E: 15/01 Sunday Express £1000 2015 Quiz

Ronknee

1. Who went (with Captain Slow and the Hamster) from the BBC to Amazon for the want of a hot meal? Jeremy Clarkson
2. Who fell over on stage at the Brit Awards while singing Living For Love?
3. Which Northern Irish singer/songwriter - once one of Them - was knighted?
4. Who married
a) Kim Sears - Andy Murray
b) Sophie Hunter
c) Elliott Spencer
5. Which real estate mogul and reality television host found himself the surprise front-runner for the Republican nomination for the Presidency of the US?
6. Who was at last toppled as President of FIFA? Sepp Blatter
7. Which religious leader - the 1989 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize - attended the Glastonbury Festival and praised the event as "a festival of people, not governments or politicians"?
8. Which British comedian/activist told his fans "you gotta vote Labour" - despite being called "a pound shop Ben Elton" by Labour's Ed Balls?
9. Who transitioned from Bruce to Caitlyn?
10. Which 1957 Star of Tomorrow became a Dame in the 2015 New Years Honours List?

tgroom57

1659 wrote: »

1. UKIP
2. Hilary Benn
3. Liz Kendall, Andy Burnham
4. Alton Towers
5. Queen Elizabeth
6. Richard III
7. Talk Talk
8. Magna Carta
9. Tim Farron
10. Princess Charlotte

These are my answers for Home News Section 1

Very many thanks to Ronknee especially for posting the questions. Please may we have the questions for Section 1? I know we've been given the answers for Section 1, but I like to check every last detail I'm terrible like that :rotfl:

aiwacat

[FONT=Consolas, monospace]Section 6 - Sport [/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]1. New Zealand, the Rugby Union World Cup[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]2. Won the Davis Cup for Great Britain[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]3. a) James Anderson, [/FONT][FONT=Consolas, monospace]b) Alistair Cook[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]4. Zach Johnson[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]5. a) Novak Djokovic, [/FONT][FONT=Consolas, monospace]b) Serena Williams[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]6. Wayne Rooney[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]7. Japan[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]8. a) Many Clouds, [/FONT][FONT=Consolas, monospace]b) Golden Horn[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]9. Lewis Hamilton[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]10. Oxford[/FONT]

aiwacat

[FONT=Consolas, monospace]Section 7: People[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]1. Jeremy Clarkson[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]2. Madonna[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]3. Van Morrison[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]4. a) Andy Murray, [/FONT][FONT=Consolas, monospace]b) Benedict Cumberbatch, [/FONT][FONT=Consolas, monospace]c) Stephen Fry[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]5. Donald Trump[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]6. Sepp Blatter[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]7. The Dalai Lama[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]8. Russell Brand[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]9. Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas, monospace]10. Joan Collins[/FONT]

Ronknee

1. In the General Election, which party won 12.7% of the vote but just one seat?
2.Which Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary - the son of a famous politician - made one of the greatest parliamentary speeches of all time to help the government win the vote to extend bombing missions into Syria?
3. Jermey Corbyn won the contest to become leader of the Labour Party. Name two of the other contenders.
4. At which top tourist attraction did the breakdown on the Smiler rollercoaster lead to people suffering critical injuries?
5. Who created a record after 63 years and 316 days?
6. The remains of which king were buried at Leicester Cathedral - having been discovered in a Leicester car park some three years previously?
7. Which telecoms firm was the subject of much talk when it fell victim to a significant and sustained cyber attack that jeopardised the personal details of up to four millions customers?
8. The four remaining original copies of which document went on display at the British Library to commemorate the 800th anniversary of its signing?
9. Who succeeded Nick Clegg as leader of the Liberal Democrats?
10. Who was born and promptly became fourth in line to the throne?

jaibaby

Thank you to all for the answers - did anyone confirm how to enter this? I'm guessing by the amount of answers we can put it on a piece of plain paper and send in an envelope?

beebee

Please could someone post the questions for Section three - 'Who or What was' as I like to answer and check them too.
Many thanks

cagsy

Ronknee wrote: »

7 sections, 10 questions in each.


Answers plus name, address and telephone number to Quiz of the Year, Sunday Express, 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN by Friday January 15, 2016.

I'm counting 80 questions and answers (20 in Section Deaths)

lovetowinacar

Does anyone know the answer to the questions in the section death that are missing and also the missing answers for section 4?



Many thanks
:T

lovetowinacar

1659 wrote: »

Section 2 World News


4. Anthony Albanese
7. Miguel de Cervantes
8. Cuba
9. Syriza

Should the answer to question 4 - who succeeded Tony Abbott as Autralian prime minister be Malcolm Turnbull?