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Quiz of the Noughties Decade - answers

23/11/2020

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Quiz of the Noughties Decade - Friday 20 November

20/11/2020

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The answers will be posted on Monday 23 November.

ROUND 9
AWARDS, MEDALS, GONGS AND OTHER GEWGAWS

Which Musical took Broadway by storm winning 13 Tony’s in 2014 as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and 6 Oliviers in 2018 when it came to the West End?
Which British Actress won the 2018 Best Actress in a Play Tony Award having won two Best Actress Oscars and a Best Actress Emmy back in the early 1970s, thus completing the American Triple Crown of Acting?
Which British Artist is the only person to have won 2 Brit Awards for Best Album in this decade, also winning 2 Brits for Best Single and 2 Grammys for Best Song of the Year which are also both unique achievements?
Name either of the Film Directors who won the Best Director Oscar twice during this decade.
Which British Actress won the Olivier for Best Actress in 2013 and the Tony for Best Actress in a Play in 2015 for her performance in The Audience?
Which British Actor, Director, Writer and TV Presenter won the 2012 Tony for Best Actor in a Play, 2 BAFTAs, 9 EMMYs and found the time to present the Brit Awards from 2011-2014 inclusive?
Who has won the British Television Award either for Best Entertainment Presenter or Best TV Presenter every year of the decade?
With 4, which Soap won the most British TV Awards for Best Serial Drama during the decade?
Which novel by Hilary Mantel won the Booker Prize, Costa Prize and the Specsavers National Book Award all in 2012, and the South Bank Show Sky Arts Award for Book of the Year in 2013?
Which 2019 arts prize was awarded to all the 4 short-listed finalists, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani, after they had requested that they should all be considered as a single group?

ROUND 10
BRUCIE’S HIGHER OR LOWER

In this round I will give you 10 events from each one of the years in the past decade and in each case you must decide whether the year it happened is higher or lower than the year of the prior event. Your starting point is 1 minute past midnight on 1st January 2015, i.e. the mid point of the decade. So, if you think the year of the first event I am about to give you happened after 2015 then your answer, in good Brucie fashion, would be higher. I don’t want to know the actual year, I just want the answer you write down, to be Higher or Lower.

So, starting at 1 minute past midnight on the morning of 1st January 2015, and following Brucie’s Higher or Lower:

Well, talking of whom: Sir Bruce Forsyth died.
The Artist won the Best Film Oscar and in so doing became the first silent film since 1927 to do so.
United Nations Climate Change Conference COP21 held in Paris.
Tiger Woods won his 5th Masters at Augusta, his first since 2005 and first Major since 2008.
Justin Trudeau elected Prime Minister of Canada.
First iPad issued in the US.
The Crown made its debut on Netflix.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing over the Indian Ocean.
The UK’s best-selling album of the Decade, 21, by Adèle was released.
England Women’s Netball team win Commonwealth Gold by beating Australia 52-51 thanks to Helen Housby’s last second winner.

Quiz of the Noughties Decade - Thursday 19 November

19/11/2020

ROUND 7
CRIMES & MISDEMENOURS

Stamford’s own Colin Dexter wrote the novels on which the TV show Morse was based; but, first showing in 2006, what was the sequel called?
Broadcast between 2014 and 2016 what was the English name of the first and so far only crime drama to have been identically recorded in separate Welsh and English versions – as in same actors, same story, same scenes; in Welsh it was called Y Gwyll?
Who played the eponymous Chief Inspector in the 2016 remake Georges Simenon’s Maigret, first televised back in the 1950s and 1960s?
Which UK Detective series debuted in 2013 and in the first series focussed on the death of 11 year old Danny Latimer?
What was the name of the British/French TV drama, starring Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy and first aired in 2013, which was an adaptation of the Danish/Swedish co-production known in English as The Bridge?
Back in 2015 in which UK Soap did the character Rob Sugden murder his stepbrother’s wife Katie Sugden, and later, in a completely different storyline, threatened to shoot his own husband Aaron?
Played by Sofie Grøbel, the Detective Sarah Lund, famous for wearing Faroe Island Jumpers, appeared in the 3 series of which Danish Crime Drama?
Which British Crime Drama written by Paul Abbott starred Joanna Scanlon as DI Vivienne Dearing?
Which BAFTA TV Award winning British drama series, first airing in September 2013, and ending its 5th series last autumn, follows the exploits of the Shelby crime gang?
Still airing in the 2010s, which TV Crime Drama set in Sweden, starred Krister Henriksson in the original Swedish version and Kenneth Branagh in the British version?

ROUND 8
HACTHES, MATCHES AND DISPATCHES

In which year of the last decade did the following happen, there’s one from each year:

Hatched: Zachary son to Elton John and David Furnish; Matched: Prince William and Catherine Middleton; Dispatched: Osama Bin Laden
Hatched: Reggie, son of Jessica Ennis-Hill and husband Andy; Matched: George and Amal Clooney; Dispatched: Robin Williams
Hatched: Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher, son of Jacob and Helena Rees-Mogg; Matched: Pippa Middleton and James Matthews; Dispatched: Roger Moore
Hatched: Florence daughter of PM David Cameron and Samantha C; Matched: Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford; Dispatched: Alex Higgins
Hatched: Lucy and Nicholas, twin children of Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias; Matched: Princess Eugenie and James Brooksbank; Dispatched: Aretha Franklin
Hatched: Prince George, son of Kate and Wills; Matched: Tina Turner and Erwin Bach; Dispatched: David Coleman
Hatched: Deveraux Octavian Basil Jagger, 8th child of Mick Jagger, and this time Melanie Hamrick; Matched: Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch; Dispatched: David Bowie
Hatched: Archie Harrison, son of Megan and Harry; Matched: Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev Dispatched: Niki Lauda
Hatched: Blue Ivy Carter, daughter of Beyoncé and J-Zee; Matched: Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty; Dispatched: Whitney Houston
Hatched: Saint West, son of Kanyé West and Kim Kardashian; Matched: Andy Murray and Kim Sears; Dispatched: Leonard Nimoy

Quiz of the Noughties Decade - Wednesday 18 November

18/11/2020

ROUND 5

THAT INTERWEB THINGY

Raising possibly $20m worldwide what chilly Challenge took social media by storm in 2014 raising huge amounts for Motor Neurone Disease, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS as this horror disease was known in various countries
As a protest against the banalities of Instagram posts by the likes of Kylie Jenner, and other ‘Celebrities’, with 53.9 million likes on Instagram a photograph of what ordinary item was posted in January 2019 and became the most liked Instagram by the end of the decade?
Bewilderingly, in 2014 which song became the first to achieve more than 2 billion hits on YouTube, it achieved a further level of infamy after that salsa by Ed Balls and pro partner Katya Jones during 2016’s Strictly?
By what nickname did we call the international Internet sensation whose actual name was Tardar Sauce and who died, aged 7, in May 2019?
Which website, established by husband and wife Steve and Julie Pankhurst and their friend Jason Porter in 1999, finally closed down in February 2016?
By the end of 2019 which US Politician had the most followed Twitter Account of anyone in the whole wide world ever?
The UK Government raised £22bn in the year 2000 sell off of 3G licences. How much did it raise in the 4G sell off in 2013; was it: £2.34bn, £23.4bn or £234bn
The management of which of the following companies announced in 2019 that it would no longer host paid political advertising: Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, Tumblr, or Twitter?
With just over 41m followers BBC News is the most popular UK based Twitter account, but with just over 34m followers by the end of 2019 which Brit individual had the highest number: was it Ed Sheeran, Adèle, Harry Styles, or Liam Gallagher?
Individual Twits tweeted about 50 million Tweets in 2010; to the nearest 50 Billion, approximately how many tweets were tweeted by twits in the whole of 2019?

ROUND 6
CULTURE, WELL, FOR 2015

Which reality TV show, hosted by the late Caroline Flack, was won by Jess Hayes and Max Morley?
Which reality TV show was won by Peterborough’s own Joseph Valente?
Which reality TV show was controversially won by double-act Jules O’Dwyer and her dog, Matisse?
Which reality TV show, shot in the Springbrook National Park, NSW, was won by Reality TV star and presenter Vicky Pattison?
Which reality TV show was won by singer Louisa Johnson who was the first winner of this show to fail to achieve the traditional Xmas No 1 slot?
Which reality TV show, hosted by Emma Willis, was won by Reality TV star James Hill?
Which reality TV show was won by ex-Pussycat Doll Kimberley Walsh who beat TV presenters Rylan Clarke and Sam Nixon with her Seafood Soup, Lamb dish and Sinatra Cheesecake?
Which reality TV show, hosted by Davina McCall, obvs, was won by Reality TV Star Joey Essex in Austria, in snowy February?
Which TV reality show was won by boyband The Wanted singer Jay McGuinness and professional partner Aliona Vilani?
Going on to front her own cooking programmes, who won the 2015 Great British Bake Off in 2015?

Quiz of the Noughties Decade - Tuesday 17 November

17/11/2020

ROUND 3
SPORT 2012

How many different Olympic and Paralympic 50p designs were minted for London 2012: 3, 5, 7 or 29?
Winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and twice winner of the Stirling Prize among many other awards and honours Dame Zaha Hadid was the architect of which of London 2012 Olympic Park venues?
Which designer styled the GB Team kit and outfits for London 2012?
Which Oscar Winning Film Director directed the London 2012 Opening Ceremony entitled Isles of Wonder?
What did the home town of every London 2012 British Olympic and Paralympic Gold medal winner receive?
Which mountaineer took the Olympic Torch to the top of Mount Snowdon, though disappointingly, but given his age we can forgive him, he took the train?
After which Olympic discipline was the Express Train from King’s Cross to Stratford East named?
London 2012 was the 2nd time the Queen had opened an Olympic Games; which was the first?
Which member, originally of the G6, then the G7 and now G8 Economic Group was invited to a London Olympics for the first time?
What were the names of either of the Olympic and Paralympic Mascots?

ROUND 4
REPETITION, HESITATION AND DEVIATION

Which country won the 2010 Six Nations Grand Slam, a feat it had not achieved since 2004, or since?
The PM of which Country, the EU’s 4th largest economy, resigned in late 2011 after Greece’s PM and Portugal’s PM had also done so that year in the wake of the Eurozone crisis?
What did Elizabeth II celebrate in 2012 which hadn’t happened to any British monarch since 1897?
Emmelie de Forest singing Only Teardrops won the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest for which country, a feat that country had not achieved since the year 2000 with the unforgettable Olsen Brothers singing Fly On The Wings Of Love?
What happened at Wimbledon on 7 July 2014 that hadn’t happened since 1936?
Which swimmer first broke the 100 Metre Breaststroke World Record in 2015, the first time by a Brit since Adrian Moorhouse in 1990?
Following the release of their 7th No 1 album A Head Full of Dreams which British Band headlined the Glastonbury Festival in 2016, the first time they’d done so since 2011?
Which coin did the Royal Mint introduce in 2017, a redesign of the one first introduced in 1983?
Which multi Oscar and Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globes-nominated musical was released in 2018, a remake of the 1937, 1954 and 1976 versions?
Which Horse won the second of his back-to-back Grand Nationals in 2019, a feat not achieved since the great Red Rum in 1973 and 1974?

Quiz of the Noughties Decade - Monday 16 November

16/11/2020

ROUND 1
FIRST FOOTING FOR THE DECADE - 2010

Which US Company bought Cadburys in 2010?
Which Brit won the 2010 US Open, a feat not achieved since Tony Jacklin won in 1970, also at Pebble Beach?
Wills and Kate announced their engagement this year along with which of his first cousins?
Which Harry Potter film debuted in 2010?
Who became the youngest ever F1 World Champion in 2010?
Which city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics?
Which film maker won the Best Director Oscar for The Hurt Locker in May 2010, the first, and so far the only time a woman has won that Oscar?
Which British Soul Singer was appointed by the World Health Organisation in 2010 to be their Goodwill Ambassador against Tuberculosis, but then I wonder if he was Born To Do It?
Which actor first appeared, in Earth time anyway, in April 2010 as The Doctor?
Which Boyband came third behind winner Matt Cardle and Runner-up Rebecca Ferguson in 2010’s X Factor?

ROUND 2
THE WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Which former solicitor served as Gordon Brown’s Leader of the House of Commons and Minister for Women and Equality until May 2010?
Which former Lawyer was appointed head of the IMF in 2011?
Name either of the British female athletes who won two gold medals at London 2012?
Which former lawyer ended her term as US Secretary of State in 2013?
Succeeding Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, who was appointed as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the US in 2014, the first woman to be so appointed?
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, to whom Stephen Kinnock MP is married, was the PM of which European country until 2015?
Which lawyer was given a Life Peerage in 2016 and very shortly afterwards was appointed Shadow Attorney General, a position she still holds?
Who was appointed President of the UK Supreme Court in 2017?
Which Irish Boxer first became the WBA and IBF Lightweight World Champion in 2018, before adding the WBC and WBO World titles in 2019?
Who was appointed as President of the European Commission in July 2019, the first woman to hold the post?

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