Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (23rd November 2008)

1. Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig are the interesting names of the children of which political figure, who sprung to fame (and a certain amount of ridicule and criticism) in 2008?

2. Which Brazilian Grand Prix driver made his debut with the British Toleman team in 1984?

3. Scarlett Johansson’s 2008 album ‘Anywhere I Lay My Head’ featured cover songs of which artist?

4. What was the name of the Greenpeace ship that the French military bombed in 1985?

5. In which street is the Bank of England?

6. What word (now infamous) appeared as the headline on the front of The Sun newspaper on the 4th May 1982?

7. Which Turner Prize winner has directed the 2008 film ‘Hunger’, about the IRA member Bobby Sands and the 1981 Hunger Strike?

8. What did WW2 BBC radio doctor Charles Hill describe as ‘black-coated workers’?

9. Which American singer has recently adopted the alternative persona Sasha Fierce?

10. Which tough grass is used to stabilize sand dunes?

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1. Sarah Palin
2. Ayrton Senna
3. Tom Waits
4. Rainbow Warrior
5. Threadneedle Street
6. Gotcha
7. Steve McQueen
8. Prunes
9. Beyonce (Knowles)
10. Marram Grass