1 Two Welshmen were fined AU$1000 each for stealing what after drinking 1½ litres of vodka between them? Extra point for its name.
A Fairy Penguin. Called Dirk.
 
From a wildlife park on the Gold Coast of Australia
2 Which airline is offering, to their upper class passengers, ice cubes in the shape of the head of the President of the company?
Virgin Atlantic
 
Richard Branson
3 Selling at $120 million, which painting became the most expensive ever sold at auction in 2012?
The Scream
 
Edvard Munch
4 Adam Yauch, who used Nathanial Hörnblowér as a pseudonum, died at age 47 from cancer. Which well-known hip-hop group did he found in 1979?
Beastie Boys
 
5 Argentina released an Olympic advert showing one of their hopefuls training, ending with the slogan "To compete on English soil we train on Argentine soil." Where was the whole advert filmed?
The Falklands
 
2012 Olympics
6 Which ex-husband of Princess Anne is getting divorced a second time for a woman 4 months younger than his son?
Mark Phillips
 
2012
7 Which household brand was bought by a Chinese company called Bright Food?
Weetabix
 
2010
8 There were calls for what sort of business to be rated according to hygiene like restaurants and takeaways?
Tattoo parlors
 
2012
9 Who won the 2012 French Presidential Election?
François Hollande
 
10 Of the 66 seats available in Gateshead at the 2012 election, how many did Labour end up with?
55