News General - Trivia

Date: 14/07/2020

Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the
nation?

MTV launches 24/7. What was the first song it played?

Who painted 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I' which reportedly sold for a record
135 million dollars in June 2006?

Who resigned as mayor of San Diego in August 2013?

Sky News was launched in what year?

The cruise liner the Costa Concordia dramatically sunk off the coast of which
country in 2012?

Who commanded the Allied forces, which invaded Europe on D-Day?

Which BBC presenter and news correspondent was once the editor of the
Independent newspaper?

What's the name of the newspaper gossip columnist who died in 2007?

What type of sweets was American President Ronald Reagan known for having on
his desk?

Which pop star died in a plane accident in 2001 due to an overweight plane?

Which famous newspaper was forced to close after a scandal in 2011?

Who was the first person pictured on a British postage stamp?

Which figure was once sacked as a reporter on The Times for falsifying a quote
from his godfather?

What was Louise Brown of Bristol's claim to fame in Oldham in 1978?

Which British monarch was on the throne at the beginning of the 20th Century?

Who disclosed NSA documents to the public in 2013?

Back in 1930, who became the first non-American to be chosen as Time

Magazine's 'Person of the Year'?

Which information technology company revealed that its customers' data was
stolen in October 2013?

The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph was founded in what year?

Which politician said 'the President should … let them keep what they've got' in
2013?
Which U.S. city filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2013?

What's the name of the comic strip couple that have appeared in the Sun
newspaper since 1976?

Who did Barack Obama go up against in the 2012 American Election?

Which newspaper is the oldest newspaper in the US that is still published today?

Which model famously divorced Richard Gere in 1995?

Jimi Hendrix died in which year?

Who made headlines in 2013 for becoming the world's most expensive footballer?

Who did Bill Clinton beat when he stood for president first time round (1992)?

Which American president's wife was called Thelma?

Which country saw the first outbreak of the deadly 'Swine Flu' in 2009?

Which Kennedy ran for President in 1960?

Which number President was Bill Clinton?

Who is the all-time best-selling fiction writer in the world, whose 78 crime novels
have sold an estimated 2 billion copies?

Which English daily newspaper became a tabloid in 1971?

Mikhail Gorbachev was President of which country?

Which Canadian province was flooded in June and July of 2013?

What was the name of the dance that went viral in February 2013?

Silvio Berlusconi has become Prime Minister of Italy how many times?

The global recession of 2007 is often referred to as '_____'?

The Euro currency was first introduced in what year?