The 2000s quiz

20 questions about the 2000s, from quizzes all over the archive. New mix gives another lot; the link always brings back this mix.

1. Golf : who won the 2007 Masters Tournament?

2. Name one of the riders who has won the Tour de France 5 times before the year 2005?

3. The first telephone book issued in the UK back in 1880 was reissued online in November 2007. Of the 248 names listed, what did not appear once?

4. Which Australian tennis player and world no.1 went out in the first round of the 2002 Australian open?

5. What nationality was the coach of Greece when they won Euro 2004?

6. Roughly 25 minutes after the film begins, "Here you are, sir. Main Level D." are the first words to which classic movie?

7. In which popular 2003 film does Billy Bob Thornton play the President of the United States?

8. A proposed EU Constitution was abandoned after voters in which two countries rejected it in 2005?

9. What month in 2007 was the smoking ban in England introduced?

10. Which Scot Was Given The Freedom Of Manchester On 28/02/2000?

11. What was the name of the NASA Space Shuttle which blew up over Texas in Feb 2003 - killing 7 astronauts?

12. What is the title of the 2006 book about Hannibal Lector?

13. "No 5, 1948" sold for a record 140 million dollars in 2006. What is "No 5,1948"?

14. Which title do 'You' share with, amongst others; Queen Elizabeth II, Adolf Hitler, Pope John XXIII, Mahatma Gandhi and Joseph Stalin?

15. In 2000 it was suggested that which TV pub should change its name to the Boozy Newt?

16. Unter welchem Namen ist Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr. besser bekannt? Seinen Oscar als bester Nebendarsteller erhielt er 2000 f?r seine Rolle in "Gottes Werk und Teufels Beitrag".

17. Which Channel 4 property programme, first aired in May 2001, is presented by Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer.

18. What did veterinarians remove in a 2-hour operation from the stomach of Burmese python "Houdini" in 2006?

19. Which product was the best-seller in the US for the year 2007: Coca-cola or Pepsi-cola?

20. What is the name of U2's 2009 studio album?

ANSWERS

1. Zach Johnson

2. Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault Eddy Mercx or M. Indurain

3. A telephone number - callers had to speak to an operator in order to be connected!

4. Leighton Hewit

5. German

6. 2001: A Space Odyssey

7. Love Actually

8. France and the Netherlands

9. July (1st)

10. Sir Alex Ferguson

11. COLUMBIA (SOUTH CAROLINA)

12. Hannibal Rising

13. Oil painting (Jackson Pollock)

14. TIME magazine's 'Person of the Year' (In 2006 "You" were the Time Person of the Year)

15. The Rovers Return

16. Michael Caine

17. Location, Location, Location

18. a queen-size electric blanket -- with the electrical cord and control box

19. coca cola

20. No line on the horizon

Where these questions come from
  1. Quiz of the Year 2007 - Part 1
  2. Sport Quiz 21
  3. Noels Bizzare Quiz 1
  4. Sport Quiz 11
  5. UEFA European Football Championships Quiz 1
  6. Pauls Quiz 446
  7. Pauls Quiz 252
  8. European Union Quiz 3
  9. Pot Luck Quiz 20
  10. United Kingdom Quiz 1
  11. Connections Quiz 52
  12. Pauls Quiz 37
  13. Pauls Quiz 476
  14. Pauls Quiz 337
  15. Quiz of the Year 2000
  16. German Quiz 13
  17. Triple Words Quiz 1
  18. QuizMiz Quiz 16
  19. Random Trivia Quiz 4
  20. Pot Luck Quiz 3

Questions are chosen because they mention a year from the decade. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.