Friday Fun! It's back! (Which can only mean one thing; yes, I'm off sick again, being tormented by painful sinusitis, but, moving on...)

Here are twenty questions, made up by my good self, concerning (mainly) the year that's just ended. I suppose I'd better ask you to only answer one question at a time, but I'm sure we'll open it up to a free-for-all over the weekend. Some questions are in several parts, but feel free to answer all the parts if you feel like it.

Answer as many as you like!

Some of these are dead simple, while others would be a lot trickier if I hadn't given multiple choice options. Good luck and have fun! Full answers next week (if they haven't all been answered by then), but I'll add the correct answers as you guess them.

2006 quiz

1) Which two primetime Saturday night TV entertainment shows both took their names from a whole line of a song from a musical?
How do you solve a problem like Maria? (from The Sound of Music, obviously) and Who wants to be a millionaire? (from High Society, although I associate it more with this scene from The Goodies!) Correctly answered by Simon P.

2) Which chart-topping singles act shared their name with a character in Desperate Housewives?
Orson. The group hit number 1 in March last year with No Tomorrow, while Orson in Desperate Housewives is a danger behind the wheel. Correctly answered by Simon P.

3) Who said this, and of whom? “That’s a face for radio, not for television.”

A: Louis Walsh about Dr. Gillian McKeith
B: Dr. Gillian McKeith about Michelle McManus
C: Michelle McManus about Simon Cowell
D: Simon Cowell about Louis Walsh

4) Who was in Doctor Who on TV and Starter For Ten in cinemas?
Catherine Tate. Correctly answered by David S.

5) Who was in Starter For Ten and Shameless?
James McAvoy. Correctly answered by David S.

6) Who was in Shameless and Housewife, 49?
David Threlfall. Correctly answered by Simon P.

7) Who was in The Ruby and The Smoke and Doctor Who?
Billie Piper. Correctly answered by Simon J.

8) Who was in The Ruby and The Smoke but definitely NOT in This Life +10 (despite being in the first two series)?

A: Andrew Lincoln
B: Jack Davenport
C: Ramon Tikaram (Correctly answered by Mike)
D: Amita Dhiri

9) What number did Matt Willis’s album reach in the charts, on the back of his I’m A Celebrity win?

A: Number 6
B: Number 26
C: Number 46
D: Number 66 Correctly answered by Simon J. Poor Matty.

10) What was the title of the number one single shown on the final weekly Top Of The Pops?
Hips Don't Lie (by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean). Correctly answered by Mike.

11) How many people won the maximum prize of £250,000 on Deal Or No Deal in 2006?
None. Correctly answered by Simon J.
(Good job I was specific - the first £250,000 winner was yesterday!)

12) Match up these advertisers with the celebrities who voiced their TV ads in the run-up to Christmas (ie. A4, B6 etc.):

A: Blossom Hill wine
B: Tesco = 7: Julie Walters (Correctly answered by Simon P.)
C: B&Q = 4: Bill Oddie (Correctly answered by Simon J.)
D: Comet = 1: Edith Bowman (Correctly answered by Simon J.)
E: Woolworth’s
F: Co-op
G: Nokia

1: Edith Bowman
2: Jo Whiley
3: Margarita Taylor
4: Bill Oddie
5: Su Perkins
6: Fearne Cotton
7: Julie Walters

13) In the last decade, how many times has the UK’s best-selling single of the year been by the winner of a TV talent search?

A: None
B: 1 Correctly answered by Simon J. Only Will Young's Anything Is Possible/Evergreen has done the trick, in 2002, although others have come close, as Simon says;
"Hear'Say lost out to Shaggy in 2001, lovely Shayne Ward lost out to Tony Christie in 2005 and lovely Leona lost out to Gnarls Barkley in 2006."
Will Young did sing a solo line or two on Band Aid 20's single, which was the best-seller of 2004, but we're not counting that as his own hit.
C: 2
D: 3

14) Which celebrity, who Chig met for the second time last year, is the grandchild of a former Maltese Prime Minister?

15) Who said this in the Big Brother diary room, shortly before being evicted?
“It’s not really an eviction outfit is it? ‘Cos I don’t really think I’m going.”

A: Grace
B: Sezer (Correctly answered by Simon J.) If I remember correctly, Sezer was shirtless at the time, wearing nothing but beach shorts and a microphone pack. His body turned out to be the only good thing about him.
C: Mikey
D: Spiral

16) Which football aficionado said this?
“To me, Aston Villa and West Ham have the same uniform.”

A: Graham Norton
B: Julian Clary
C: Prince Philip
D: Stephen Fry Correctly answered by Simon P. It was indeed on QI, during a discussion about the subtle differences between Beefeaters and Yeomen of the Guard (and their uniforms).

17) Who said, “All of us do things that we’d prefer not to see on the front of the papers”, shortly after appearing on the front of the papers?

A: George Galloway (Correctly answered by Simon J.)
B: Jade Goody
C: Kate Moss
D: John Prescott

18) In which soap did this conversation take place between two female characters?

Woman 1: Maybe I should get meself a gay boyfriend, give meself a laff.
Woman 2: Hmm, sex wouldn’t be too good though.
Woman 1: Oh, I dunno. Better than some I’ve ’ad.

A: Eastenders
B: Hollyoaks: In The City Guessed, but wrong.
C: Coronation Street
D: Emmerdale

19) How many people won a million pounds on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in 2006?

A: None Guessed, but wrong.
B: 1
C: 2
D: 3

20) Which one of these acts DIDN’T win two Brit Awards in 2006?

A: James Blunt
B: Coldplay
C: Green Day
D: Kaiser Chiefs Correctly answered by Simon J. All the others won two, but the Kaiser Chiefs won three.

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