GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ: THE YEAR 2007
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:12 pmQ1 Which past leader of Russia died in April 2007? BORIS YELTSIN
Q2 Which 2007 convicted celebrity drunkard is nicknamed Lilo? LINDSAY LOHAN
Q3 What month in 2007 was the smoking ban in England introduced? JULY 1ST
Q4 Who was the heroic baggage handler at the attempted Glasgow airport car-bombing? JOHN SMEATON
Q5 Who suggested that Gordon Brown had transformed from Stalin to Mr Bean? VINCE CABLE
Q6 In Chinese astrology, 2007 was the year of the what animal? PIG
Q7 Representatives of which army drew huge crowds at the British Museum when first appearing in September 2007? THE TERRACOTTA ARMY
Q8 Who suspended the constitution in Pakistan in November 2007? PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
Q9 Which country won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest? SERBIA
Q10 Which psychiatrist and host of BBC Radio 4's In the Psychiatrist's Chair died in October 2007? ANTHONY CLARE
Q11 Who became the 2007 Formula One World Driver's Champion in October? KIMI RAIKKONEN
Q12 Who was the BBC reporter kidnapped in the Gaza Strip and later released in July 2007? ALAN JOHNSON
Q13 Donald Tusk replaced a twin to become prime minister of which country? POLAND
Q14 Which zoot-suited jazz musician died in July 2007? GEORGE MELLY
Q15 Cristina Kirchner became the first elected woman president of which country? ARGENTINA
Q16 Who became respectively First and Second Ministers of the 2007 power-sharing Northern Irish Assembly? IAN PAISLEY AND MARTIN MCGUINESS
Q17 What was Paris Hilton's offence for which she was sentenced to 45 days in prison? DRIVING WHILE BANNED
Q18 In what Sudan city was Gillian Gibbons imprisoned for the blasphemous naming of a teddy bear incident? KHARTOUM
Q19 What was the Blue Peter cat name voted by viewers but substituted by the production staff because it was not considered 'suitable'? COOKIE
Q20 The iPhone was launched by which company? APPLE
Q21 What month in 2007 did Tony Blair depart as UK prime minister? JUNE 27TH
Q22 The fifth Harry Potter film released in July 2007 is called what? ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Q23 Name the England soccer manager sacked by the FA in November 2007? STEVE MCLAREN
Q24 Which severely injured soldier defied his negligible survival chances and featured strongly in the 2007 campaign to improve compensation for seriously wounded armed forces personnel? BEN PARKINSON
Q25 Which England rugby player was controversially denied a try in the 2007 World Cup final against South Africa because his foot was deemed to have been in touch before grounding the ball? MARK CUETO
Q26 What was increased to 18 on 1st October 2007 in England and Wales? LEGAL AGE FOR PURCASSING TOBACCO
Q27 Adam Applegarth presided over what controversial corporation? NORTHERN ROCK
Q28 What video game was banned in 2007 for its "...unremitting bleakness and callousness..." ? MANHUNT 2
Q29 What two countries joined the European Union on 1st January 2007? ROMANIA AND BULGARIA
Q30 Who was appointed new England soccer manager in December 2007? FABIO CAPELLO
Q31 Who won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental work including the controversial film An Inconvenient Truth? AL GORE
Q32 What city hosted the 2007 World Athletics Championships? OSAKA JAPAN
Q33 Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, previous founders of Kazaa and Skype, launched their new video and TV show distribution website in October 2007 called what? JOOST.COM
Q34 Which country's victory at Wembley in November 2007 put the home nation out of the European Cup? CROATIA
Q35 Faye Turney became famous as a member of which of the services? ROYAL NAVY
Q36 Who made the highly critical documentry film Sicko, about the US healthcare system? MICHAEL MOORE
Q37 Which former politician and convicted perjurer was appointed in November 2007 to lead a prison reform task force for the Conservative Party? JONATHON AITKEN
Q38 Whose video called 'Falling Down' was banned on British TV? DURAN DURAN
Q39 Which company was found officially responsible for the Suffolk Bird Flu outbreak in February 2007? BERNARD MATHEWS
Q40 On which Indonesian island was the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2007? BALI
Q41 What Cumbrian town was used as a 2007 pilot for the digital TV switch-over? WHITE HAVEN
Q42 It was announced in April 2007 that Lord Justice Scott Baker would replace Baroness Butler-Sloss in what position? CORONER INTO THE INQUESTS OF DIANA AND DODI'S DEATHS
Q43 What remarkable sale price did Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull achieve? 50 MILLION POUND
Q44 Which world champion 400m runner successfully overturned her Olympic Games ban for missing drug tests? CHRISTINE OHURUOGU
Q45 Monks featured strongly in the September protests in which country? BURMA
Q46 Which northern England city was flooded by torrential rain on on 25 June 2007? HULL
Q47 In what US city did Barack Obama announce his presidential candidacy in February 2007? SPRINGFIELD
Q48 Which Bollywood actor was at the centre of the 2007 Big Brother TV Show racism uproar? SHILPA SHETTY
Q49 Shinzo Abe resigned in September 2007 as prime minister of which country? JAPAN
Q50 Which corporation bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240m? MICROSOFT
Q51 The Kate Moss Collection was launched by what store chain? TOP SHOP
Q52The two CDs lost by the UK department HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) contained personal details of 20m people relating to claims of what? CHILD BENEFITS
Q53 Who resigned as England cricket coach after the 2007 Ashes series 5-0 defeat? DUNCAN FLETCHER
Q54 What nickname was used by the media for the senior policeman in charge of the Cash for Honours investigation? YATES OF THE YARD
Q55 In May 2007 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the biggest what in history to date? $10BILLION CHARITABLE DONATION TO MIDDLE EAST EDUCATION
Q56 Intensive British forces operations in Afghanistan through 2007 were centred in which province? HELMAND
Q57 In what significant UK location was the August 2007 Climate Change Camp sited? HEATHROW AIRPORT
Q58 Which movie star left the much publicized 'rude pig' phone message for his twelve year old daughter? ALEC BALDWIN
Q59 In a bizarre 2007 confessional frenzy, Ruth Kelly, Jacqui Smith, Harriet Harman, Hazel Blears and Alistair Darling where among several British government ministers to make what admission? USING CANABIS
Q60 At the end of 2007 how many England Premiereship football (soccer) clubs were foreign owned? EIGHT
Q61 In June 2007 the Millennium Dome re-opened under what name? O2
Q62 Which famous aviator and adventurer went missing over the Nevada Desert in September 2007? STEVE FOSSETT
Q63 The perfume brand 'Mwah' was launched in 2007 by which 'celebrity'? CHANNELLE HAYES
Q64 What country celebrated on August 15th 2007 its 60th anniversary of independence from British rule? INDIA
Q65 Who resigned as World Bank President after failing to disprove allegations of his nepotism? PAUL WOLFOWITZ
Q66 Which country won the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup? GERMANY
Q67 Following an Ofcom investigation which TV company was judged in September 2007 to be the worst offending in the premium line phone-in scandals? GMTV
Q68 What film won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Picture? THE DEPARTED
Q69 Speculation towards the end of 2007 suggested that Rupert Murdoch's News International Group was in discussion to buy what significant business networking website? LINKDIN.COM
Q70 Which rapper cancelled his UK tour when refused entry to the country? SNOOP DOG
Q71 What was the name of the Space Shuttle which launched on June 8th 2007? ATLANTIS
Q72 Who made this amusing statement: "I have expressed a degree of regret that may be equated with an apology..." ? DES BROWNE
Q73 Whose secret donations of over half a million pounds caused a big problem for the Labour Party when they were exposed in November 2007? DAVID ABRAHAMS
Q74 Who became the new French president in 2007? NICOLAS SARKOZY
Q75 Who was charged with fraud when he reappeared five years after going missing in a canoe off the Cleveland coast? JOHN DARWIN
Q76 Clarence Mitchell was appointed media spokesman for whom in September 2007? GERRY AND KATE MCCANN.....PARENTS OF MISSING CHILD MADDIE
Q77 Which Formula One racing team was expelled from the 2007 Constructors Championship for spying on a competitor? MC LAREN
Q78 Blake Fielder-Civil achieved notoriety as whose errant husband? AMY WINEHOUSE
Q79 Which former newspaper owner and business mogul was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for fraud in December 2007? CONRAD BLACK
Q80 Which major city switched off its lights for an hour on the evening of 31 March 2007 as a political statement about climate change? SYDNEY
Q81 What was the village and laboratory site name connected with the August 2007 foot-and-mouth desease outbreak near Guildford in Surrey? PIRBRIGHT
Q82 Garments of which famous clothes label were found being made by child labour in India in October 2007? GAP
Q83 Which organization announced euphemistically it would 'transition' its modestly performing '360' social networking website? YAHOO
Q84 What Richard Dawkins' book attracted huge popularity and controversy throughout 2007? THE GOD DELUSION
Q85 In 2007 according to World Health Organization statistics what are the only two non-African countries with an under-five infant mortality rate of more than 10%? IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Q2 Which 2007 convicted celebrity drunkard is nicknamed Lilo? LINDSAY LOHAN
Q3 What month in 2007 was the smoking ban in England introduced? JULY 1ST
Q4 Who was the heroic baggage handler at the attempted Glasgow airport car-bombing? JOHN SMEATON
Q5 Who suggested that Gordon Brown had transformed from Stalin to Mr Bean? VINCE CABLE
Q6 In Chinese astrology, 2007 was the year of the what animal? PIG
Q7 Representatives of which army drew huge crowds at the British Museum when first appearing in September 2007? THE TERRACOTTA ARMY
Q8 Who suspended the constitution in Pakistan in November 2007? PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
Q9 Which country won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest? SERBIA
Q10 Which psychiatrist and host of BBC Radio 4's In the Psychiatrist's Chair died in October 2007? ANTHONY CLARE
Q11 Who became the 2007 Formula One World Driver's Champion in October? KIMI RAIKKONEN
Q12 Who was the BBC reporter kidnapped in the Gaza Strip and later released in July 2007? ALAN JOHNSON
Q13 Donald Tusk replaced a twin to become prime minister of which country? POLAND
Q14 Which zoot-suited jazz musician died in July 2007? GEORGE MELLY
Q15 Cristina Kirchner became the first elected woman president of which country? ARGENTINA
Q16 Who became respectively First and Second Ministers of the 2007 power-sharing Northern Irish Assembly? IAN PAISLEY AND MARTIN MCGUINESS
Q17 What was Paris Hilton's offence for which she was sentenced to 45 days in prison? DRIVING WHILE BANNED
Q18 In what Sudan city was Gillian Gibbons imprisoned for the blasphemous naming of a teddy bear incident? KHARTOUM
Q19 What was the Blue Peter cat name voted by viewers but substituted by the production staff because it was not considered 'suitable'? COOKIE
Q20 The iPhone was launched by which company? APPLE
Q21 What month in 2007 did Tony Blair depart as UK prime minister? JUNE 27TH
Q22 The fifth Harry Potter film released in July 2007 is called what? ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Q23 Name the England soccer manager sacked by the FA in November 2007? STEVE MCLAREN
Q24 Which severely injured soldier defied his negligible survival chances and featured strongly in the 2007 campaign to improve compensation for seriously wounded armed forces personnel? BEN PARKINSON
Q25 Which England rugby player was controversially denied a try in the 2007 World Cup final against South Africa because his foot was deemed to have been in touch before grounding the ball? MARK CUETO
Q26 What was increased to 18 on 1st October 2007 in England and Wales? LEGAL AGE FOR PURCASSING TOBACCO
Q27 Adam Applegarth presided over what controversial corporation? NORTHERN ROCK
Q28 What video game was banned in 2007 for its "...unremitting bleakness and callousness..." ? MANHUNT 2
Q29 What two countries joined the European Union on 1st January 2007? ROMANIA AND BULGARIA
Q30 Who was appointed new England soccer manager in December 2007? FABIO CAPELLO
Q31 Who won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental work including the controversial film An Inconvenient Truth? AL GORE
Q32 What city hosted the 2007 World Athletics Championships? OSAKA JAPAN
Q33 Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, previous founders of Kazaa and Skype, launched their new video and TV show distribution website in October 2007 called what? JOOST.COM
Q34 Which country's victory at Wembley in November 2007 put the home nation out of the European Cup? CROATIA
Q35 Faye Turney became famous as a member of which of the services? ROYAL NAVY
Q36 Who made the highly critical documentry film Sicko, about the US healthcare system? MICHAEL MOORE
Q37 Which former politician and convicted perjurer was appointed in November 2007 to lead a prison reform task force for the Conservative Party? JONATHON AITKEN
Q38 Whose video called 'Falling Down' was banned on British TV? DURAN DURAN
Q39 Which company was found officially responsible for the Suffolk Bird Flu outbreak in February 2007? BERNARD MATHEWS
Q40 On which Indonesian island was the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2007? BALI
Q41 What Cumbrian town was used as a 2007 pilot for the digital TV switch-over? WHITE HAVEN
Q42 It was announced in April 2007 that Lord Justice Scott Baker would replace Baroness Butler-Sloss in what position? CORONER INTO THE INQUESTS OF DIANA AND DODI'S DEATHS
Q43 What remarkable sale price did Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull achieve? 50 MILLION POUND
Q44 Which world champion 400m runner successfully overturned her Olympic Games ban for missing drug tests? CHRISTINE OHURUOGU
Q45 Monks featured strongly in the September protests in which country? BURMA
Q46 Which northern England city was flooded by torrential rain on on 25 June 2007? HULL
Q47 In what US city did Barack Obama announce his presidential candidacy in February 2007? SPRINGFIELD
Q48 Which Bollywood actor was at the centre of the 2007 Big Brother TV Show racism uproar? SHILPA SHETTY
Q49 Shinzo Abe resigned in September 2007 as prime minister of which country? JAPAN
Q50 Which corporation bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240m? MICROSOFT
Q51 The Kate Moss Collection was launched by what store chain? TOP SHOP
Q52The two CDs lost by the UK department HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) contained personal details of 20m people relating to claims of what? CHILD BENEFITS
Q53 Who resigned as England cricket coach after the 2007 Ashes series 5-0 defeat? DUNCAN FLETCHER
Q54 What nickname was used by the media for the senior policeman in charge of the Cash for Honours investigation? YATES OF THE YARD
Q55 In May 2007 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the biggest what in history to date? $10BILLION CHARITABLE DONATION TO MIDDLE EAST EDUCATION
Q56 Intensive British forces operations in Afghanistan through 2007 were centred in which province? HELMAND
Q57 In what significant UK location was the August 2007 Climate Change Camp sited? HEATHROW AIRPORT
Q58 Which movie star left the much publicized 'rude pig' phone message for his twelve year old daughter? ALEC BALDWIN
Q59 In a bizarre 2007 confessional frenzy, Ruth Kelly, Jacqui Smith, Harriet Harman, Hazel Blears and Alistair Darling where among several British government ministers to make what admission? USING CANABIS
Q60 At the end of 2007 how many England Premiereship football (soccer) clubs were foreign owned? EIGHT
Q61 In June 2007 the Millennium Dome re-opened under what name? O2
Q62 Which famous aviator and adventurer went missing over the Nevada Desert in September 2007? STEVE FOSSETT
Q63 The perfume brand 'Mwah' was launched in 2007 by which 'celebrity'? CHANNELLE HAYES
Q64 What country celebrated on August 15th 2007 its 60th anniversary of independence from British rule? INDIA
Q65 Who resigned as World Bank President after failing to disprove allegations of his nepotism? PAUL WOLFOWITZ
Q66 Which country won the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup? GERMANY
Q67 Following an Ofcom investigation which TV company was judged in September 2007 to be the worst offending in the premium line phone-in scandals? GMTV
Q68 What film won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Picture? THE DEPARTED
Q69 Speculation towards the end of 2007 suggested that Rupert Murdoch's News International Group was in discussion to buy what significant business networking website? LINKDIN.COM
Q70 Which rapper cancelled his UK tour when refused entry to the country? SNOOP DOG
Q71 What was the name of the Space Shuttle which launched on June 8th 2007? ATLANTIS
Q72 Who made this amusing statement: "I have expressed a degree of regret that may be equated with an apology..." ? DES BROWNE
Q73 Whose secret donations of over half a million pounds caused a big problem for the Labour Party when they were exposed in November 2007? DAVID ABRAHAMS
Q74 Who became the new French president in 2007? NICOLAS SARKOZY
Q75 Who was charged with fraud when he reappeared five years after going missing in a canoe off the Cleveland coast? JOHN DARWIN
Q76 Clarence Mitchell was appointed media spokesman for whom in September 2007? GERRY AND KATE MCCANN.....PARENTS OF MISSING CHILD MADDIE
Q77 Which Formula One racing team was expelled from the 2007 Constructors Championship for spying on a competitor? MC LAREN
Q78 Blake Fielder-Civil achieved notoriety as whose errant husband? AMY WINEHOUSE
Q79 Which former newspaper owner and business mogul was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for fraud in December 2007? CONRAD BLACK
Q80 Which major city switched off its lights for an hour on the evening of 31 March 2007 as a political statement about climate change? SYDNEY
Q81 What was the village and laboratory site name connected with the August 2007 foot-and-mouth desease outbreak near Guildford in Surrey? PIRBRIGHT
Q82 Garments of which famous clothes label were found being made by child labour in India in October 2007? GAP
Q83 Which organization announced euphemistically it would 'transition' its modestly performing '360' social networking website? YAHOO
Q84 What Richard Dawkins' book attracted huge popularity and controversy throughout 2007? THE GOD DELUSION
Q85 In 2007 according to World Health Organization statistics what are the only two non-African countries with an under-five infant mortality rate of more than 10%? IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
