QUICK QUIZ

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TRIVIA AND CURRENT EVENTS

1. Which pub chain announced it would keep 79 of its pubs shut, with around a third expected to be closed permanently, as the coronavirus restrictions continue to bite?

2. The remaining members of which rock band have reunited and announced a new album called Power Up?

3. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, left, welcomed the president and first lady of which country to the UK at the first royal event at Buckingham Palace since lockdown?

4. Scottish beauty spot Finnich Glen, near Loch Lomond, is to be made safer and more accessible in a £2.7m revamp. Which television series does it feature in?

5. Which British scientist has shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on black holes?

6. The annual Conservative Party Conference was held virtually this year, but which English city was originally due to host it?

7. Lady Gaga, right, leads the way at the MTV Europe Music Awards – how many nominations has she received?

8. Which legendary guitarist died last week at the age of 65 from cancer?

9. Which heritage organisation has announced it will cut 1,300 jobs as part of plans to save £100m lost to the coronavirus crisis?

10. Poet Louise Gluck is the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature since 2016 when which music legend received the award?

11. John Lennon, left, was remembered on his birthday on Friday – how old would he have been in 2020?

12. A collection of rare photographic portraits, commissioned by which British monarch, is expected to fetch £25,000 at auction on October 13?