Compete against friends and family in our weekly online quiz – Saturday Social!
There are 13 questions in total – simply scroll down to the bottom of the page for the answers.
1. TRUE OR FALSE? A billion seconds is about 32 days.
2. WHO AM I? Name the celebrity pictured above?
3. ODD ONE OUT: Which one of these films is the odd one out – and why?
Blade Runner; Hannibal; Gladiator; The Martian; Thelma & Louise; Titanic.
4. REMEMBER WHEN? The following events all occurred in a year in living memory. Do you know the year?
▶ The first iPad was released
▶ Champion jockey AP McCoy won BBC Sports Personality of the year – and also the Grand National for the first time on Don’t Push It
▶ Ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, causing all flights in and out of the UK to be suspended.
▶ Ed Miliband was narrowly elected Labour leader over his brother David
5. WHAT’S COOKING: Made with strawberries (or other berries), whipped cream and meringue, can you name this ever-popular English dessert?
6. QUESTION OF SPORT: With which team did Michael Jordan famously win six NBA championships?
7. POPTEASER: Which of these four acts has had the most UK No.1 singles – Justin Bieber, Oasis, the Rolling Stones, Calvin Harris?
8. WORDWISE: Here are three simple riddles to scramble the brain. Can you get all three?
▶ What word contains 26 letters but only has three syllables?
▶ I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even, so what number am I?
▶ What three-letter word sounds like a letter it does not contain?
9. WHO… in history is said to have said – ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’
10. WHICH… mainstay of the McDonald’s menu is this?
A crispy white hoki or pollock fish filet patty, with cheese and tartare sauce, in a steamed bun
11. IN… which Indian city is Bollywood – the popular name for the Hindi-language film industry – based?
12. ON… most computer keyboards, what button is to the left of the Q?
13. WHERE AM I? In which major UK city was this picture taken?
ANSWERS: 1 False – it’s about 32 years; 2 TV presenter Denise Van Outen; 3 They are all films directed by Ridley Scott, apart from Titanic, which was directed by James Cameron; 4 2010; 5 Eton mess; 6 Chicago Bulls; 7 They have all had eight No.1s apart from Calvin Harris who has had 11 No.1s; 8 Alphabet, Seven, Eye; 9 Julius Caesar; 10 Filet-O-Fish; 11 Mumbai; 12 Tab; 13 Manchester.
