The Scotsman

QUIZ OF THE DECADE - ANSWERS

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POLITICS - 1. Cambridge Analytica; 2. The US and Cuba; 3. Voting reform (Alternativ­e Vote); 4. 55-45 in favour of staying in the UK; 5. Snowdonia; 6. Sadiq Khan; 7. Chris Huhne; 8. Mitt Romney; 9. It was contested between brothers Ed and David Miliband, with Ed victorious; 10. Greenland

SPORT - 1. 11; 2. Manchester City; 3. France; 4. 5,000 and 10,000 metres; 5. Sir Alex Ferguson; 6. Third; 7. 7-1; 8. Sergio Garcia; 9. Naomi Osaka; 10. Andy Ruiz Jr

SHOWBIZ - 1. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin; 2. Moonlight; 3. Kim Kardashian after splitting from her second husband, NBA player Kris Humphries; 4. Beyonce; 5. Leonardo Dicaprio, who won best actor for The Revenant; 6. Adele; 7. Kylie Minogue; 8. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert; 9. Psy with Gangnam Style; 10. Ellen Degeneres

ROYAL - 1. Lady Gabriella Windsor; 2. Her Blue Sapphire Jubilee - 65 years on the throne; 3. 2010; 4. Ireland; 5. The Spirit of Chartwell; 6. The House of Windsor - the royal family changed their surname from Saxe-coburg-gotha to Windsor because of anti-german feeling during the First World War; 7. Historian Sir David Starkey; 8. Richard III in Leicester Cathedral; 9. Five metres; 10. Prince Louis

WHO SAID - 1. Then mayor of London Boris Johnson; 2. Then Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli; 3. Late EXIRA member turned politician Martin Mcguinness; 4. Andy Murray, after ending Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s singles winner at SW19; 5. The Queen, who was apparently reacting to the No vote in the Scottish independen­ce referendum; 6. Zayn Malik, who quit One Direction in March that year; 7. Nigel Farage; 8. The Duke of Edinburgh, as he opened a new stand at Lord’s cricket ground; 9. Then defence secretary Gavin Williamson; 10. Greta Thunberg calls for urgent action from world leaders attending a UN climate action summit

NAME THE YEAR - 1. 2013; 2. 2015; 3. 2012; 4. 2010; 5. 2018; 6. 2011; 7. 2017; 8. 2014; 9. 2016; 10. 2019

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