Quiz Archive

Quiz Number #100

True or false

Both of the remaining Beatles re-married last year.
FALSE

The Sunday Sport newspaper ceased publication and entered administration in 2011.
TRUE

VAT increased to 20% from 17.5% in 2011?
TRUE

In 2011 England’s bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup failed as FIFA awards the tournament to Russia instead.
FALSE

In 2011 Dundee United won the Scottish Cup beating Ross County in the final.
FALSE

Blockbusters

Which KP had a hit with ET in 2011?
Katy Perry

Which PM was maid of honour at the biggest wedding of last year?
Pippa Middleton

Which LF resigned as Defence Secretary after a week of allegations over his relationship with Adam Werritty?
Liam Fox

Which RA was in the news twice last year following 2 seperate tragic accidents?
Red Arrows

Voters gave which WA more powers on the 3rd March 2011?
Welsh Assembly

Movies

Source Code

Larry Crowne

Puss in Boots

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

Heat Magazine

Fatima Whitbread

Pat Sharp

Kelly Rowland

Robbie Savage

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

EASY

The ONS is responsible for what that took place last year?
Prison Reform
Phone Hacking
Census <
Hurrican Bawbag

What age was Amy Winehouse when she was discovered dead last year?
17
27 <
37
47

Prince William has the title, the “Duke of…” where?
Cambridge <
Buckingham
St Andrews
Wetherby

In 2011 Japan suffered a huge tsunami. Which nuclear power plant was damaged as a result?
Fukushima <
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Beijing

What was the name of the Libyan leader who died during the uprisings in the country?
Gaddafi <
Hosni Mobarak
Daffyduick
Bashar al-Batty

MEDIUM

Who was the chairman of The Iraq Inquiry?
Sir John Chilcot <
Lord Saville
Major Michael Laurie
David Kelly

The riots in England this year took place from the 6th to the 10th of which month?
March
August <
October
December

What was the name of the final space shuttle to complete it’s mission, ending the space shuttle program last year?
Atlantis <
Columbia
Challenger
Discovery

How many of the Queen’s grandchildren got married in 2011?
1
2 <
3
4

The News Of The World was first published in which year?
1793
1843 <
1893
1943

HARD

Osama bin Laden’s compound was discovered in which city in Pakistan?
Abbottabad <
Faisalabad
Barwala
Laharpur

Which company bought Rangers FC for £1 last year?
Wavetower Ltd <
Whitestock Ltd
Waverley Press
Aramark ltd

Which co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios died last year?
Steve Jobs <
Edwin Catmull
Alvy Ray Smith
Morton Subotnick

Which nation won the Cricket World Cup in 2011?
India <
Sri Lanka
Australia
Pakistan

Floods in which country last year destroyed factories meaning there is now a global shortage of computer components such as hard drives?
Thailand <
Japan
Chile
South Korea

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