50 for fun; Phil Brown's trivia quiz.(Features)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: May 25, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Phil Brown

1 Which team will play Premiership football next season after beating Leeds United 3-0 in the Championship playoff final?

2 Heavy rockers Lordi have just given which country its first ever Eurovision win?

3 In which year was American football's first Super Bowl final?

4 The first electric advertising sign in New York was set up to advertise pickles in 1900 by Henry John...?

5 A report from the European Media Forum think tank has called for the BBC to sell off what part of its operation?

6 The two tyre companies with any realistic ...

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