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Pub quiz question 3693 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Paul Daniels took himself to hospital after being attacked by which fellow entertainer?
Answer: A: Sooty
Notes: *: Daniels got hit in the eye with a bit of pizza that was meant to be thrown
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Pub quiz question 4701 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the last celebrity to join the 2011 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, and is apparently the first one out after having an allergic reaction to something?
Answer: A: Freddie Starr.
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Pub quiz question 6172 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which female singer's latest album- 50 Words For Snow - was nominated (2012) for an Ivor Novello award?
Answer: A: Kate Bush
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Pub quiz question 6494 by pjh2

Question: Q: Of the 66 seats available in Gateshead at the 2012 election, how many did Labour end up with?
Answer: A: 55
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Pub quiz question 4324 by pjh2

Question: Q: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall declared (October '11) that eating what is no more morally objectionable than consuming pork?
Answer: A: Puppies
Notes: *: "In principle, but not in practice, I have no objection to a high-welfare organic puppy farm. You can't object, unless you also object to the farming of pigs"
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Pub quiz question 6489 by pjh2

Question: Q: Argentina released an Olympic advert showing one of their hopefuls training, ending with the slogan "To compete on English soil we train on Argentine soil." Where was the whole advert filmed?
Answer: A: The Falklands
Notes: *: 2012 Olympics
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Pub quiz question 4036 by pjh2

Question: Q: According to Mintel's annual British Lifestyles survey, adults living where are the happiest people in Britian?
Answer: A: Yorkshire
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Pub quiz question 3613 by pjh2

Question: Q: Colin Furze, a plumber from Lincolnshire, claims to have made it ino the Guinness book of records with the worlds longest what?
Answer: A: Motorbike
Notes: *: Seats 25
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Pub quiz question 4702 by pjh2

Question: Q: Morrissey allowed John Lewis to use a cover of which Smiths song on its 2011 Christmas TV advert.
Answer: A: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.
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