Quiz Number #116
True or false
This is the correct spelling of Dentistry.
TRUE
The internet based company Skype is owned by Microsoft.
TRUE
Rangers administrators Duff & Phelps are the same firm that closed Woolworths in 2008.
FALSE
The Moon is slowly drifting away.
TRUE
7 dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
FALSE
Year In Question
2002
The first new BBC Radio station in decades, is launched. Called what?
BBC 6 Music
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother dies. What age was she?
101
40 years after the first James Bond film was made, the 20th film is released. Madonna performed the title song. What was it called?
Die Another Day
Girls Aloud are formed from the five female contestants who won which ITV talent show?
Popstars The Rivals
England’s hopes of winning the World Cup are ended by a 2-1 defeat to who in the quarter-finals?
Brazil
Movies
Brokeback Mountain
United 93
Finding Nemo
Zoolander
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Sport – Football
Goodison Park – Everton
Ashton Gate – Bristol City
Portman Road – Ipswich Town
Glanford Park – Scunthorpe
Palmerston Park – Queen of the South
Heat Magazine
Karren Brady
Robin Gibb
Imogen Thomas
Kevin Spacey
Dermot Murnaghan
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
EASY
In horse riding “bareback” means riding without a what?
Saddle <
Helmet
Whip
Clue
Who ignited the cauldron at the Sydney Olympic Games?
Cathy Freeman <
Rolf Harris
Toby Mangel
Prince Charles
The fraction 9/20 is what in percentage format?
22.5%
35%
45% <
55%
How many points is the letter Q worth in the English version of Scrabble?
1
2
5
10 <
Who was elected Prime Minister in the 1951 General Election?
Winston Churchill <
Harold Macmillan
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
MEDIUM
Which actor played the leading role of gangster Frank Lucas in “American Gangster”?
Denzel Washington <
Jack Nicholson
Robert De Niro
Joe Pesci
This is the logo of what?
Miss World <
Mickey Mouse
Call of Duty 4
Microwave
Maris Piper & King Edward are both types of what?
Cigar
Potato <
Tobacco
Apple
CFM Radio is a local station that broadcasts where in the UK?
Cumbria <
Cheshire
Cornwall
Clydebank
“Baby, I could never steal you from another” is a line in which 80’s song?
Purple Rain <
The Reflex
Time After Time
I Feel For You
HARD
4,840 square yards can also be described as what?
Acre <
20 sq Metres
Sq KM
Sq Mile
The Gulf of Venice is a body of water that merges into which sea?
Tyrrhenian
Adriatic <
Mediterranean
Ionian
Who wrote the book “War Horse”?
Michael Morpurgo <
Violet Jessop
Suzanne Collins
S. J. Watson
Phyllis Pechey was a TV personality better known as who?
Fanny Cradock <
Betty Ford
Claire Rayner
Claire Davenport
What was the name of the doctor portrayed by George Clooney in the TV series ER?
Douglas Ross <
Peter Benton
Mark Greene
Greg Pratt