ANSWERS

1) D. It’s the most popular U.S. TV show THe U.s. version was cancelled in 2014, after just three series.

2) FALSE neiTHer of the last two winners, Louisa Johnson or Matt Terry, reached the no 1 slot.

3) 1C One DireCTiOn broke the iTunes record for pre- orders of an album with Midnight Memories in 2013.

2D LeOna LeWis had the fastest selling debut album in the UK in 2007 with spirit.

3A JaMes arTHUr had the biggest ever X Factor single with 2012’s impossible.

4B OLLy MUrs got a place in the guinness Book of records after helping to make 400 cups of tea in an hour in 2011. 4) DAVID CAMERON and Gordon Brown prefer The X Factor; Theresa May and Tony Blair favour strictly Come Dancing.

5) C in 2007, a 15-year- old contestant withdrew over a ‘happy slapping’ incident.

A in 2010, gamu nhengu from Zimbabwe sought a judicial review of a Home Office order expelling them from the UK.

D in 2011, rhythmix had to change their name after a music charity, based in Brighton, with the same name threatened legal action. They changed it to Little Mix.

B LaTer in 2011, 18-year- old Frankie Cocozza was kicked off the show after boasting of cocaine binges. 6) D. A microwave ready meal He was served microwaved ready meals from Marks & spencer at a pre-final dinner.