14 questions are about 1951 itself; the other 6 are about the years just before and after it.
1. Which company won the le Mans 24-Hour Race 5 times from 1951 to 1958?
2. In 1951 Sugar Ray Robinson lost his world title at which weight to Randolph Turpin?
3. Where was the first Miss World contest held in 1951?
4. Which Latin expression meaning ?Where are you going?? was the title of a 1951 film featuring Peter Ustinov and Deborah Kerr?
5. "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." is a quote from which classic 1951 film?
6. Which country was ruled by Idris Ist when it gained independance in 1951
7. What did Eric Morley found in 1951?
8. Who featured alongside a chimpanzee in the 1951 film Bedtime for Bonzo?
9. 1951 - An American in?
10. The narrative of which 1951 post-apocalyptic novel begins in a hospital with the words "When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere."?
11. Which sport had its first world championship in Yugoslavia in 1951?
12. Which 1951 Alfred Hitchcock film is about a tennis player who is framed for the murder of his wife?
13. Which knighted actor stars in the 1951 film The Man in the White Suit?
14. Who won the county championships in every season from 1951 to 1958?
15. To within two years, when did Lester Piggot first win the Derby?
16. Who was born "Angela Dorothea Kasner" on the 17th of July 1954?
17. Who replaced King Farouk in a 1952 coup?
18. Which Gene Autry recording was the No 1 song in the USA over the Christmas holidays in 1949?
19. "Love Happy" was in 1949 the last film for which famous comedians'?
20. What is the name of the string instrument heard throughout the 1949 film noir classic 'The Third Man'?
ANSWERS
1. Jaguar
2. Middleweight (corrected by David Wilkins - thanks David !)
3. London
4. Quo Vadis
5. A Streetcar Named Desire
6. Libya
7. Miss World Competition.
8. Ronald Reagan
9. An American in Paris
10. The Day Of The Triffids
11. Sky Diving / Parachuting
12. Strangers On A Train
13. Sir Alec Guinness
14. Surrey
15. 1954 (±2)
16. Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor (Bundeskanzlerin).
17. Gamel Abdel Nasser
18. Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.
19. The Marx Brothers
20. Zither
Where these questions come from
- Automobile Quiz 1
- Sweeties Quiz 1
- Pub Quiz 12
- Pub Quiz 115
- Pub Quiz 116
- History Quiz 18
- Pub Quiz 88
- TV and Films Quiz 1
- Film Cities Quiz 1
- Pauls Quiz 327
- Sport Quiz 23
- Tennis Quiz 1
- Pub Quiz 92
- Cricket Quiz 5
- Horse Racing Quiz 1
- Pub Quiz 85
- History Quiz 10
- Pauls Christmas Quiz 5
- Steven's Quiz 1
- Pauls Quiz 319
Questions are chosen because they mention the year. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.