s (5)
Pub quiz question 5365 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who played Jimmy Porter in the 1959 version of Look Back in Anger?
  2. Answer: A: Richard Burton
  3. Categories: 1950s (5) Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5)
Pub quiz question 6619 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who played Rowdy Yates in the western TV series Rawhide?
  2. Answer: A: Clint Eastwood
  3. Notes: *: 1959 - 1965
  4. Categories: Entertainment (5) Television (5) 1950s (5) 1960s (5)
Pub quiz question 6970 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which former Special Constable committed the murders that Timothy Evans hung for?
  2. Answer: A: John Christie
  3. Notes: *: Murders between 1943-1953, Evans hanged for two in 1949 in 1950, Christie hanged in 1953
  4. Categories: 1940s (6) 1950s (6) Crime (6)
Pub quiz question 7518 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Where were the first Olympics in the southern hemisphere?
  2. Answer: A: Melbourne, 1956
  3. Categories: 1950s (6) Sports (6) Australia (2) Olympics (5)
Pub quiz question 8205 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1957?
  2. Answer: A: Dai Rees
  3. Categories: Golf (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)
Pub quiz question 7004 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who became Prime Minister of Cuba in 1959?
  2. Answer: A: Fidel Castro
  3. Categories: Politics (3) 1950s (3) Geography (3)