Big Quiz of the Year: 2007

Questions

What nickname was used by the media for the senior policeman in charge of the Cash for Honours investigation?
What country celebrated on August 15th 2007 its 60th anniversary of independence from British rule?
The perfume brand 'Mwah' was launched in 2007 by which 'celebrity'?
Which famous aviator and adventurer went missing over the Nevada Desert in September 2007?
In June 2007 the Millennium Dome re-opened under what name?
At the end of 2007 how many England Premiership football (soccer) clubs were foreign owned?
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?
Which movie star left the much publicized 'rude pig' phone message for his twelve year old daughter?
In what significant UK location was the August 2007 Climate Change Camp sited?
Intensive British forces operations in Afghanistan through 2007 were centred in which province?
In May 2007 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the biggest what in history to date?
Who resigned as World Bank President after failing to disprove allegations of his nepotism?
Who resigned as England cricket coach after the 2007 Ashes series 5-0 defeat?
The 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?
The Kate Moss Collection was launched by what store chain?
Which corporation bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240m?
Shinzo Abe resigned in September 2007 as prime minister of which country?
Which Bollywood actor was at the centre of the 2007 Big Brother TV Show racism uproar?
In what US city did Barack Obama announce his presidential candidacy in February 2007?
Which northern England city was flooded by torrential rain on on 25 June 2007?
Monks featured strongly in the September protests in which country?
Which world champion 400m runner successfully overturned her Olympic Games ban for missing drug tests?
Who was charged with fraud when he reappeared five years after going missing in a canoe off the Cleveland coast?
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%?
What Richard Dawkins' book attracted huge popularity and controversy throughout 2007?
Which organization announced euphemistically it would 'transition' its modestly performing '360' social networking website?
Garments of which famous clothes label were found being made by child labour in India in October 2007?
What was the village and laboratory site name connected with the August 2007 foot-and-mouth desease outbreak near Guildford in Surrey?
Which major city switched off its lights for an hour on the evening of 31 March 2007 as a political statement about climate change?
Which former newspaper owner and business mogul was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for fraud in December 2007?
Blake Fielder-Civil achieved notoriety as whose errant husband?
Which Formula One racing team was expelled from the 2007 Constructors Championship for spying on a competitor?
Clarence Mitchell was appointed media spokesman for whom in September 2007?
What remarkable sale price did Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull achieve?
Who became the new French president in 2007?
Whose secret donations of over half a million pounds caused a big problem for the Labour Party when they were exposed in November 2007?
Who made this amusing statement: "I have expressed a degree of regret that may be equated with an apology..." ?
What was the name of the Space Shuttle which launched on June 8th 2007?
Which rapper cancelled his UK tour when refused entry to the country?
Speculation towards the end of 2007 suggested that Rupert Murdoch's News International Group was in discussion to buy what significant business networking website?
What film won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Picture?
Following an Ofcom investigation which TV company was judged in September 2007 to be the worst offending in the premium line phone-in scandals?
Which country won the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup?
Who became the 2007 Formula One World Driver's Champion in October?
What month in 2007 did Tony Blair depart as UK prime minister?
The iPhone was launched by which company?
What was the Blue Peter cat name voted by viewers but substituted by the production staff because it was not considered 'suitable'?
In what Sudan city was Gillian Gibbons imprisoned for the blasphemous naming of a teddy bear incident?
What was Paris Hilton's offence for which she was sentenced to 45 days in prison?
Who became respectively First and Second Ministers of the 2007 power-sharing Northern Irish Assembly?
Cristina Kirchner became the first elected woman president of which country?
Which zoot-suited jazz musician died in July 2007?
Donald Tusk replaced a twin to become prime minister of which country?
Who was the BBC reporter kidnapped in the Gaza Strip and later released in July 2007?
The fifth Harry Potter film released in July 2007 is called what?
Which psychiatrist and host of BBC Radio 4's In the Psychiatrist's Chair died in October 2007?
Which country won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest?
Who suspended the constitution in Pakistan in November 2007?
Representatives of which army drew huge crowds at the British Museum when first appearing in September 2007?
In Chinese astrology, 2007 was the year of the what animal?
Who suggested that Gordon Brown had transformed from Stalin to Mr Bean?
Who was the heroic baggage handler at the attempted Glasgow airport car-bombing?
What month in 2007 was the smoking ban in England introduced?
Which 2007 convicted celebrity drunkard is nicknamed Lilo?
What city hosted the 2007 World Athletics Championships?
It was announced in April 2007 that Lord Justice Scott Baker would replace Baroness Butler-Sloss in what position?
What Cumbrian town was used as a 2007 pilot for the digital TV switch-over?
On which Indonesian island was the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2007?
Which company was found officially responsible for the Suffolk Bird Flu outbreak in February 2007?
Whose video called 'Falling Down' was banned on TV?
Which former politician and convicted perjurer was appointed in November 2007 to lead a prison reform task force for the Conservative Party?
Who made the highly critical documentry film Sicko, about the US healthcare system?
Faye Turney became famous as a member of which of the services?
Which country's victory at Wembley in November 2007 put the home nation out of the European Cup?
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?
Which past leader of Russia died in April 2007?
Who won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental work including the controversial film An Inconvenient Truth?
Who was appointed new England soccer manager in December 2007?
What two countries joined the European Union on 1st January 2007?
What video game was banned in 2007 for its "...unremitting bleakness and callousness..." ?
Adam Applegarth presided over what controversial corporation?
What was increased to 18 on 1st October 2007 in England and Wales?
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?
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?
Name the England soccer manager sacked by the FA in November 2007?

Questions & Answers

What nickname was used by the media for the senior policeman in charge of the Cash for Honours investigation?

Yates of the Yard
What country celebrated on August 15th 2007 its 60th anniversary of independence from British rule?

India
The perfume brand 'Mwah' was launched in 2007 by which 'celebrity'?

Channelle Hayes
Which famous aviator and adventurer went missing over the Nevada Desert in September 2007?

Steve Fosset
In June 2007 the Millennium Dome re-opened under what name?

O2
At the end of 2007 how many England Premiership football (soccer) clubs were foreign owned?

Nine
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 cannabis
Which movie star left the much publicized 'rude pig' phone message for his twelve year old daughter?

Alec Baldwin
In what significant UK location was the August 2007 Climate Change Camp sited?

Heathrow Airport
Intensive British forces operations in Afghanistan through 2007 were centred in which province?

Helmand
In May 2007 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the biggest what in history to date?

Charitable donation
Who resigned as World Bank President after failing to disprove allegations of his nepotism?

Paul Wolfowitz
Who resigned as England cricket coach after the 2007 Ashes series 5-0 defeat?

Duncan Fletcher
The 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 Benefit
The Kate Moss Collection was launched by what store chain?

Top Shop
Which corporation bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240m?

Microsoft
Shinzo Abe resigned in September 2007 as prime minister of which country?

Japan
Which Bollywood actor was at the centre of the 2007 Big Brother TV Show racism uproar?

Shilpa Shetty
In what US city did Barack Obama announce his presidential candidacy in February 2007?

Springfield
Which northern England city was flooded by torrential rain on on 25 June 2007?

Hull
Monks featured strongly in the September protests in which country?

Burma
Which world champion 400m runner successfully overturned her Olympic Games ban for missing drug tests?

Christine Ohuruogu
Who was charged with fraud when he reappeared five years after going missing in a canoe off the Cleveland coast?

John Darwin
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 andAfghanistan
What Richard Dawkins' book attracted huge popularity and controversy throughout 2007?

The God Delusion
Which organization announced euphemistically it would 'transition' its modestly performing '360' social networking website?

Yahoo
Garments of which famous clothes label were found being made by child labour in India in October 2007?

Gap
What was the village and laboratory site name connected with the August 2007 foot-and-mouth desease outbreak near Guildford in Surrey?

Pirbright
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
Which former newspaper owner and business mogul was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for fraud in December 2007?

Conrad Black
Blake Fielder-Civil achieved notoriety as whose errant husband?

Amy Winehouse
Which Formula One racing team was expelled from the 2007 Constructors Championship for spying on a competitor?

McLaren
Clarence Mitchell was appointed media spokesman for whom in September 2007?

Gerry and Kate McCann
What remarkable sale price did Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull achieve?

£50m
Who became the new French president in 2007?

Nicolas Sarkozy
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
Who made this amusing statement: "I have expressed a degree of regret that may be equated with an apology..." ?

Des Browne
What was the name of the Space Shuttle which launched on June 8th 2007?

Atlantis
Which rapper cancelled his UK tour when refused entry to the country?

Snoop Dog
Speculation towards the end of 2007 suggested that Rupert Murdoch's News International Group was in discussion to buy what significant business networking website?

Linkedin.com
What film won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Picture?

The Departed
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
Which country won the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup?

Germany
Who became the 2007 Formula One World Driver's Champion in October?

Kimi Raikkonen
What month in 2007 did Tony Blair depart as UK prime minister?

June
The iPhone was launched by which company?

Apple
What was the Blue Peter cat name voted by viewers but substituted by the production staff because it was not considered 'suitable'?

Cookie
In what Sudan city was Gillian Gibbons imprisoned for the blasphemous naming of a teddy bear incident?

Khartoum
What was Paris Hilton's offence for which she was sentenced to 45 days in prison?

Driving while banned
Who became respectively First and Second Ministers of the 2007 power-sharing Northern Irish Assembly?

Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness
Cristina Kirchner became the first elected woman president of which country?

Argentina
Which zoot-suited jazz musician died in July 2007?

George Melly
Donald Tusk replaced a twin to become prime minister of which country?

Poland
Who was the BBC reporter kidnapped in the Gaza Strip and later released in July 2007?

Alan Johnson
The fifth Harry Potter film released in July 2007 is called what?

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Which psychiatrist and host of BBC Radio 4's In the Psychiatrist's Chair died in October 2007?

Anthony Clare
Which country won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest?

Serbia
Who suspended the constitution in Pakistan in November 2007?

President Musharraf
Representatives of which army drew huge crowds at the British Museum when first appearing in September 2007?

The Terracotta Army
In Chinese astrology, 2007 was the year of the what animal?

Pig
Who suggested that Gordon Brown had transformed from Stalin to Mr Bean?

Vince Cable
Who was the heroic baggage handler at the attempted Glasgow airport car-bombing?

John Smeaton
What month in 2007 was the smoking ban in England introduced?

July
Which 2007 convicted celebrity drunkard is nicknamed Lilo?

Lindsay Lohan
What city hosted the 2007 World Athletics Championships?

Osaka
It was announced in April 2007 that Lord Justice Scott Baker would replace Baroness Butler-Sloss in what position?

Coroner at the inquests into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed
What Cumbrian town was used as a 2007 pilot for the digital TV switch-over?

Whitehaven
On which Indonesian island was the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2007?

Bali
Which company was found officially responsible for the Suffolk Bird Flu outbreak in February 2007?

Bernard Matthews
Whose video called 'Falling Down' was banned on TV?

Duran Duran
Which former politician and convicted perjurer was appointed in November 2007 to lead a prison reform task force for the Conservative Party?

Jonathan Aitken
Who made the highly critical documentry film Sicko, about the US healthcare system?

Michael Moore
Faye Turney became famous as a member of which of the services?

Royal Navy
Which country's victory at Wembley in November 2007 put the home nation out of the European Cup?

Croatia
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
Which past leader of Russia died in April 2007?

Boris Yeltsin
Who won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental work including the controversial film An Inconvenient Truth?

Al Gore
Who was appointed new England soccer manager in December 2007?

Fabio Capello
What two countries joined the European Union on 1st January 2007?

Romania and Bulgaria
What video game was banned in 2007 for its "...unremitting bleakness and callousness..." ?

Manhunt 2
Adam Applegarth presided over what controversial corporation?

Northern Rock
What was increased to 18 on 1st October 2007 in England and Wales?

Legal age for purchasing tobacco
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
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
Name the England soccer manager sacked by the FA in November 2007?

Steve McLaren

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