Quiz

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Weekly Quiz
Monday 17 December 2012

In the first ever international football match, between Scotland and England in 1872, all of Scotland’s players came from which club?

Queen’s Park FC.

In December 2012, Queens Park Rangers set a new record for the longest winless start to a Premier League season after playing 16 matches without a win, but which club previously held the record due to their poor start to the 1993-94 season?

Swindon Town.

Which golfer completed a stunning finish to 2012 with a 12 stroke victory on home soil at the Alfred Dunhill Championship at the weekend, posting the third biggest winning margin in the European Tour’s 40 year history?

South African Charl Schwartzel.

At the end of 2012, which Scottish golfer earned promotion from the Challenge Tour and then won the first event of the 2013 European Tour season, the Nelson Mandela Championship?

Scott Jamieson.

Who recently joined Twitter with the account @pontifex?

Pope Benedict XVI.

A Thai elephant sanctuary is producing coffee from its herd’s dung, but what is it called; Jumbo’s Choice, Black Ivory or Jungle Velvet?

Black Ivory.

Which well known French actor moved 800m this year across the French border into Belgium to avoid paying high tax?

Gerard Depardieu.

Which German electro band, who started in the seventies, fans crashed the Tate Modern’s website when they tried to buy tickets to see them play there in February 2013?

Kraftwerk.

Which Brit was named US magazine Billboard’s top artist of 2012 and one of her albums also picked up the top album of the year award, making her the first artist to receive both accolades consecutively?

Adele.