5K Minute - Friday 13th January

Published 12th Jan 2017
Last updated 18th Jan 2017

Every weekday morning just after 8.10am we play the 5K Minute. The idea is simple, you get 60 seconds to answer 10 questions. If you get all 10 correct you win £5000! Here are the questions from Friday 13th January

Barack Obama this week gave his farewell speech in which US City?

A. Chicago

Machu Picchu is a ruin found in what country?

A. Peru

What TV show did the pop-band Hear’say win in 2001?

A. Popstars

In which month is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere?

A. June

The Scales are the Zodiac sign of what?

A. Libra

What temperature, in degrees Celsius, does water boil?

A. 100

Which British actor plays Sherlock Holmes in the current TV series ‘Sherlock’?

A. Benedict Cumberbatch

What is the name given to the explosion that ends a star’s life?

A. Supernova

Which company manufactures the Cheerios & Shredded Wheat cereals?

A. Nestle

Which Glasgow & the West Football team play their home matches at Cappielow?

A. Greenock Morton

To enter the £5K Minute, just listen to Bowie@Breakfast.