This document contains trivia questions and answers about events that occurred in 2011, including questions about newspapers, sports matches, countries, social networks, politicians, royal weddings, space missions, film awards, athletic championships, new words added to the Oxford English Dictionary, natural disasters, songs, quotes from public figures, and film posters. It provides brief multiple choice answers to identify redtop newspapers, countries involved in sporting events, new nations and defunct social networks, those involved in political incidents, locations of significant events, final space missions, film award winners, reasons for disqualifications, new words added to dictionaries, locations of disasters, song titles and artists, people and what they said or about whom they said it, and examples

2. Jut Questions
1. What redtop signed off with ‘Thank you and goodbye’.
a. News of the World
2. What two countries played a semi-final derby watched by around a billion
people?
a. India and Pakistan
3. What arrived and is, as of now, the second youngest?
a. South Sudan
4. What social network arrived and (quite surprisingly) is, as of now, no more?
a. Google+
5. Who got custard pied in parliament?
a. Rupert Murdoch
6. Where was The Wedding?
a. Westminster Abbey
7. Atlantis, 8th July, was the final what?
a. Space Shuttle launch
8. Quiet now – best picture Oscar winner? (for 2011 – so the 2012 ceremony)?
a. The Artist
9. Who, in a big upset, didn’t win the Men’s 100m at the World Athletic
Championships and why not?
a. Usain Bolt – disqualified for false start
10. Two TLA*s were added to the OED in 2011. Name one. (*Three Letter
Acronyms)
a. LOL – OMG
Pictures
1. Tsunami, Japan
2. Earthquake, New Zealand
3. Arab Spring, Cairo
4. Incident Room, White House, Bin Laden mission
5. Rose March, Norway (commemorating July 22nd attacks)
Song Tracks
1. Jessie J – Pricetag
2. Adele –Rolling in the Deep
3. Ed Sheeran – The A Team
4. Noah and the Whale – L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
5. Rhianna – S&M
Who said what about what or who(m)?

3. 1. "She was a lovely and intelligent person and when we recorded together she gave
a soulful and extraordinary performance. I was honored to have the opportunity
to sing with her. It had been my sincere hope that she would be able to overcome
the issues she was battling and I send my deepest sympathy to all of those who
loved her."
a. Tony Bennett on Amy Winehouse
2. “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.”
a. Steve Jobs’ last words
3. “I just killed a pig and a goat”
a. Mark Zukerberg, on saying he was only going to eat animals he’d killed
himself
4. “I am on a drug. It’s called ‘x x.’ It’s not available because if you try it once, you
will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded
body.” (x = the speaker’s name)
a. Charlie Sheen on Charlie Sheen
5. “Winter is coming.”
a. Motto of the House of Stark (Game of Thrones premiered this year)
6. “There is no excuse for thuggery”
a. Home Secretary Theresa May on the summer’s riots
7. "You and this show have been the great love of my life. This last show is really
about me saying thank you ... it is my love letter to you."
a. Oprah Winfrey on her last show
8. "I can't say I have any regrets. It's been an excellent ride."
a. Lance Armstrong on retiring
9. "The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was
me."
a. Banksy on an Oscar Nomination for Exit Through The Gift Shop
10. "I think it was the ugliest haircut I've ever seen. How did that thing have legs?"
a. Jennifer Aniston on the Rachel haircut
Film Posters
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
2. The King’s Speech
3. The Inbetweeners
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
5. The Hangover part 2
6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part 1
7. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
8. Bridesmaids
9. Tangled
10. Rise of the Planet of the Apes