CELEBRITY GOSSIP

1) Which Hollywood actress split from her rock star husband this year?

2) Which singer and actress released the children's book The Showgirl

Princess this September?

3) Which socialite made headlines this year due to her super skinny

appearance?

4) Big Brother 7 winner Pete Bennett briefly romanced which fellow BB

contestant?

5) Which starlet received a telling off from movie bosses due to her

alleged excessive partying?

6) Graffiti artist Banksy sabotaged the cover of which blonde heiress's

debut album?

7) Which soap stars denied rumours of a real life affair this year?

8) Supermodel Naomi Campbell was arrested in March 2006 for reportedly assaulting her maid with what object?

9) Which outspoken singer allegedly spat at Peaches Geldof at the 2006 V Festival?

10) Which reality TV star launched a perfume named 'Ssh' this year?

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1) It was widely reported this summer that temperatures in central

England had risen one degree Celsius since what year?

2) Which heavenly body had its status as a planet officially rescinded

this year?

3) How old were the fossilised remains of a human-like child that caused a stir when they were unearthed in September?

4) What were seen to overheat and catch fire this year, prompting the

largest ever computer-related product recall?

5) This year tarantulas were discovered to have the ability to produce silk from which part of their body?

6) IVF treatment allowed Dr Patricia Rashbrook to become the oldest

woman to give birth in the UK this May at what age?

7) July saw the 30th anniversary of the Viking landings - mankind's first visit to which planet?

8) In January, a poll revealed less than half of all Britons fully accepted which famous theory?

9) A survey this year found more than 50 new aquatic species around the Bird's Head Peninsula in which country?

10) A Californian company began selling a genetically engineered

hypoallergenic breed of which animal this year?

MUSIC

1) Little Britain stars David Walliams and Matt Lucas appeared in which

band's video back in May?

2) The album Ringleader of the Tormentors was released in April, name the artist.

3) Which girl group scored their 12th top ten hit with Whole Lotta

History?

4) Which band made history by being the first act to make the top of the singles chart by download sales alone?

5) Which European dance act went From Paris to Berlin?

6) Released in July 2006 the single In The Morning marked the return of which band to the charts?

7) Cockney popster Lily Allen reached number one with Smile in the

summer of 2006 but what was the title of her debut album?

8) Which boy band did their bit for charity by recording the official

theme for Sports Relief?

9) Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy teamed up with which DJ to produce the dance hit Faster Kill Pussycat?

10) Name the reality TV winner who had hits in 2006 with Who Am I? and All Time Love.

R.I.P.

1) What was the name of Superman actor Christopher Reeve's widow who herself died in March aged 44?

2) Australian naturalist Steve Irwin was killed by which creature while diving off the Great Barrier Reef in September?

3) In January, actor Tony Franciosa died just a few days after his

Oscar-winning ex-wife. What was her name?

4) Which former Taoiseach of Ireland died in June at the age of 80?

5) Name the author of the hard- boiled Mike Hammer novels who died in July.

6) The first pilot to break Mach 2 died in a plane crash in April. What

was his name?

7) Which former pilot and Tomorrow's World presenter died in September?

8) Name the actor, younger brother of Sean and Michael Penn, who died in January.

9) Which Hollywood actor, who co-starred in five films with Rita Hayworth, died in August?

10) Which actor, most famous for his role as TV cop Sam McCloud, died in February?

BIRTHS

1) What two names have Britney Spears and Kevin Federline given their new son, who was born in September?

2) Which former Spice Girl gave birth to baby Bluebell Madonna in May?

3) Born in July, baby James Fraser has an older brother called John and a mother called Sarah - who is his MP father?

4) Which Coronation Street star gave birth to a baby boy in July?

5) Which Oscar-winning actress gave birth to baby Henry in May?

6) In which magazine did the first official photos of Katie Holmes and

Tom Cruise's new daughter Suri appear?

7) Who is the father of model Heidi Klum's second baby born in May?

8) Which two Hollywood stars have named their new baby Shiloh Nouvel?

9) Who is the TV presenter mother of baby Chester, a brother to Holly and Tilly, born in September?

10) What first names did Conservative leader David Cameron and his wife Samantha give their new son born in February?

FILM

1) Who played the villainous Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean:

Dead Man's Chest?

2) V for Vendetta was produced by the Wachowski brothers, who rose to prominence making which series of films?

3) What was this year's Pixar Blockbuster, featuring the voices of Owen Wilson and Paul Newman?

4) Which Roman Catholic organisation objected to their negative

portrayal in The Da Vinci Code?

5) Which critically acclaimed docudrama regarding the 9/11 attacks on the US was released in the UK in June?

6) Kelsey Grammar and Vinnie Jones made an appearance in the third

installment of which film series this May?

7) Who impressed as Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line released in February this year?

8) Kate Beckinsale returned as Selene in which action-fantasy film

released early this year?

9) Which studio released the film which won this year's Oscar for Best

Animated Feature?

10) Clive Owen appeared as the central character in which film about a

dystopian future society?

TV

1) Who did viewers vote to win the How Do You Solve a Problem Like

Maria? series on BBC1?

2) Which long-running character, who first appeared in the soap in 1976, finally bowed out of Coronation Street in April?

3) What is the name of Sharon's new-born baby in EastEnders?

4) Who guest starred as an arrogant movie actor in the first episode of

the new series of Extras which started in September?

5) Which long-running pop music show, which first aired on BBC1 in 1964, ended with a one-hour special in July?

6) Who replaced Kelly Brook as Patrick Kielty's co-presenter on this

year's series of Celebrity Love Island?

7) Which former EastEnders actress played a hotel manageress in Hotel

Babylon?

8) Which real-life pirate did James Purefoy portray in a two-part

biographical drama in September?

9) Who presented the BBC4 documentary series Silent Clowns, examining the movies of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and others?

10) Which actress has been chosen to succeed Billie Piper as Doctor Who's new assistant Martha Jones?

POLITICS

1) Who succeeded Silvio Berlusconi as prime minister of Italy in May?

2) Which Cabinet Secretary separated from her husband David Mills in

March this year?

3) Who became the new prime minister of Canada in January?

4) Who was elected prime minister of Iraq in May?

5) Who stood down as general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain in June?

6) Which Labour MP decided not to stand for re-election in her Ladywood Birmingham seat in September?

7) Who was Israel's acting prime minister before assuming the full title

in April?

8) Which country voted Alexander Lukashenko into a third term of office as president in March?

9) Who was sacked as Home Secretary in May?

10) In September, prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany sparked rioting in

which country when a leaked audiotape suggested he had lied about the economy?

SPORT

1) Which Ryder Cup golfer lost his nine iron when his caddie dropped it in a lake?

2) Who played every minute of England's World Cup campaign, taking

twenty-four shots but scoring no goals?

3) Who won their first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix starting from

fourteenth on the grid in August this year?

4) Who ended Roger Federer's eighteen-tournament streak of reaching event finals this August?

5) Which Russian tennis player won the second Grand Slam title of her

career at this year's US open?

6) Which two bowlers took all 19 bowling wickets between them for England v Pakistan at Old Trafford?

7) Which British boxer unified the WBO and IBF super middleweight titles by beating pre-fight favourite Jeff Lacy in every round?

8) Which two strikers have finished in the top three goalscorers in the last two FIFA World Cups?

9) Which country won more than twice as many medals as any other at this year's Commonwealth Games?

10) Which Briton became Eventing World Champion at the World Equestrian Games this year?

LUCKY DIP

1) Which politician described himself as 'fat for purpose' at the Labour

Party Conference in September?

2) What is the title of M Night Shyamalan's latest chiller which came

out this year?

3) Who was captain of the Pakistan cricket team during the controversial 'ball-tampering' Test at the Oval in August?

4) Who became first Lord Speaker in the House of Lords in May?

5) In which month did Anousheh Ansari become the world's first female space tourist, visiting the International Space Station?

6) Who had a UK no-1 hit with Thunder In My Heart Again?

7) Whose appointment as new head of the CBI was confirmed in March?

8) Which team won this year's Superbowl?

9) Who became first chair of the Serious Organised Crime Agency in

April?

10) Who was the male winner of this year's London Marathon?