y puzzles & prizes y ost your Bo
brain power
The big
ear Y New quiz well do As we welcome in 2011, how 2010? you remember the events of
January
March
May
Heavy snow resulted in 30 New Year revellers getting snowed in at The Tan Hill Inn, North Yorks. For how many days? ● a 10 days ● b 6 days ● c 3 days
5
An Icelandic volcano, dormant for 200 years, erupted causing air traffic chaos for several weeks. What was it called? ● a Jeyejöjallakull ● b Eyjafjallajökull ● c Jökullfjordeye
9
1
The UK entry in the Eurovision Which team won the Oxford v Song Contest was That Sounds Cambridge boat race? Good To Me, sung by young Josh ● a London Dobovie. How many points did ● b Oxford it win? ● c Cambridge Josh sang for ● a 100 Europe, but ● b 10 how many ●c0 points did The Deepwater Horizon he get? oil platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. How Which country many barrels of oil were won the most estimated to have leaked Gold medals in into the sea before the flow the 2010 Winter was stemmed? Olympics? ● a 100,000 barrels ● a United States ● b 4.9 million barrels ● b Sweden ● c 1.2 million barrels ● c Canada Furious Naomi Campbell Who won best male actor in stormed out of an interview last year’s BAFTAs? after it was alleged she had ● a Jeremy Renner – The Hurt received what? Locker ● a Blood diamonds ● b Alfred Molina – An Education ● b A stolen gold ingot ● c Colin Firth – A Single Man ● c Suitcase of laundered cash
2
6
April
7
February
With a ‘hung parliament’ in the General Election, David Cameron formed a Conservative coalition with the Lib Dems. Where did party leaders ‘Nick and Dave’ hold their first official press conference? ● a The Honeysuckle Garden ● b The Cherry Blossom Garden ● c The Rose Garden
What percentage of votes did the Liberal Democrats win in the General Election? ● a 27 per cent ● b 42 per cent ● c 36 per cent
10
piCS: GETTY iMAGES, REX FEATURES And iTV
3
8
4 108
Whos w
YOURS
YOUR105-108-9 quiz.indd 108
EVERY FORTniGHT
17/12/10 15:29:52