Week 7 Questions
Round 1 - News of the Week
1. Which TV presenter has revealed that he attempted suicide when filming abroad last year?
2. A woman from which US state has won the biggest single lottery payout in US history ($590m)?
3. Honda engineers have almost finished work on the world’s fastest version of which household
item (capable of reaching speeds of 130mph)?
4. Which Oscar-winning actress has announced she is pregnant with her third child?
5. A light aircraft crash-landed in the back garden of a house in which town?
6. The “Hula painted” species of which animal has been classified as a living fossil?
7. Matt Smith announced that he will leave his role as Doctor Who at Christmas. In which year did he
first play the role?
8. An amendment aimed at wrecking the Government’s Gay Marriage Bill was defeated by how
many votes - 42, 142 or 242? 2
9. An extinct lizard from South East Asia has been named after which famous singer?
10. Who has been named as the new Children's Laureate?
Round 2 - Entertainment
1. In which TV series would you find the characters Desmond Hume and Penelope Widmore?
2. In The Hangover, where do the main characters eventually find Doug after spending the whole
film looking for him?
3. How many UK number 1 singles have Bon Jovi had?
4. What does the Pokemon Magikarp evolve into?
5. Eminem’s song Stan sampled which Dido track?
6. Which 2002 film centres around the life of Frank Abagnale?
7. In which film does Denise Richards play the role of Carmen Ibanez?
8. Which former Emmerdale actress became the host of ITV's You’ve been framed in 1998?
9. Which Stephen King book was the first to be filmed in 1976 ?
10. In which film does Kevin Costner play John Dunbar?
Round 3 - Music
1. Nobody likes you when you’re 23 - Blink 182 - What’s My Age Again?
2. As long as you’ll be my friend at the end - 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
3. Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me - Green Day - Basket Case
4. I see my name in shining lights - Travie McCoy - Billionaire
5. How your love’s affecting our reality - Backstreet Boys - Larger Than Life
6. Even if it ain’t all it seems, I got a pocketful of dreams - Alicia Keys
7. It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take - Alanis Morissette - Ironic
8. With the love that felt so strong - Britney Spears - Born to Make You Happy
9. It isn’t so wrong to have such fun - The Corrs - Angel
10. Be out of that dress when she meet Jim West - Will Smith - Wild Wild West
Round 4 - Science and History
1. Which two planets in the solar system do not have moons?
2. Which politician was murdered with an ice pick in Mexico in 1940?
3. What is the longest bone in the human body?
4. Before Gordon Brown, who was the last Scottish Prime Minister of Britain?
5. Anaemia is caused by a deficiency of which mineral?
6. Operation Bernhard was a Nazi plan to flood England with what?
7. How many millilitres are there in a pint?
8. British Honduras is now known as which country?
9. Where in the human body would you find the hypothalamus?
10. Who assassinated Martin Luther King?
Round 5 - Sport
1. Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez began his F1 career driving for which team?
2. Now that Alex Ferguson and David Moyes have left their clubs, who are currently the top 2
longest serving Premier League managers?
3. True or False: Alastair Cook has scored more Test centuries for England than any other batsman?
4. Who is currently the highest-ranked German men’s tennis player?
5. Which NFL team play at Florida’s Sun Life Stadium?
6. Crystal Palace manager Ian Holloway last appeared in the Premier League managing which club?
7. Which of the following cricket fielding positions is located in front of the batsman – Extra Cover,
Third Man or Fine Leg?
8. How many active female tennis players have won the Career Grand Slam (all 4 majors)?
9. In Formula 1, where is the Jas Marina circuit located?
10. With which football club did Matt LeTissier play his whole career?
Round 6 - Picture
People who are married
1. Robert Pattinson - NO
2. Karren Brady - YES
3. Emma Bunton - NO
4. David Schwimmer - YES
5. Ashton Kutcher - YES (TECHNICALLY)
6. Seth MacFarlane - NO
7. Emilia Clarke - NO
8. Alan Sugar - YES
9. Rafael Nadal - NO
10. John Terry - YES
11. Danny O'Donoghue - NO
12. Neil Patrick Harris - NO
13. Wayne Rooney - YES
14. Davina McCall - YES
15. Cate Blanchett - YES
16. Sean Bean - NO
17. Jennifer Aniston – NO
18. Vince Vaughn – YES
19. David Tennant - YES
20. Bradley Cooper - NO
ANSWERS: 2 4 5 8 10 13 14 15 18 19