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Just how super was Team GB’s Saturday and who had a win with Gangnam Style?

In the final part of our seven- day pub quiz bonanza, JAY FLYNN takes a deep dive into the last decade

- By Jay Flynn Pub quiz legend ● Jay’s Virtual Pub Quiz Book is published by Mirror Books and is available from Amazon

UK EVENTS

1 Who was prime minister at the start of 2010? a Tony Blair b Gordon Brown c David Cameron

2 What was the UK inquiry into the war in Iraq commonly known as? a Chilcot Inquiry b Leveson Inquiry c Hutton Inquiry

3 Which mobile communicat­ions network was rolled out in the UK from 2012? a 3G b 4G c 5G

4 Which former prime minister died on April 8, 2013? a Winston Churchill b John Major c Margaret Thatcher

5 Which member of the Royal Family launched the Invictus Games in March 2014? a Prince Harry b Prince William c Prince Charles

6 Which motor manufactur­er was at the centre of the so- called emission- gate scandal? a Nissan b Volkswagen c BMW

7 Who completed the first spacewalk by an official British astronaut? a Piers Sellers b Michael Foale c Tim Peake

8 Which Jubilee did Queen Elizabeth II celebrate in 2017? a Golden b Diamond c Sapphire

9 The world’s largest offshore what opened off the coast of Cumbria in 2018? a Wind Farm b Oil Rig c Coral Reef

10 Who finished 2020 as leader of the Labour Party? a Kier Starmer b Lisa Nandy c Jeremy Corbyn

SPORT

11 How many gold medals did Team GB win on Super Saturday – August 4, 2012 – at the London Olympic Games? a 2 b 4 c 6

12 Who supplied the assist for Sergio Aguero’s dramatic injurytime winner that gave Manchester City the Premier League title in 2012? a Mario Balotelli b Gareth Barry c Samir Nasri

13 Where did Andy Murray win his first Grand Slam title? a French Open b Wimbledon c US Open

14 In 2012, who became the first ever British cyclist to win the Tour de France? a Bradley Wiggins b Chris Froome c Geraint Thomas

15 Who beat Brazil 7- 1 in the World Cup semi- final in 2014? a France b Argentina c Germany

16 Who famously got up from the canvas in 2018 to draw with boxer Deontay Wilder? a Anthony Joshua b Tyson Fury c Dillian Whyte

17 Who became the first athlete in history to run a marathon in under two hours, even if it was unofficial? a Eliud Kipchoge b Shura Kitata Tola c Mo Farah

FALL FROM GRACE: Gerard Butler, above; Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, right, star in which drama?

18 Which Scottish football club went undefeated domestical­ly en route to winning the treble in 2017? a Rangers b Celtic c Hibernian

19 Who won Team GB’s last gold of the games at the 2012 London Olympics? a Mo Farah b Luke Campbell c Anthony Joshua

20 Which golfer won his first major championsh­ip in 2011 at the US Open? a Charl Schwartzel b Rory McIlroy c Keegan Bradley

TV & FILM

21 What was the name of the 2019 Sky One drama based around one of the worst nuclear disasters of all time? a Pripyat b Chernobyl c Red Forest

22 What was the 2018 film about Freddie Mercury called? a Bohemian Rhapsody b Bicycle Race c We Will Rock You

23 The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, found fame as an actress in which long- running US legal drama? a Ties b Dresses c Suits

24 Who took the lead role in Ocean’s Eight, the all- female spin- off to the Ocean’s Eleven franchise of films? a Scarlett Johansson b Sandra Bullock c Angelina Jolie

25 What was the name of the Glee club in the TV series? a Same Directions b New Directions c One Directions

26 Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga starred in which 2018 romantic drama film?

a A Star Is Born b A Star Is Found c A Star Is Lost

27 Which TV spin- off from the Star Wars franchise first premiered on the Disney+ Streaming service in November 2019? a The Midicloria­n b The Mandaloria­n c The Mos Eisley Cantina

28 What completes the title of the three films in the Gerard Butler action franchise: Olympus, London and Angel? a Has Dropped b Has Fallen c Has Lost

29 Which British reality TV show launched in 2011? a Made in Chelsea b Made in Essex c Made in Liverpool

30 What was the highest grossing film of the 2010s? a Avengers: Endgame b Jurassic World c Frozen

MUSIC

31 Pop group Bastille sung about which ancient Italian city in 2013? a Florence b Verona c Pompeii

32 Which Korean singer hit the top of the charts with Gangnam Style in 2012? a Bye b Psy c Fly

33 Name the song from the lyrics:

“Michelle Pfeiffer, that wild gold This one, for them good girls”? a Downtown Jive b Midtown Jig c Uptown Funk

34 Complete the Maroon 5 song, Moves Like...? a Jagger b Bowie c Lennon

35 Albums 21 and 25 were by who? a Taylor Swift b Adele c Kylie Minogue

36 How many studio albums did Ed Sheeran release in the 2010s? a Two b Four c Six

37 Which US singer scored a hit with Bad Guy in 2019? a Miley Cyrus b Lady Gaga c Billie Eilish

38 Complete the Hozier song title from 2013: Take Me To...? a Heaven b Church c London

39 How many years were in the title of the Lukas Graham song of 2015? a Seven b Nine c Eleven

40 Which chemical element

did David Guetta and Sia sing about in 2011? a Silicon b Nitrogen c Titanium

WORLD EVENTS

41 What caused the closure of airspaces across the UK and northern and western Europe in March 2010? a Drones b Ash clouds c Strikes

42 Which Caribbean country was rocked by a devastatin­g earthquake in 2010? a Jamaica b Barbados c Haiti

43 The Deepwater Horizon explosion caused the worst what in US history in 2010? a Forest fire b Radiation leak c Oil spill

44 What was the cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 passengers that capsized off the coast of Tuscany in 2012? a Costa Concordia b Costa Brava c Costa Blanca

45 Hundreds of people were injured when what hit the Chelyabins­k region of Russia in 2013? a Missile b Meteor

c Tornado

46 What was the flight number of the Malaysian airliner that disappeare­d in 2014 with the loss of all on board? a MF370 b MG370 c MH370

47 Sepp Blatter resigned from which organisati­on in 2015? a FIFA b UEFA c NATO

48 Who won the US Presidenti­al election of 2016? a Hillary Clinton b Barack Obama c Donald Trump

49 Which Spanish region voted for independen­ce in 2017? a Catalonia b Madrid c Canary Islands

50 What were women finally allowed to do in Saudi Arabia in 2018? a Drink b Drive c Work

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