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Current Affairs 148 questions.
Pub quiz question 6175 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: With which late seventies/early eighties band did Greg Ham, who died in 2012, play the saxophone, flute, organ, piano and synthesizer?
  2. Answer: A: Men at Work
  3. Categories: 1970s (7) 1980s (7) Entertainment (7) Music (7) Current Affairs (7) 2010s (7)
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Pub quiz question 3700 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Aug '11. In the latest tragedy to hit Norway, what killed one person and left another 4 injured?
  2. Answer: A: A Polar Bear
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (3)
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Pub quiz question 3615 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Jul '11, Norwegian scientists have discovered that tree rings can be an inaccurate guide to climate change - what sort of natural phenomenon do they say makes them inaccurate?
  2. Answer: A: Grazing herbivores (sheep)
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (6) Science (6)
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Pub quiz question 4426 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who's knickers fetched £9,375 at auction (Nov 2011)?
  2. Answer: A: Queen Victoria's.
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (6)
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Pub quiz question 5569 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the government's proposed minimum price per unit of alcohol?
  2. Answer: A: 40p
  3. Categories: Politics (6) Current Affairs (4)
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Pub quiz question 4819 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which BBC series which has been running on and off for nearly 50 years is Hollywood threatening to make a movie of?
  2. Answer: A: Dr Who
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (4)
Pub quiz question 3616 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Royal couple got married on Sat 30th July 2011?
  2. Answer: A: Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall
  3. Categories: Royalty (8) Current Affairs (6)
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Pub quiz question 4035 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: An inquest into the death of which criminal, who died in Jul '10, started at Newcastle Crown Court (Mon 5th September 2011)?
  2. Answer: A: Raoul Moat
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (7)
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Pub quiz question 3693 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Aug '11, Paul Daniels took himself to hospital after being attacked by which fellow entertainer?
  2. Answer: A: Sooty
  3. Notes: *: Daniels got hit in the eye with a bit of pizza that was meant to be thrown
  4. Categories: Entertainment (7) Current Affairs (4)
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Pub quiz question 4701 by pjh2
  1. 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?
  2. Answer: A: Freddie Starr.
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5)
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