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Media 51 questions.
The fourth estate, and the bits that don't pretend they're fiction
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)
Pub quiz question 4613 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city's name was included in the tile of The Guardian until 1959?
  2. Answer: A: Manchester
  3. Categories: Geography (3) Media (3) 1950s (3)
Pub quiz question 6196 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Twice appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair.
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Demi Moore
  4. Notes: *: She was 7 months pregnant when she appeared on the cover in 1991 the first time.
  5. Categories: When they were younger (4) Media (4) Entertainment (4)
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Pub quiz question 7207 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which newspaper proprietor once said 'You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England?'
  2. Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
  3. Categories: Sleaze (4) Media (4)
Pub quiz question 35 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who co-wrote Fawlty Towers with John Cleese?
  2. Answer: A: Connie Booth
  3. Notes: *: She was his wife at the time
  4. Categories: Television (5) Media (5) Entertainment (5)
  5. Times used:
Pub quiz question 145 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which year did Ceefax start broadcasting?
  2. Answer: A: 1974
  3. Categories: Television (7) Media (7)
Pub quiz question 9258 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What character have both Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch played
  2. Answer: A: Sherlock Holmes
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (4) Media (4) Entertainment (4)
Pub quiz question 38 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which UK girl band burst onto the scene in 2008 with top ten hits "If This is Love" and "Up?"
  2. Answer: A: The Saturdays
  3. Categories: Media (6) Music (5)