Questions:

1) Which track by Olivia Rodrigo taken from the album 'Sour' topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in June 2021?

 

2) Released in June 2021, Back the Way We Came: Volume 1 is a collection of tracks taken from the solo works of which former Oasis member?

 

3) What was the name of the Dua Lipa album which won 'Album of the Year' at the Brit Awards 2021?

 

 

Here are a series of clues to famous people whose birthday is in August. I’ve given their birthday along with the answers below.

 

1) Northern Irish actor who turned out not to be ‘H’ or ‘the wee donkey’ for that matter.

 

2) American singer who has had a long solo career but came to fame as the lead singer of the Go-Go's

 

3) American former No1 tennis player whose career spanned a 14 year period from 1988 to 2002 and at the time of his retirement held the record for the most Major singles titles won.

 

How much can you remember about Team GB's gold medal winning athletes?

 

Questions:

 

1) What was the name of Team GB's first gold medal winner at the games, who won the Cycling Men's cross-country event?

 

2) Later that day, which British diver teamed up with Matty Lee to take gold in the Men's synchronized 10 metre platform Diving event?

 

3) The first Team GB female athlete to collect gold was Bethany Shriever. In which event did she collect her medal?

 

Questions:

1) 'Lordi' won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 representing which country?

a) Denmark b) Norway c) Finland

 

2) Actor Nicholas Lyndhurst is best known for playing 'Rodney' in which English sitcom?

 

3) Which Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter had a 2007 UK number one with the song 'Grace Kelly'?

 

4) Which British monarch was known by the nickname 'Old Coppernose'?

a) Henry VIII b) George III c) Charles I

 

 

Questions

1) Which city hosted the first Olympic Games of the modern era in 1896?

 

2) Which TV series had the characters of Edina, Patsy and Bubble?

 

3) What comes next in the sequence 1,1,2,3,5?

 

4) What is the first animal to be found in a dictionary?

 

5) How many players are in a netball team?

 

6) If a group of bees is known as a swarm, what is the collective noun for Worshippers?

 

7) Which ministerial office did George Osborne hold between 2010 and 2016?