Quiz of 2013!! QUIZ of the YEAR 2013 1. What is the name of the Royal Prince born on 22nd 2013 to Prince William and Kate Middleton? 2. Cheryl Cole was in the news in October; what had she had done at a cost of thousands of pounds? 3. On Christmas Eve, 71-year old John McCafferty broke a World Record. What was it? 4. Which TV presenter plans to divorce her ‘toyboy’ husband Jack Cockings, after he had her arrested for assault in November? 5. Miley Cyrus was criticised for her ‘dirty dancing’ with Robin Thicke at the MTV Music Awards. What word came into general use to describe it? 6. The Russian inventor Mikhael Kalashnikov died on 23rd December. What assault rifle did he invent to aid his troops in 1940? 7. In which American City did street artist Banksy take up a month residency in October, called ‘Better out than in’? 8. According to Microsoft, who was the ‘most searched for’ person on its Bing! Search engine, this person having 48m Twitter followers, and who announced his retirement twice in Christmas week? 9. Who wrote the recent autobiography, ‘No Holding Back’? 10. For what was Newcastle United fan Barry Rodgerson jailed on October 24th? 11. What did Jeremy Paxman gain in the Summer? 12. Which Islands were devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest recorded storm to make landfall? 13. He is UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, and won the 2013 Plain Language Campaigns ‘foot in mouth’ award for calling women ‘sluts’, saying they ‘didn’t clean behind the fridge’ and referring to ‘Bongo Bongo Land’? 14. ‘Geordie Shore’ celebrity Charlotte Crosby was not embarrassed by doing what on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’? 15. Which ‘Great British Bake Off’ presenter was said to have gone back to his wife Alexandra after an affair with the ‘US Bake off’ presenter Marcela Valladolid? Round 2 1. Malky Mackay was sacked on 27th December by which Premiership Club, just above the Relegation Zone? 2. In February, Malcolm Walker claimed the Horse Meat scandal was a ‘Storm in a Tea Cup’. Which chain of stores did he establish in 1970? 3. On 23rd December, a BA jumbo jet sliced into a building at which South African airport? 4. Which golf course and venue near Darlington secured the English Senior Open Golf Championship competition, staged in October 2013? 5. In late December, the new ‘East Enders’ character of Mick Carter bought which premises? 6. David Cameron was criticised in December for taking his own photo with Barack Obama and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt at Mandelas Memorial. What was that craze of 2013 called? 7. On 28th February, Pope Benedict did something a Pope hasn’t done for 600 years. What was it? 8. What was awarded to Wimbledon Winner Andy Murray on 15th December? 9. On which programme did C4 actor Richard Ayoade appear as a presenter in Early Autumn? 10. David Colman died on December 21st aged 97. What Saturday BBC Sports Programme did he regularly present between 1958 and 1968? 11. In June, what did Natalie Holt do on ‘Britains Got Talent’ to make the news? 12. On which C4 programme would you have seen Head Teacher Jonny Mitchell? 13. Which model and TV Presenter won ‘Strictly Come Dancing’? 14. Second only to Croydon West in Surrey, which North East railway station saw the lowest number of passengers in 2013? 15. Onto its 5th incarnation, which game was released in December and became the biggest seller of 2013? Round 3 1. What did Huey Morgan smash in a ‘hissy fit’ on ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ in November? 2. Which ‘Domestic Goddess’ got into a ‘Domestic’ in Scotts of Mayfair, leading to a divorce, and revelations of Cocaine abuse? 3. 45-year old Brian Taylor from Brotton was in the National News at the end of December, after being convicted for the 51st time since 2005 of which bizarre drinking activity? 4. David Frost died on August 31st, who had taken over as host of ‘Through The Keyhole’ in 2013? 5. Which Scottish actor became the new Dr Who, in a year where the 50th Anniversary programme broke World Records? 6. Which football club sold Welshman Gareth Bale to Real Madrid on September 1st for an undisclosed fee, but though to be between £77-85m? 7. What happened at Londons Apollo Theatre on 19th December during a performance of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog’? 8. Electronic cigarette sales exploded in 2013, what is this alternative habit to smoking called? 9. Where did the legend ‘Something Will Turn Up’ appear as from 8th December? 10. In December, what was David Cameron referring to when he said that ‘The Mission had been accomplished’? ANSWERS Round 1 1. George 2. Tattoo on her lower back 3. Longest surviving heart transplant 4. Melanie Sykes 5. Twerking 6. AK47 7. New York 8. Justin Bieber 9. Amanda Holden 10. Punched a Police Horse after a Newcastle home defeat by Sunderland 11. A Beard 12. The Phillippines 13. Godfrey Bloom 14. She Wet Her Bed 15. Paul Hollywood Round 2 1. Cardiff City 2. Iceland 3. Johannesburg 4. Rockcliffe Hall 5. The Queen Vic 6. A Selfie 7. Resigned 8. Sports Personality of the Year 9. The Gadget Man 10. Grandstand 11. Threw Eggs at Simon Cowell 12. Educating Yorkshire 13. Abby Clancey 14. Teesside Airport 15. Grand Theft Auto 5 Round 3 1. A Mug 2. Nigella Lawson 3. Petrol 4. Keith Lemon 5. Peter Capaldi 6. Tottenham Hotspur 7. Ceiling Collapsed 8. Vaping 9. On the edge of a new £2 coin 10. Troops to return from Afghanistan BEER QUESTION In Summer 2013, Nigel Slater filmed a documentary on the History of the Biscuit. According to figures revealed on the programme, how many Digestive biscuits are eaten every second in the UK? 52 JACKPOT How many pubs were there recorded in the County of Shropshire in June 2013? 630
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