Andrew Baker The Sunday Quiz

Have you been paying attention to this week’s news? Test yourself…

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Angie Dale, leader of Richmondshire District Council in North Yorkshire, urged residents to “stay local”. Where was she when she issued the request?

(a) At home

(b) London

(c) The Maldives

A US study shows that fans of certain films were better prepared than most people for the global pandemic. What kind of film had they been watching?

(a) Classic musicals

(b) Zombie movies

(c) Space epics

Moscow-based Khleb (“Bread”) is a lifestyle magazine produced on behalf of whom?

(a) The Orthodox Church

(b) Chelsea Football Club

(c) The KGB

To raise funds, New York governor Andrew Cuomo is to do what?

(a) Sell the freehold of the Statue of Liberty

(b) Legalise marijuana and gambling

(c) Run down Broadway naked

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The local government of Seoul in South Korea has issued advice for women who are preparing to go into hospital to give birth. What, according to officials, should the expectant mothers organise?

(a) Several days’ clean underwear for themselves

(b) Several days’ clean underwear for their husbands

(c) Several days’ clean underwear for their parents

Many nations have sent messages of goodwill to president-elect Joe Biden ahead of his inauguration. How has North Korea characterised Mr Biden in a recent statement?

“A rabid dog that should be beaten to death with a stick”

“An ignorant peasant, not fit to clean the boots of our leader” (c) “A rotten, stinking vegetable, contaminating the earth”

According to The Telegraph, “the Duke of Buccleuch had An Old Woman Reading in hiding in his Scottish

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The lady was researching his family tree

His eccentric, literary aunt was on the run from the Mafia

It is a painting by Rembrandt

“Will they get it in Egypt?” was the constantly repeated question, we are told, in rehearsals for which celebrated show?

(a) Mr Bean

(b) Carry On Cleo

(c) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Louise Linton, the Scottish-born wife of Donald Trump’s treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, stars in a new comedy thriller movie which she has also written, directed and produced. Her character, called “Catherine Black”, is...

(a) A vegan superhero pledged to rid the world of burgers

(b) A bisexual, spider-eating cocaine and champagne addict

(c) The crazed, social-mediadependent president of the United States

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The manufacture of which everyday item was considered so demanding they could only be made by men until the latter half of the 19th century?

(a) Horseshoes

(b) Matches

(c) Corsets

Gimli and Nigel are the first recorded examples of which unusual natural phenomenon?

Giant mice

Dwarf giraffes

Albino crocodiles

Steve Jones, guitarist with punk rockers the Sex Pistols, was also a keen thief, notably stealing gear off the stage after the farewell performance of which charismatic act?

(a) Ziggy Stardust

(b) Alvin Stardust

(c) Alvin & the

Chipmunks