Question: Who was deported from the US aged 89 to face a war crime trial in Germany?
Answer: John Demjanjuk

Question: What country was judged in 2009 by the Economist Intelligence Unit to be the safest in the world?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: Which ex-leader secured a book deal with Random House in March 2009 provisionally titled Decision Points?
Answer: George W Bush

Question: Who resigned in 2009 as Speaker of the UK House of Commons?
Answer: Michael Martin

Question: Which famous music manager of the Beatles and Rolling Stones died in 2009?
Answer: Allen Klein

Question: Rose Davis, who died in February 2009, led what famous 1970s campaign, whose slogan appeared on many London walls and bridges?
Answer: Free George Davis

Question: Who won the 2009 Australian men's tennis Open Championship?
Answer: Rafael Nadal

Question: What pop star was jailed in 2009 for assaulting a male escort?
Answer: Boy George

Question: Which comedian received a Special Achievement Award at the 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year event?
Answer: Eddie Izzard

Question: Which writer, whose works include Rumpole of the Bailey, died in January 2009?
Answer: John Mortimer

Question: Hans Bech who died in 2009 invented what popular toy figures?
Answer: Playmobil

Question: Actor Laurence Payne who died in February 2009, aged 89, played which fictional detective on TV?
Answer: Sexton Blake

Question: Dorothy Hughes and Winifred Phillips became at 85 years old the first what?
Answer: Chelsea Pensioners

Question: Which football club bought Ronaldo from Manchester United for £80m?
Answer: Real Madrid

Question: What architect and peer accused Prince Charles of unconstitutional abuse of power?
Answer: Richard Rogers

Question: Utegate was a political scandal involving a car dealer and the prime minister of which country?
Answer: Australia

Question: UK 2009 summer weather conditions prompted fears of a plague of harlequins - what insects are these?
Answer: Ladybirds

Question: Legal action by 30,000 Ivory Coast people was brought against which company for the allged dumping of toxic waste?
Answer: Trafigura

Question: Which country won the 2009 rugby Six Nations Grand Slam?
Answer: Ireland

Question: What was the first predominantly muslim country visited by Barak Obama after becoming US president?
Answer: Turkey

Question: Which controversial politician resigned as Governor of Alaska in July 2009?
Answer: Sarah Palin

Question: Which Sussex town hosted the G20 Summit in March 2009?
Answer: Horsham

Question: John Lydon (Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) fronted which dairy product ad campaign?
Answer: Country Life

Question: Who was appointed European Ryder Cup Captain in 2009?
Answer: Colin Montgomerie

Question: US Jazz guitarist Huey Long who died aged 105 was a member of which famous 1940s male vocal group?
Answer: The Inkspots

Question: Iftikhar Chaudrey was reinstated as Minister of Justice of which country after massive protests?
Answer: Pakistan

Question: In 2009 Coca-Cola paid £30m for a minority share of which UK 'smoothie' drinks company?
Answer: Innocent

Question: Which banker drew strong negative publicity relating to his failed leadership of RBS and substantial pension arrangements?
Answer: Sir Fred Goodwin

Question: Which Swedish ex-world heavyweight boxing champion died in February 2009?
Answer: Ingemar Johansson

Question: Which actor returned to ER in 2009 to huge acclaim?
Answer: George Clooney

Question: Swiss insurance company SUVA launched a campaign in January 2009 urging slower what?
Answer: Skiing

Question: In 2009 who became English football's most capped outfield player?
Answer: David Beckham

Question: The phrase 'HDTV is worth every cent' became featured in which TV show's opening sequence?
Answer: The Simpsons

Question: What politician nicknamed 'the big beast' returned to the Conservative party shadow cabinet?
Answer: Kenneth Clarke

Question: Which country hosted the 2009 world cycling track championships?
Answer: Poland

Question: Which UK pornographer and news mogul lost a libel action against biographer Tom Bower in July 2009?
Answer: Richard Desmond

Question: The town of Winnenden, where a deranged teenager massacred 15 school children, is in which country?
Answer: Germany

Question: Name the convicted Lockerbie bomber released in August 2009?
Answer: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

Question: Which film won the 2009 Bafta for best special visual effects?
Answer: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Question: The reform charity Transform reported in 2009 that the legalisation of what would save UK taxpayers between £4.6 and £13.9bn per year?
Answer: Drugs

Question: Who came third in the UK X-Factor 2009?
Answer: Stacey Solomon

Question: Which soccer player maintained his record of playing and and scoring in every Premier League season?
Answer: Ryan Giggs

Question: What is Google's 'city panorama' service called, launched in the UK in March 2009?
Answer: Street View

Question: In Killarney, Ireland, Mark Davis became the the first 'Six-Red' world champion in which sport?
Answer: Snooker

Question: Which car's 50th anniversary was featured on a Royal Mint 2009 commemorative coin?
Answer: The Mini

Question: Who bought the bankrupt Woolworths company in February 2009?
Answer: David and Frederick Barclay

Question: Who in 2009 ended Rafael Nadal's 4 year run of 31 wins in the French Open Championship?
Answer: Robin Soderling

Question: As Corpus Christi captain in the University Challenge quiz show who made the news for her remarkable points-scoring?
Answer: Gail Trimble

Question: French wine makers objected to EU plans to allow the blending of which sort of wine?
Answer: Rosé

Question: Whose 100th anniversary was celebrated on a 2009 £2 coin?
Answer: Charles Darwin

Question: Who brought a legal suit against Michael Jackson in early 2009 claiming a share of profits from the Thriller video?
Answer: John Landis

Question: Which bankrupt UK construction firm was scrutinised in 2009 for having an £11m ruby on its balance sheet?
Answer: Wrekin

Question: Which Welsh town had its first public showing of the film Life of Brian in March 2009 afer a 30 year ban?
Answer: Aberystwyth

Question: According to a Global Property study where in 2009 is the most expensive property in the world?
Answer: Monte Carlo

Question: Tzipi Livni led her Kadima party in what country's elections?
Answer: Israel

Question: What website founded by Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey was never out of the news in 2009?
Answer: Twitter

Question: Indian coporation Tata launched a 100,000 rupee (£1,350) new what in 2009?
Answer: Car

Question: Name the British mercenary given a presidential pardon from his 34 year jail term for his part in a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea?
Answer: Simon Mann

Question: Which comic strip footballer was re-published in a classic collection in April 2009?
Answer: Roy of the Rovers

Question: In what country did President Hugo Chavez disagree with Coca-Cola about land for housing?
Answer: Venezuela

Question: Which fast bowler took five wickets for eleven runs in England's 51 all out against the West Indies?
Answer: Jerome Taylor

Question: The crowd crush at Birmingham's Millennium Point occurred during a performance by which pop group?
Answer: Jls

Question: What new biodegradable product launched in the UK under the Chicza Rainforest brand?
Answer: Chewing gum

Question: Which UK 'doorstep' loan company collapsed in 2009 with £2.4bn debts?
Answer: Cattles

Question: What was the name of the British submarine which collided with the French submarine Le Triomphant in February 2009?
Answer: HMS Vanguard

Question: What did Eric Holder (new US Attorney General) define as torture that Dick Cheney said was not?
Answer: Waterboarding

Question: In January 2009 a trolley from which closed-down London restaurant fetched £12,000 at auction?
Answer: Cafe Royal