BREAK TIIME: Fifty for Fun

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England), Oct 11, 2008

Byline: By ANDREW BALDWIN Feature Writer

NEWS

1 Which comedian is to make his stage acting debut in Othello?

2 Employees who take regular periods of long-term sick leave are likely to do what before their colleagues?

3 Who is the world's highest earning author?

4 Which former EastEnders character is set to return to Albert Square?

5 Laurence Fox stars in Wired on ITV1 on Monday. Which popstar-turned-actress is he married to?

6 Which contestant was the latest to be voted off BBC's Strictly Come Dancing show?

7 A new blood test has been developed to help track the progression of which disabling illness?

8 Name the former EastEnders actress who said she was dying of cancer and would marry her long-term partner?

9 How many homes will switch from analogue to digital television next year?

10 Jonny Lee Miller is the title character in new comedy-drama Eli Stone, which can be seen on Monday nights on the Sci Fi channel. Which popstar can be seen in most episodes?

11 Which Dragons' Den star is to head a new business academy?

12 Which band won Best Act in the World Today at the Q Awards?

13 Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced a nationwide assessment of what aspect of policing?

14 It is claimed that doing what could reduce cot death?

15 Fiona Bruce presents Antiques Roadshow on Sunday evenings on BBC One. In which former British colony was she born?

16 Which charity has signed a pounds 1 million record deal with Universal Music?

17 Which inventor has scrapped plans to open a multi-million pound design school?

18 The NHS spends pounds 1 million an hour treating what illness?

19 Seventy percent of women admitted thinking about what "nearly every day", according to a poll?

20 Cherie Lunghi appears in A Touch Of Frost on ITV1 tomorrow. One of her most famous roles came playing Guinevere in which 1981 film?

21 The average price of a home in the UK has fallen to what figure?

22 Which film star had plastic surgery after being injured on a film set?

23 Which TV chef refuses to kiss his fans in case he gets herpes?

24 The average salary for GPs has risen to what?

25 Chris Tarrant returns with a new series of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? on Tuesday. What was the name of the short-lived series he presented in 198 SPORT

26 In football, name the manager of Wycombe Wanderers.

27 With which club did Jamie Redknapp conclude his playing career?

28 In cricket, which county has Australian all-rounder Cameron White played for?

29 Against which country did former England batsman Aftab Habib make his two Test appearances?

30 In horseracing, which course is home to the Tingle Creek Chase?

31 Which League of Ireland side play their home games at United Park?

32 The new leader of golf's European Order of Merit, Robert Karlsson, comes from which country?

33 Which Formula One team withdrew from the championship earlier this season due to a lack of funding?

34 Surrey signed which former Hampshire opening batsman last week?

35 Which Manchester United defender is currently on loan at Blackburn?

36 When did Michael Schumacher win his first Formula One championship?

37 Which Football Conference team play their home games at the Broadfield Stadium?

38 Which batsman was named Durham's player of the season last week?

39 Name the three countries in England's group for this month's Rugby League World Cup?

40 Against which country did David Beckham win his 100th England cap?

41 Who scored England's most recent international goal?

42 Which county does England opener Alastair Cook play for?

43 Where will the 2014 Commonwealth Games be held?

44 At what distance does runner Steve Cram still hold the European record?

45 Which British swimmers hold world records?

46 Who will Ricky Hatton fight in the defence of his IBO light-welterweight title in Las Vegas next month?

47 Newcastle lost England duo Mathew Tait and Toby Flood to which of their two 48 Indian batsman Sourav Ganguly has announced he will retire after the Test series against Australia, but which team did he represent in this season's Indian Premier League?

49 Which two teams are yet to keep a clean sheet in this season's Barclays Premier League?

50 Who scored the first Football League hat-trick of the new season?

ANSWERS

1 Lenny Henry; 2 Die earlier than their colleagues, the British Medical Journal said; 3 JK Rowling, who earned more than pounds 170 million in the last year according to US magazine, orbes; 4 Nasty Nick Cotton, played by John Altman; 5 Billie Piper; 6 Gary Rhodes; 7 Multiple lerosis; 8 Wendy Richard; 9 Five million, according to Digital UK; 10 George Michael; 11 eter Jones. It will be called the National Skills Academy for Enterprise; 12 Coldplay, who also on Best Album; 13 How ethnic minorities are treated; 14 Keeping a fan on while a baby sleeps, the American Medical Association said; 15 Singapore; 16 The Salvation Army. The um is expected to boost Christmas fundraising; 17 Sir James Dyson, the inventor of the dual cyclone vacuum cleaner; 18 Diabetes, a vey by Diabetes UK said; 19 Buying new lothes, women's magazine Elle said; 20 calibur; 21 pounds 172,108, according Britain's gest mortgage lender Halifax; 22 Daniel aig, who was accidentally kicked when filming the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace; 23 amie Oliver, who admitted his fear to Absolute adio; 24 Above pounds 100,000, a House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report said; 25 OTT; 26 Peter Taylor; 27 Southampton; 28 Somerset; 29 New Zealand; 30 Sandown; 31 gheda United; 32 Sweden; 33 Super Aguri; 34 Michael Brown; 35 Danny Simpson; 36 1994; 37 Crawley Town; 38 Will Smith; 39 Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea; 40 France; 41 Theo Walcott; 42 Essex; 43 Glasgow; 44 One mile; 45 Rebecca Adlington and Liam Tancock; 46 Paulie Malignaggi; 47 Sale and Leicester; 48 olkata Knight Riders; 49 Everton and West Ham; 50 Billy Sharp (August 16: Sheff Utd 3-0 QPR after 51 minutes).