TANYA’S BIG PUB QUIZ!
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WHICH politician visited Westfield Shopping Centre ( above) in east London last Sunday to see how shops were preparing to reopen? a) Boris Johnson b) Keir Starmer c) Jeremy Corbyn d) Donald Trump
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HMM Algeciras, which concluded its journey from China to Essex last week, is famous for being what? a) The world’s last sail- powered container ship b) The world’s smallest container ship c) The world’s biggest container ship d) The world’s fastest container ship
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WHICH royal has described themselves as an “ancient fairy godmother”? a) Princess Michael of Kent b) The Queen c) Prince Edward d) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
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WHAT’S the name of the episode of sitcom Fawlty
Towers which has been removed from a streaming service because it contains racial slurs? a) The Builders b) Gourmet Night c) The Germans d) Basil the Rat
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WHICH Hollywood actress has revealed she needed treatment in hospital after being hit by lightning while filling her iron with water? a) Sharon Stone b) Geena Davis c) Michelle Pfeiffer d) Roxanne Pallett
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WHICH English local authority area has the highest proportion of residents on the Government’s coronavirus job retention scheme? a) Crewe and Nantwich b) Rutland c) Crawley in West Sussex d) Splint in Cumbria
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A WORTHING Borough Council bin has washed up on a foreign shore after vandals cast it off the end of the town’s pier. Name the country where it was found. a) France b) Switzerland c) Germany d) Argentina
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NAME the comedian who caused a storm during a recent radio interview by defending the use of blackface in comedy and using a racist term while live on air. a) Ben Elton b) Russell Howard c) Jim Davidson d) Harry Enfield
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MORE than 10,000 people have signed a petition to protect which creature in Scotland, amid fears their numbers are under threat from gamekeepers? a) Mountain hares b) Lynx c) Neds d) Nessie
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THE crew of the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier ( above) found a stowaway creature in the ship’s hangar – what was it? a) An albatross b) An illegal immigrant c) A WW2 German U- boat captain d) A pigeon
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WHICH Government department is to be merged with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office? a) The Home Office b) The Department for International Development c) The Department For Trade and Industry d) The Ministry of Silly Walks
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A NEW book by ex- US National Security Adviser John Bolton claims Donald Trump asked the president of which country for help getting him re- elected? a) Peru b) France c) Iceland d) China
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WHICH pub chain apologised because the man who owned it hundreds of years ago once owned some slaves? a) Wetherspoons b) All Bar One c) Shepherd Neame d) Greene King
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PRIME Minister Boris Johnson ( below) plans to spend £ 900,000 repainting what? a) 10 Downing Street b) Chequers c) The Houses of Parliament d) His official plane
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OFFICIALS at Oriel College, Oxford, have caved in and said a statue of which controversial historical figure will be taken down? a) Cecil Rhodes b) Clive of India c) Sir Sidney Ruff- Diamond d) Adolf Hitler