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Original poster

Patient and tolerant mumsnetters, here is the proposed Current Affairs round for the pub quiz if you are still hanging on in there and prepared to have a go

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handlemecarefully · 03/12/2007 22:18

Rules: 5 mins only
You may confer if you have company
No googling

Here they are:

  1. How old is Pussywillow, a domestic cat from Shropshire who could well be the one of the oldest cats in the UK.

  2. Where is the UN Climate Change Conference 2007 going to be held?

  3. Which rugby union player retired last week and played in the Barbarians victory over South Africa?

  4. What is Steve Fossett's wife currently asking for him to be declared?

  5. Why was Prof Bob Flood in the news last week

  6. Whose dodgy donations have caused red faces in the Labour Party recently?

  7. What year will London Host the Olympics Games

  8. Which city is named the European Capital of Culture 2008

  9. What is the name of the new Prime Minister of Australia?

  10. Who won the Turner prize earlier this week?

With a debt of thanks to some other mumsnetters who helped me with these questions on another thread!

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snowleopard · 03/12/2007 22:23
  1. 26
  2. ummm sweden?
  3. no idea
  4. dead?
  5. dunno
  6. can't remember his name
  7. 2012
  8. emmmmmmmmm madrid?
  9. can't remember
  10. Mark someone

oh dear...

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Niecie · 03/12/2007 22:28
  1. 19 yo (guess)
  2. ?
  3. Jason Robinson
  4. Dead
  5. ?
  6. David ?
  7. 2012
  8. Liverpool
  9. ? Rudd
10. Mark Wallinger (although it just came on the news)

I didn't do very well did I

WendyWeber · 03/12/2007 22:29

  1. How old is Pussywillow, a domestic cat from Shropshire who could well be the one of the oldest cats in the UK. 26

  2. Where is the UN Climate Change Conference 2007 going to be held? DUNNO

  3. Which rugby union player retired last week and played in the Barbarians victory over South Africa? JASON SOMEBODY

  4. What is Steve Fossett's wife currently asking for him to be declared? DEAD

  5. Why was Prof Bob Flood in the news last week DUNNO

  6. Whose dodgy donations have caused red faces in the Labour Party recently? AAARGH - FORGOTTEN!!! DAVID SOMEBODY

  7. What year will London Host the Olympics Games 2012

  8. Which city is named the European Capital of Culture 2008 LIVERPOOL

  9. What is the name of the new Prime Minister of Australia? PAUL RUD-SOMETHING?

  10. Who won the Turner prize earlier this week? DUNNO

Oh dear....

Yurtgirl · 03/12/2007 22:32

1 ?
2 ?
3 ?
4 missing presumed dead
5 ?
6 keith abrahams
7 2012
8 liverpool
9 ?
10 ?

I feel really ignorant now!!!

TenLordsaLapin · 03/12/2007 22:35

I am loving these!

  1. 26
  2. New York
  3. Jason Robinson
  4. Dead
  5. -
  6. David Abrahams
  7. 2012
  8. Birmingham
  9. -
10. -

AND I was even on that other thread!

gigglewitchyouamerryxmas · 03/12/2007 22:37

1)24
2)should be the north pole but obv i have no idea
3)jason thingumyjig
4)deceased
5)He said that his flu vaccine doesn't work?
6)ermmm...
7)2012
8)Liverpool - yay!!
9)MY FIVE MINUTES IS UP....
10)

WHEELYbahhumBUG · 03/12/2007 22:41
  1. 22
  2. south africa
  3. Mike Catt
  4. dead
  5. on the ship that sunk
  6. david abrahams
  7. 2012
  9. Darryl hulse
10. ?
Blu · 03/12/2007 22:42

  1. How old is Pussywillow, a domestic cat from Shropshire who could well be the one of the oldest cats in the UK. ??

  2. Where is the UN Climate Change Conference 2007 going to be held? ??

  3. Which rugby union player retired last week and played in the Barbarians victory over South Africa? ??

  4. What is Steve Fossett's wife currently asking for him to be declared? ?? (insane? late?frausdulent? Read the MN thread, but not the news)

  5. Why was Prof Bob Flood in the news last week Something about water.....

  6. Whose dodgy donations have caused red faces in the Labour Party recently? David Abraham, a solicitor

  7. What year will London Host the Olympics Games - 2012

  8. Which city is named the European Capital of Culture 2008 - Liverpool

  9. What is the name of the new Prime Minister of Australia? - ???

  10. Who won the Turner prize earlier this week? Mark walinger for 'State britain', including a documentation of the protest by that man opposite the House of commons aganst iraq, and cavorting about in a bear suit in a gallery in berlin.

Mercy · 03/12/2007 22:50

god, I'm half asleep now - did really well in thje geography test!

  2. Bali (has started already)
  4. Dead or alive?!
  6. ?Abrahams
  7. 2012
  9. Mark Rudd 10 ? Retrieved some war equipment or something
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handlemecarefully · 03/12/2007 22:51

Okay I am thinking some of these might be a bit too hard......

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handlemecarefully · 03/12/2007 22:52

I think I'll include a Gillian Gibbons question just to make people feel good...

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gigglewitchyouamerryxmas · 03/12/2007 22:55

HMC we are all obv half asleep by now.
yes make a few of them easy, how bout something silly / funny?

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handlemecarefully · 03/12/2007 22:57

Sure - suggestions welcome!

You will be relieved to hear that I am holding off my science and my sports round questions until tomorrow btw

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WendyWeber · 03/12/2007 22:57

Just ask what GG's name is - that should take a bit of thought (cf David Abrahams)

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handlemecarefully · 04/12/2007 13:52

Okay forgot to post the answers last night. They were:

  1. 26 2)Bali 3)Jason Robinson 4)dead 5)was a passenger on the stricken cruise liner that sank in artic 6)David Abrahams 7)2012 8)Liverpool 9)Kevin Rudd 10)Mark Wallinger

You scored: 3.5, 1, 6, 5, 4, 5, 4.5, 3.5, 4

Now then.....you were all really really tired last night, or you are crap at current affairs , or my questions were a wee bit too hard. I am suspecting the latter. So, haved tweaked the question set as follows (retaining some of the questions but substituting others). I have asterixed the 4 new substituted questions, what do you think - any better?

**1)Why is glamour puss and Country singer,Dolly Parton, currently visiting Rotherham?

**2) Who will be naming their next teddy bear 'Cuddles'?

  1. Which rugby union player retired last week and played in the Barbarians victory over South Africa?

  2. What is Steve Fossett's wife currently asking for him to be declared?

**5) Which country's elections were this week discredited by the Council of Europe?

  1. Whose dodgy donations have caused red faces in the Labour Party recently?

  2. What year will London Host the Olympics Games

  3. Which city is named the European Capital of Culture 2008

**9)Which British Supermodel recently joined the ranks of Who's Who?

  1. Who won the Turner prize earlier this week?

& I thank you for your patience!

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handlemecarefully · 04/12/2007 13:54

and bump (as thread is already half way down Active Conversations 1 minute after posting!)

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