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(3357) 20 April 2010   Mixed

 
 
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1. It was announced yesterday that which presenter is leaving the BBC to front ITV's coverage of the football World Cup?
 
Adrian Chiles
Gary Lineker
Graham Norton
Richard Hammond

He is leaving after executives decided to replace him with Chris Evans on the Friday episode of The One Show
 

 
2. A woman has picked up which accent after being treated in hospital for a migraine attack?
 
Chinese
French
German
Scottish

Sarah Colwill originally had a West Country accent
 

 
3. British fans of which television programme are being given the chance to win a part in the show?
 
Friends
Home and Away
Neighbours
NYPD Blue

Five, which shows the Australian soap in the UK, is searching for an aspiring female actress to play Poppy Rogers, a friend of character Mal Kennedy
 

 
4. Who was engaged in a finger-pointing row with a senior member of the British National Party during a day of action in London?
 
Billy Bragg
Boris Johnson
Glenda Jackson
Joanna Lumley
 

 
5. Shay Given is the goalkeeper for which football club?
 
Bristol Rovers
Chelsea
Manchester City
Nottingham Forest

Shay celebrates his 34th birthday today
 

 
6. The BBC will broadcast a hi-tech £8 million adaptation of which classic book?
 
Just William
Now We Are Six
The Jungle Book
Treasure Island

It will be the first animated version of the famous novel since the hugely popular 1967 Disney feature film
 

 
7. London has won the right to stage the 2011 World Championships of which sport?
 
Badminton
Indoor bowls
Pool
Squash
 

 
8. HMS Albion has arrived at which port to rescue service personnel stranded because volcanic ash cloud has grounded flights?
 
Calais
Gdansk
Rotterdam
Santander
 

 
9. A man who was caught over the drinking limit in what has been banned from driving?
 
Mobility scooter
Skateboard
Toy Barbie car
Wheelbarrow

The car has a top speed of 4mph
 

 
10. On this day in which year did Billie Holiday record the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit"?
 
1935
1937
1939
1941
 

 
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