{"id":68601,"date":"2023-11-30T03:15:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T03:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/?p=68601"},"modified":"2023-11-30T03:15:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T03:15:57","slug":"craig-brown-the-2023-quiz-of-the-year-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/craig-brown-the-2023-quiz-of-the-year-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"CRAIG BROWN: The 2023 Quiz Of The Year Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"
1. In March, which one of these people was banned from standing as a Labour candidate at the next general election?<\/p>\n
a) Jeremy Corbyn<\/p>\n
b) Jeremy Clarkson<\/p>\n
c) Jeremy Paxman<\/p>\n
d) Jeremy Kyle<\/p>\n
e) Jeremy Hunt<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1. In March, which one of these people was banned from standing as a Labour candidate at the next general election?<\/p>\n
2. Nigel Farage is the latest politician to appear on I’m A Celebrity. Which one of these politicians has not been on it?<\/p>\n
a) Nadine Dorries<\/p>\n
b) Edwina Currie<\/p>\n
c) Matt Hancock<\/p>\n
d) Robert Kilroy-Silk<\/p>\n
e) Jacob Rees-Mogg<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
2. Nigel Farage is the latest politician to appear on I’m A Celebrity. Which one of these politicians has not been on it?<\/p>\n
3. Recent reports revealed that Brad Pitt’s son Pax described the star in a 2020 online post as:<\/p>\n
a) ‘A pop in a million’<\/p>\n
b) ‘Not just my dad but my best friend’<\/p>\n
c) ‘The one guy in the world I love the most’<\/p>\n
d) ‘Awesome’<\/p>\n
e) ‘A f***ing awful human being’<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
3. Recent reports revealed that Brad Pitt’s son Pax described the star in a 2020 online post as what?<\/p>\n
4. Match the Desert Island castaway with their chosen book:<\/p>\n
a) Ade Edmondson<\/p>\n
b) Adam Kay<\/p>\n
c) Jeremy Bowen<\/p>\n
d) Katherine Ryan<\/p>\n
e) Stanley Tucci<\/p>\n
i) The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson<\/p>\n
ii) The Complete Novels of George Orwell<\/p>\n
iii) York Notes for the Complete Works of Shakespeare<\/p>\n
iv) Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett<\/p>\n
v) Westward Ha! by S.J. Perelman<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
4. Match the Desert Island castaway with their chosen book (Pictured Stanley Tucci)<\/p>\n
5. At the beginning of November, The Beatles released a new song. What was it called?<\/p>\n
a) Back And Forward<\/p>\n
b) Now And Then<\/p>\n
c) Up And Down<\/p>\n
d) This And That<\/p>\n
e) Home And Away<\/p>\n
6. Which person who died this year…<\/p>\n
a) Once said: ‘I suppose one grows up with a desire to murder one’s parents, but you can’t really go and do that. So I suppose I tried to murder them symbolically on stage.’<\/p>\n
b) Once served as a junior transport minister?<\/p>\n
c) Received a knighthood the day before their death?<\/p>\n
d) Appeared in all three Austin Powers movies?<\/p>\n
e) Had been the mother-in-law to the daughter of Fred Trueman?<\/p>\n
i) Raquel Welch<\/p>\n
ii) Glenda Jackson<\/p>\n
iii) Barry Humphries<\/p>\n
iv) Martin Amis<\/p>\n
v) Burt Bacharach<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
6. Which person who died this year did the following? (Pictured: Raquel Welch)<\/p>\n
7. In July, which one of these changed their name to Bannau Brycheiniog?<\/p>\n
a) The Brecon Beacons<\/p>\n
b) Billy Bragg<\/p>\n
c) The baccalaureate<\/p>\n
d) Kemi Badenoch<\/p>\n
e) The Braemar Games<\/p>\n
8. Pair these royals with their previous titles:<\/p>\n
a) Queen Camilla<\/p>\n
b) Duke of Edinburgh<\/p>\n
c) Princess of Wales<\/p>\n
d) Earl of Wessex<\/p>\n
e) Duke of Cornwall<\/p>\n
i) Earl of Wessex<\/p>\n
ii) Duchess of Cornwall<\/p>\n
iii) Viscount Severn<\/p>\n
iv) Duchess of Cambridge<\/p>\n
v) Duke of Cambridge<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
8. Pair these royals with their previous titles<\/p>\n
9. Who is Mel Stride?<\/p>\n
a) A former Spice Girl<\/p>\n
b) A former presenter of The Great British Bake-Off<\/p>\n
c) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions<\/p>\n
d) A late-night Radio 1 DJ<\/p>\n
e) A veteran U.S. talk-show host<\/p>\n
10. On This Morning, Sir Cliff Richard revealed he had turned down the opportunity of a snap of himself with Elvis Presley. What reason did he give?<\/p>\n
a) ‘I was going through a skinny phase, and I thought, if I’m having a photograph taken with him and it’s going to be hanging on my fridge, I’ve got to look good.’<\/p>\n
b) ‘I knew he’d had lots of hits and I thought, if I’m having my photograph taken with him and it’s going to be hanging on my fridge, I’d better crack America first.’<\/p>\n
c) ‘I was acutely embarrassed on his behalf that he’d never come second in the Eurovision’<\/p>\n
d) ‘He’d put on a lot of weight . . . I thought, if I’m having a photograph taken with him and it’s going to be hanging on my fridge he’s got to look good.’<\/p>\n
e) ‘No one gave me his address.’<\/p>\n
Answers: 1 a. 2 e. 3 e. 4. aiv; biii; cii; di; ev. 5 b. 6 aiii; bii; civ; dv; ei. 7 a. 8 aii; bi; civ; diii; ev. 9 c. 10 d.<\/p>\n