Quiz Of The Week

Jul 6 2008

1. Robert Carlyle won an Edinburgh International Film Festival award for best performance in which film?

2. Around 10,000 people marked which anniversary of the Berlin Airlift?

3. Which snack food has been declared VAT-free following a legal battle.

4. How much did Chinese businessman Zhao Danyang pay in a charity auction to have lunch with US billionaire Warren Buffet?

5. The Euro 2008 final was the last international match covered by which legendary BBC football commentator?

6. Which singer began her stint as an X Factor judge?

7. Kids get £23.4million a year from which folklore figure?

8. Disney have withdrawn 270,000 versions of which cartoon character after safety fears?

9. Who was voted Britain's favourite TV hero?

10. English Heritage are urging the Government to give which kids' TV show garden listed status?

11. Which TV chef has bought his first hotel - The York and Albany in London - for £4million?

12. Former Wimbledon golden girl Chris Evert married which golfing legend?

13. Which car giant is to sponsor Chris Tarrant's new radio show for GMG Radio?

14. Which former Tory Chancellor wants a ban on Scots MPs voting on laws which only affect England?

15. Tennis ace Andy Murray's pet border terrier Maggie suffered what injury?

16. Which vegetable can reduce the risk of prostate cancer?

17. Which 58-year-old Hollywood heart-throb was pictured dressed as a cop for his role in a new movie called Brooklyn's Finest?

18. Scots rocker Jack Bruce vowed to get which classic 60s band back together?

19. Daredevil kayaker Jesse Combes plunged 70ft down Lower Messa Falls in which US state?

20. An online campaign has been launched to allow Scotland its own entry in which music competition?

ANSWERS TO QUIZ

1. Summer. 2. The 60th. 3. Pringles. 4. £1million. 5. John Motson. 6. Cheryl Cole. 7. The tooth fairy. 8. Mickey Mouse.

9. Life On Mars' Gene Hunt. 10. Blue Peter's. 11. Gordon Ramsay. 12. Greg Norman. 13. Nissan. 14. Kenneth Clarke.

15. A wasp sting. 16. Broccoli. 17. Richard Gere. 18. Cream.

19. Idaho. 20. The Eurovision Song Contest.