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QUIZ 156 - 26.12.05
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IT HAPPENED IN 2005 (1)
1. Which 61 year
old was arrested in Vietnam in Nov 2005 trying to board a plane to Bangkok?
GARY GLITTER - PAUL GADD
2. Sienna Miller's
troubled relationship with which actor became tabloid fodder in 2005?
JUDE LAW
3. Who was famously
caught on live TV having a 'pee' in 2005?
PAULA RADCLIFFE - DURING THE LONDON MARATHON
4. Whose Nazi
costume created controversy early in 2005?
PRINCE HARRY (AT A FANCY DRESS PARTY)
5. Who was out
and about promoting her book 'Confessions of an Heiress' in 2005?
PARIS HILTON
6. Whose nasal
antics cost several lucrative modelling contracts in 2005?
KATE MOSS
7. Who left Likud
to create Kadima in 2005?
ARIEL SHARON
8. Who became
Germany's 1st female Chancellor in 2005?
ANGELA MERKEL
9. Tony Blair
suffered his 1st defeat in the Houise of Commons on Nov 9th 2005 against a
proposed amendment to which Bill?
THE TERRORISM BILL
10. Which famous
son was convicted of involvement in a coup in Equatorial Guinea in 2005?
MARK THATCHER
ENTERTAINMENT IN 2005 (1)
1. Which long
running BBC adaptation of a Dickens' novel came to an end on Dec 16th 2005?
BLEAK HOUSE
2. Which diminutive
US actor was squirted with a water pistol at a London Premiere as part of
a stunt for Ch 4 in 2005?
TOM CRUISE - WAR OF THE WORLDS
3. Sir Paul McCartney
became the 1st musician to bradcast live music to an audience in space on
Nov 13th 2005, what Beatles' song did he play as a wake-up call to the astronauts?
GOOD DAY SUNSHINE
4. In 2005 who
became the oldest person to win an Oscar?
CLINT EASTWOOD
uh oh! -- another of Colin's famous erors - question should read the oldest MALE to win
since Jessicia Tandy (driving Miss Daisy) is the eldest by 5 years
5. Name the 2005
BBC programme that set out to find Britain's Best Young Speller?
HARD SPELL
6. What happened
in ten cities around the world on July 2nd 2005?
LIVE EIGHT CONCERTS
7. The first ever
man seen on Ch 4 died in 2005, who was he?
RICHARD WHITELY
8. Who directed
the 2005 blockbuster King Kong?
PETER JACKSON
9. How were Arabella
Weir, Germaine Greer and Janet Street Porter collectively known on BBC2 in
2005?
GRUMPY OLD WOMEN
10. Who managed
only one series as 'The Doctor' in 2005?
CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON
IT HAPPENED IN 2005 (2)
1. Why was Romanian,
Adriana Iliescu in the news in Jan 2005?
THE WORLD'S OLDEST RECORED MOTHER AT 66
2. Why was nursery
nurse, Sarah McCaffery fined £60 with £100 costs in Tyneside in
Jan 2005?
EATING AN APPLE WHILE DRIVING
3. Who broke a
few bones by falling off her horse on her 47th birthday in Aug 2005?
MADONNA
4. Who got a custard
pie in the face whilst accepting an honary degree at Oxford Brookes University
in Sept 2005?
JEREMY CLARKSON
5. Which US sports
tycoon was extremely unpopular 'up North' on May 12th 2005?
MALCOLM GLAZER - WHO TOOK CONTROL OF MAN UNITED
6. Who didn't
'respect' a US Senate Sub-committee on May 17th 2005?
GEORGE GALLOWAY MP - LEADER OF THE RESPECT COALITION
7. After a 10
hour parliamentay session on May 16th, which middle eastern state agreed to
give women the right to vote and stand in elections?
KUWAIT
8. On May 31st
2005, 91 year old Mark Felt revealed that he was whom?
DEEP THROAT - WATERGATE
9. Which famous
actor was arrested in New York on June 6th 2005 for throwing a phone at a
concierge?
RUSSELL CROWE
10. Why was Gavin
Arvizo very much in the news in June 2005?
HE ACCUSED MICHAEL JACKSON OF MOLESTATION
THEY POPPED THEIR CLOGS IN 2005
1. Three ex-Labour
ministers died in 2005, name them?
JAMES CALLAGHAN - MO MOWLAM - ROBIN COOK
2. Which 'Gonzo
Journalist' died in 2005 and beacame part of a pyrotechnic extravagansa?
HUNTER S THOMPSON
3. Who was finally
'beamed up' in 2005?
JAMES DOOHAN - SCOTTY FROM STAR TREK
4. Which symbol
of the US Civil Rights movement died age of 92 in 2005?
ROSA PARKS
5. Which reigning
European 'Royal' died at the age of 81 in 2005?
PRINCE RAINIER OF MONACO
6. Described as
'The Love Doctor of Soul Music', who joined the choir invisible in 2005?
LUTHER VANDROSS
7. Which 'Society
Snapper' died at the age of 66 in 2005?
(PATRICK) EARL OF LITCHFIELD
8. Which much
loved Irishman, short on digits ceased to make people laugh in 2005?
DAVE ALLEN
9. Which ex-Mr
Marlyn Monroe died in 2005?
ARTHUR MILLER
10. Who passed
on at 5 minutes to 1 on Friday 25th November 2005?
GEORGE BEST
IT HAPPENED IN 2005 (3)
1. Why were fireworks
exploding over the Solent in June 2005?
THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
2. Who finished
a record breaking circumnavigation on Feb 7th 2005?
(DAME) ELLEN McARTHUR - ROUND THE WORLD YACHTSWOMAN
3. What was the
name of the political party founded by Robert Kilroy Silk in 2005?
VERITAS
4. Why did the
Rt Rev John Sentamu make history in Oct 2005?
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S 1ST BLACK ARCHBISHOP
5. Where did a
European Space Agency probe land on Jan 14th 2005?
TITAN - A MOON OF SATURN
6. Who did Venus
Williams defeat to win the Wimbledon Woman's singles title in 2005?
LINDSAY DAVENPORT
7. Where did a
15 foot Alison Lapper appear in Sept 2005?
TRAFALGAR SQUARE - THE SCULPTURE ALISON LAPPER PREGNANT
WAS UNVIELED ON THE EMPTY PLINTH
8. Which British
playwright won the 2005 Nobel prize for literature?
HAROLD PINTER
9. Whose Bristol
warehouse went up in smoke in Oct 2005?
AARDMAN ANIMATIONS - WALLACE & GROMIT CREATORS
10.
Who gave Darcus Howe more than he bargained for on Radio 4 in October 2005?
JOAN RIVERS
(DARCUS HOWE IS OF COURSE A FAMOUS MEDIA DICKHEAD WITH A HUGE CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER)
ENTERTAINMENT IN 2005 (2)
1. Who wrote the
book 'Margrave of the Marches, published in 2005?
JOHN PEEL & SHELIA RAVENSCROFT
2. Which band
released the 2005 DVD 'Fearless Freaks'?
FLAMING LIPS
3. During 2005
Noddy Holder didn't want viewers to nibble his what?
NUTS (nibble NOBBY'S nuts!)
4. The Sun reported
a story about who, vomiting, under the headline 'Chunderwall'?
LIAM GALLAGHER
5. A Ch 5 documentary
(do Ch 5 have those?) revealed the name of Geri Halliwell's much loved dog,
what is its name?
HARRY
6. What is the
title of Ang Lee's 2005 film, a tale of gay cowboys in the Wild West of the
1960's?
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
7. In which 2005
film would you hear the quote "Your aim's as bad as your cooking sweetheart
... and that's saying something!"?
MR & MRS SMITH
8. Which Channel
4 reality show presented by Johnny Vaughan is aiming to trick contestants
into thinking they have been launched into space?
SPACE CADETS
9. Who won the
2005 Mercury Music Prize?
ANTHONY & THE JOHNSONS
10. Why did African
girl Birhan Woldou appear on the Live 8 stage with Madonna?
SHE WAS THE STARVING CHILD IN THE ORIGINAL LIVE AID
FILM
IT HAPPENED IN 2005 (4)
1. During 2005,
who gave birth to her first born and gave him the middle name of Preston?
BRITNEY SPEARS
2. What was the
name of the cancer causing dye that caused a mass food scare in February?
SUDAN 1
3. Charles Kennedy's
wife had a baby boy in April. What did the couple name it?
DONALD
4. Who knocked
Andy Murray out of Wimbledon?
DAVID NALBANDIAN
5. What was the
name of the NASA mission that smashed a probe into a comet?
DEEP IMPACT
6. What was the
name of the company at the centre of strike action at Heathrow?
GATE GOURMET
7. Which animal
was reintroduced to the English countryside in October?
THE BEAVER
8. Who won the
Bethnal Green and Bow seat in the General election?
GEORGE GALLOWAY
9. Where did Liverpool
beat AC Milan to win the Champions League?
ISTANBUL
10. What Pretty
Woman named her twin babies Hazel and Phinneas?
JULIA ROBERTS
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