Monthly News Quiz - Sport - Freequizzes



Monthly News Quiz - Sport

May 2004

1. Who did Ronnie O’Sullivan beat in the final of the World Championship?

2. Which British boxer retained his Heavyweight crown with a points win over Julius Francis?

3. Michael Schumacher equalled whose record when he won the first five races this season?

4. The Prime Minister of which country held shares talks with Liverpool Football Club?

5. Michael Owen, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney and which other striker was named in the original Euro 2004 squad?

6. Who missed a penalty but was still on the winning side as they won 6-0 in a testimonial in his honour?

7. Which ex-Manchester United goalkeeper was sent off during the UEFA Cup Final?

8. Who was sacked as director of football at Tottenham Hotspur?

9. Which driver was on pole and won the Monaco Grand Prix?

10. Which team won Rugby’s Heineken Cup?

11. Which defending ladies French Open champion crashed out in the second round?

12. Who was the 47 year-old female who contested this years French Open but lost in the first round?

13. Who was sacked as manager of Liverpool Football Club?

14. Which horse classic did Attraction win at Newmarket?

15. Which team were crowned Champions of Europe after they won the Champions League final?

Monthly News Quiz - Entertainment

May 2004

1. The greatest guitar riff ever was voted to be which song by Guns ‘n’ Roses?’

2. Kate Beckinsale was in London for the Premiere of her new movie which is about which vampire killer?

3. Which DJ has pulled in 700,000 new listeners to the Radio One Breakfast show?

4. Which two long running American sit-coms finished?

5. Hollyoaks actress Jodi Albert is to marry which member of Westlife?

6. Who won sexiest female at the British Soap Awards for her role in Eastenders?

7. The third film of which six film series is to be called ‘Birth Of The Empire’?

8. Former Coronation Street favourite Jane Danson is to return as a lap dancer. Which character does she play?

9. Who plays the character Hector in the movie epic Troy?

10. Janet Leigh’s character murder was voted the best ever in movie history. In which film did it occur?

11. Which new film tells the story of global warming spelling doom for the planet?

12. Who is the chef in charge of television’s Hells Kitchen?

13. Which 90’s pop star is to play Rose Tyler in the new Dr Who series?

14. Which blonde pop beauty is to play Daisy Duke in the new Dukes of Hazzard movie?

15. How many housemates entered the Big Brother 5 house?

Monthly News Quiz – Home News

May 2004

1. Which Mediterranean island has been mixed up with Crete on a set of new Irish stamps commemorating the enlarged EU?

2. The wife of which Arsenal midfielder wanted a divorce settlement of £400,000 a year and a £250,000 lump sum?

3. What is the name of the new sex drug that does in ten minutes what Viagra does in an hour?

4. In which city did a plastics factory explosion leave several dead?

5. Which newspaper editor quit his post due to fake torture pictures?

6. Which leading British resort is to ban deck chairs?

7. 14,000 women walked through London in their bras to raise £4 million for charities concerning which cancer?

8. Which 53 year old former Royal correspondent has been handed a honorary degree at Warwick University?

9. The flying squad foiled the theft of money and gold worth upto £100 million at which airport?

10. Who started his new job as Chairman of the BBC?

11. Who won the coveted title of Rear of the Year 2004?

12. Which singer and mother of two said, ‘The time is right to move to Madrid’?

13. At which amusement park did 81 students ride a rollercoaster naked?

14. Which Royal injured his back whilst playing polo?

15. Which Building Society is to sponsor the Mercury Music prize?

Monthly News Quiz – World News

May 2004

1. Which 21 year old American tennis player saved seven people from a burning hotel?

2. How many new states joined the EU on May 1st?

3. Which supermodel gave birth to Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore’s daughter?

4. After which fruit has Gwyneth Paltrow named her baby daughter?

5. Which state in America passed a law to allow same sex marriages?

6. Geologists have added a new period to the official calendar of Earths history. What is the period called?

7. Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest?

8. Which terminally ill cancer sufferer conquered her biggest challenge in her charity bike ride as she rode up a 6,000 foot mountain in the French Alps?

9. Which city is London’s main rival in the race to host the 2012 Olympic Games?

10. Which singer has axed three gigs in Israel after terrorist threatened to kill her and her kids?

11. A terminal in an airport in which city collapsed killing five people?

12. Which Oscar winning actress has told how she might offer her body to any date who is prepared to father her child?

13. Which Queen of Pop came back to regain her crown with her Re-Invention tour in Los Angeles?

14. At the Harry Potter New York Premiere Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry, danced away with Emma Watson. Which character does Emma play?

15. Whose child abuse case has been set for September 13th?

Monthly News Quiz - Headlines

May 2004

1 It’s the ender of Dirty Old _______ (Den, Alfie, Leslie)

Daily Star – Monday 3rd

2 __________ catalogue of torture (America’s, UK’s, Iraq’s)

Times – Wednesday 5th

3 Maxine Carr to live in _________ (Norway, Sweden, Finland)

Daily Star – Thursday 6th

4 Treated like a _____ by US Guards (Cat, Rat, Dog)

Daily Telegraph – Friday 7th

5 Police to quiz ____ on ‘wife beating’ (David, Lee, Paul)

Daily Express – Monday 10th

6 Power Bills up ______ (50%, 30%, 20%)

Daily Express – Tuesday 11th

7 Sorry We Were _________ (Wrong, Stupid, Hoaxed)

Daily Mirror – Saturday 15th

8 Fairy Tale romance ____ weds her prince (Australian, American, Canadian)

Daily Telegraph – Saturday 15th

9 The end of _____ pay (Maternity, Severance, Sick)

Daily Express – Monday 17th

10 ______ flour bomb hits Blair (Pink, Blue, Purple)

Daily Telegraph – Thursday 20th

11 Windsor Castle intruder is pal of _______ (Williams, Charles, Andrews)

Daily Express – Saturday 22nd

12 Well Kill _________ (Britney, Maxine, Madonna)

The Sun – Monday 24th

13 Baby boy born from sperm frozen for ___ years (10, 21, 25)

Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 25th

14 ____: Lay Off My Family (Charles, Becks, Posh)

Daily Mirror – Wednesday 26th

15 Racing is fixed say _________ (Corals, Ladbrokes, Hills)

The Sun – Saturday 29th

Monthly News Quiz - Jackpots

1. The Harry Potter new movie open in New York but who plays Harry Potter?

Ron Weasley Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint

2. In which year did Gerard Houllier begin his managerial career at Liverpool?

1996 1998 2000

3. Who was the first housemate in the Big Brother house this series?

Marco Victor Jason

Monthly News Quiz – Tie-Break

How many runs did England score in the 2nd innings of the 1st test against New Zealand?

Monthly News Quiz - Answers

sport

1 Graeme dott

2 Audley harrison

3 nigel mansell

4 thailand

5 DARIUS VASSELL

6 martin keown

7 fabien barthez

8 david pleat

9 jarno trulli

10 wasps

11 justine henin-hardenne

12 martina navratilova

13 gerard houllier

14 1000 guineas

15 fc porto

ENTERTAINMENT

1. sweet child o’mine

2. van helsing

3. chris moyles

4. friends and frazier

5. kian egan

6. jessie wallace

7. star wars

8. leanne battersby

9. eric bana

10. psycho

11. the day after tomorrow

12. gordon ramsey

13. billie piper

14. jessica simpson

15. twelve

home news

1. cyprus

2. ray parlour

3. levitra

4. glasgow

5. piers morgan

6. blackpool

7. breast

8. jennie bond

9. heathrow

10. michael grade

11. alex best

12. victoria beckham

13. thorpe park

14. prince charles

15. nationwide

WORLD NEWS

1. andy roddick

2. ten

3. heidi klum

4. apple

5. massachusetts

6. ediacaran

7. ukraine

8. jane tomlinson

9. paris

10. madonna

11. paris

12. halle berry

13. madonna

14. hermione

15. michael jackson

HEADLINES

1. den

2. americas

3. sweden

4. dog

5. lee

6. 20%

7. hoaxed

8. australian

9. sick

10. purple

11. charles

12. madonna

13. 21

14. becks

15. ladbrokes

jackpots

1. Daniel radcliffe

2. 1998

3. marco

tie-break

282 RUNS

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