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Media 43 questions.
The fourth estate, and the bits that don't pretend they're fiction
Pub quiz question 4702 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Morrissey allowed John Lewis to use a cover of which Smiths song on its 2011 Christmas TV advert.
  2. Answer: A: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.
  3. Categories: Current Affairs (5) Media (6) Music (6) Entertainment (6)
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Pub quiz question 4665 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city boasts the British Meteorological Office?
  2. Answer: A: Exeter
  3. Categories: Geography (7) Science (7) Television (7) Media (7)
Pub quiz question 4550 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which magazine refers to sexual affairs as 'Ugandan discussions?'
  2. Answer: A: Private Eye
  3. Notes: *: Coined 1973
  4. Categories: Media (4) Language (4) 1970s (4) Geography (4)
Pub quiz question 1312 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: During the summer months, which sports show takes over from Soccer AM?
  2. Answer: A: Cricket AM
  3. Categories: Sports (5) Media (5) Entertainment (5)
Pub quiz question 5709 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British author edited the periodicals Household Words and All the Year Round?
  2. Answer: A: Charles Dickens
  3. Categories: Literature (6) Media (6)
Pub quiz question 4958 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which tabloid slammed Brass Eye's paedophilia spoof opposite pictures of bikini clad Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice who were then 11 and 13?
  2. Answer: A: The Daily Mail
  3. Notes: *: 2001
  4. Categories: Entertainment (8) Television (8) Media (8) 2000s (8)
Pub quiz question 4597 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was England's biggest-selling daily newspaper at the start of the 21st century?
  2. Answer: A: The Sun
  3. Categories: Media (3)
Pub quiz question 7218 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who supposedly wrote Private Eye's Dear Bill letters?
  2. Answer: A: Denis Thatcher
  3. Categories: People (4) Politics (4) Media (4) Entertainment (4)
Pub quiz question 6524 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which company with 13 employees was bought by Facebook for US$1bn in 2012?
  2. Answer: A: Instagram
  3. Categories: Media (6) 2010s (6)
Pub quiz question 4957 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which tabloid slammed Brass Eye's paedophilia spoof opposite an article about the then 15-year-old singer Charlotte Church's breasts under the headline "She's a big girl now" and using the words "looking chest swell".
  2. Answer: A: The Daily Star
  3. Notes: *: 2001
  4. Categories: Entertainment (8) Television (8) Media (8) 2000s (8)