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   Questions relate to things reported in the UK media in 2000.

1.  A grand-daughter of a famous writer, who appeared stark naked in a poster ad for perfume and drew a record number of complaints ?

 

Sophie Dahl

2.  Which supermodel pleaded guilty to assaulting her assistant ?

 

Naomi Campbell

3.  Published this year and nominated for a prize at the 11th Annual Book Awards, what is the title of Sir Alex Ferguson’s autobiography ?

 

Managing My Life

4.  Which 79 year old Star Trek actor was in ante-natal classes ?

 

James Doohan

5.  In February, which Royal was named as a debtor by a building firm that had been forced into receivership ?

 

Prince Edward

6.  Which UK airport experienced the Afghan Airlines hijack crisis ?

 

Stansted

7.  Which pop star & art connoisseur was on board a Kenyan-bound BA jumbo that almost crashed due to the actions of a lunatic?

 

Brian Ferry

8.  Which basque World Cup winner was been threatened by ETA ?

 

(Bixente) Lizarazu

9.  With which drink did Noel Gallagher toast the birth of his daughter, Anais; was it A. Drambuie, B. Guinness, or C. Jack Daniels ?

 

Guinness

10.  Which advertising guru paid £150,000 for Tracy Emin’s ‘soiled bed’ ?

 

Charles Saatchi

11.  Lead singer with Travis, who said: "They say that liquid paraffin is the best cure for constipation, but I think winning a Brit award comes close." ?

 

Fran Healy

12.  Who was the lady that won £1m on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ ?

 

Judith Keppel

13.  Who lost a Court case in which a judge held there was truth in an advert that branded them "expensive bastards" ?

 

British Airways

14.  Jonathan Shalit was sacked in 2000, he had both ‘discovered’ and helped propel to fame which individual ?

 

Charlotte Church

15.  Who was the House of Commons' new speaker ?

Michael Martin

16.  Which European leader went to No2 in his country's singles chart with the words: "Get me a bottle of beer or I'm going to go on strike here"?

 

Gerhard Schröder

17.  Which ‘castle’ in Scotland was visited by Madonna & Guy Ritchie ?

 

Skibo

18.  Who sought to make amends, saying "We are asking pardon for attitudes of mistrust and hostility assumed towards followers of other religions" ?

 

Pope (John Paul II)

19.  What was the name of Zoe Ball’s baby boy ?

Woody

20.  Which newspaper mounted a campaign against the Act of Settlement, the old law which, inter alia, prevents a Catholic from coming to the throne ?

 

(The) Guardian

21.  What was the specialism of the innocent woman doctor who was harassed by a violent (and stupid) mob in Wales in August 2000 ?

Paediatrics

22.  Who said, "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully" ?

 

George W. Bush

23.  A pop-eyed pug dog was the first to take up a pet passport, named after a character in The Lord of the Rings, what is he called ? (both names)

 

Frodo Baggins

24.  Who, according to a leaked medical report had “developed difficulty in shaving without cutting himself" ?

 

(General) Pinochet

25.  Who said “I haven’t made a secret of being a child of the 60s.  I tried marijuana, didn’t like it particularly.  And, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale.” ?

Mo Mowlam

26.  The face of Christ was apparently there to be seen in aerial photographs of the pitch at which South London soccer ground ?

Selhurst Park

27.  Which pop group made a movie that bombed - despite a glitzy Cannes premiere - taking an average of just £500 per cinema in the UK ?

 

All Saints

28.  What is the Christian name of Jamie Oliver’s former childhood sweetheart whom he married earlier this year ?

 

Juliette or ‘Jools’

29.  It sold all of 451 copies in its first week.  Entitled “Fools Rush In” which female British celebrity’s autobiography is it ?

 

Anthea Turner

30.  Who admitted splurging his money on flowers and then sold off his clothes for charity ?

Elton John

 

 

 

 

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