Quiz

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Weekly Quiz
Monday 19 November 2012

Al Ahly surprised holders Esperance of Tunisia with a 2-1 second-leg win at the weekend to lift the 2012 African Champions League 3-2 on aggregate, extending their record for the most African Champions League wins to seven, but from which country do they hail?

Egypt.

Which well travelled and accomplished striker signed a four year deal with Bolton, for a then club record fee of £8m, when he joined in 2006 from Turkish side Fenerbahce?

Nicolas Anelka.

Which former caddie, who turned professional in 1982 and had to wait a decade for his first success, became the oldest winner on the European Tour by clinching victory at the weekend in the Hong Kong Open at the age of 48 years and 318 days?

Miguel Angel Jimenez.

This year, Rory McIlroy became only the second man to win the US and European money lists in a single year, but who was the first to achieve it?

Luke Donald in 2011.

Following President Obama’s re-election in 2012, there was a raft of petitions by citizens in Texas demanding that their state secede from the US, but which Texan city is trying to secede from Texas; Austin, Dallas or Houston?

Austin.

True or false, people are more likely to spend banknotes when they are grubby?

True.

Which current film has the tagline; ‘The epic finale that will live forever’?

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012).

Which current film, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, tells the story of a 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran?

Argo (2012).

Which pop band has ‘1D’ as a shortened version of their name?

One Direction.

Who had two UK number ones this year, as the lead artist, with How We Do (Party) and R.I.P.?

Rita Ora.