Quiz Search

Enter a keyword
News

News

 
Multiple Choice | Anagrams | Ordered Lists | Word Searches
 

(3353) 16 April 2010   Mixed

 
 
Correct answers are highlighted in blue
Add this quiz to your compilation
 
1. Gerry Rafferty released which song in 1978?
 
Baker Street
Butcher Street
Farmer Street
Grocer Street

Gerry celebrates his 63rd birthday today
 

 
2. Which store has withdrawn a padded bikini for children from sale after complaints?
 
Asda
John Lewis
Matalan
Primark
 

 
3. Footballer John Barnes is to re-record his chart-topping rap 20 years on in an advert for what?
 
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
Saturn

Mars will also be changing its packaging from black to white to reflect the England strip this summer
 

 
4. No flights were permitted in UK controlled airspace from midday yesterday because of what?
 
Heavy snow
Meteor showers
Thick fog
Volcanic ash
 

 
5. Which singer-songwriter got engaged this week to his girlfriend who is 27 years younger than him?
 
David Bowie
Eric Clapton
Paul Weller
Phil Collins
 

 
6. A survey by Auto Express magazine found which car company to be 'Best Manufacturer'?
 
Jaguar
Lexus
Skoda
Volvo

Even more impressively, it marks the seventh year in succession that the Czech manufacturer has finished in the top two
 

 
7. On this day in which year did Dr Albert Hofmann discover the psychedelic effects of LSD?
 
1937
1939
1941
1943
 

 
8. Lyddington village raised £37,000 to offer 200 homes the super-fast broadband that BT could not deliver. In which county is Lyddington?
 
Cumbria
Dorset
Kent
Rutland
 

 
9. Writing in The Times on Wednesday, who blasted David Cameron for being "ignorant" about single parents?
 
JK Rowling
John Amaechi
Martina Cole
Robert Kilroy-Silk

She said: "If his only advice (to single mums) is 'get married and we'll give you £150', he reveals himself to be completely ignorant of their situation"
 

 
10. Where will Prince William be posted if he successfully completes his RAF Search and Rescue pilot training?
 
RAF Holbeach in Lincolnshire
RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall
RAF Valley in Anglesey
RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire

The second-in-line to the throne will join 22 Squadron after his military studies are complete in September and will fly as a fully operational co-pilot in a Sea King 3A helicopter
 

 
Add this quiz to your compilation