WORLD NEWS
JANUARY
1. Which businessman did Donald Trump appoint as his senior adviser in the White House.
2. Which former Iranian President died at the age of 82.
3. Who began his term as United Nations Secretary General.
4. THE eastern part of which Iraqi city was liberated from ISIL militants.
FEBRUARY
5. Which member of the North Korean Kim dynasty was assassinated in Malaysia after two women poisoned him at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
6, Which TV broadcaster was banned from operating in Venezuela after it was accused by speading propaganda
7. Who told reporters he would be honest with the American people, but also that the White House may sometimes ‘disagree with the facts’.
8. Which former Prime Minister makes a speech in London, urging opponents of Brexit to ‘rise up’ and fight to change the British people’s minds about leaving the European Union,
MARCH
9. Which in Ireland is a mass grave is discovered at a former Catholic orphanage, containing ‘significant quantities of human remains’, all of them children.
10. Which former US President was (falsely) accused by his successor of wire tapping a tower block in the month before the 2016 presididential election.
11. Which organisation released thousands of documents that it claims provides details of surveillance software used by the United States Central Intelligence Agency.
12. Which Spanish separatist group announced it would fully disarm by April 8.
APRIL
13. Which country launched a medium-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.
14. In Which country did terrorists affiliated with ISIL kill 45 people in attacks on Palm Sunday.
15. Who were the winners of the first round of voting in the French presidential elections.
MAY
16. Who said she will be a ‘bloody difficult woman’ in her negotiations with Jean-Claude Juncker regarding the rights of EU nationals after Brexit.
17. Which three countries agreed to establish four ‘safe zones’ in Syria over which all military aircraft will be barred from flying.
18. Who stepped down as Taoiseach.
19. Where did a bomber strike at the end of an Ariana Grande performance, killing 19 people and wounding 50
JUNE
20. Who quit as an official advisor to President Donald Trump in protest at the United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
21. Which six countries severed ties with the internationally recognized government of Qatar.
22. Who was forced to form a minority government after a snap election saw her party losing its parliamentary majority.
23. Whose son was released in Zintan after requests from the eastern Libya-based government.
JULY
24. Who was sworn in by President Xi Jinping as the first female Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
25. Where were metal detectors installed and a ban on Moslem men under the age of 50, sparking a wave of protest.
26. Whose remains were exhumed to settle a paternity claim by a woman who alleged she was the painter’s naural daughter.
27. Which country said it was withdrawing from the 1964 London Fisheries Convention, which allows several European countries to fish within 6 to 12 nautical miles of each other’s coastlines.
AUGUST
28. Who retired from public appearances at the age of 96 after heaving completed 22,219 solo engagements since 1952.
29. Where was it alleged the hearing of US and Canadian diplomats had been harmed by a mysterious noise.
30. Who won re-election as as Kenyan President.
31. Which first lady fled after being threatened with arrest on charges on charges of ‘assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm’ on a 20-year-old woman in a hotel room in Johannesburg.
32, Who resigned as President Trump’s White House chief strategist.
SEPTEMBER
33. Who called President Donald Trump a ‘dotard’.
34. Which region approved a call for a referendum on independence from Spain.
35. Which hurricane became the strongest Atlantic hurricance since 2005 and the most powerful Atlantic storm recorded outside the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
36. Which country issued a decreee allowing woman to be issued with driving licenses by June 2018.
OCTOBER
37. Which British-born ISIL activist and recruiter was killed in a US drone strike in Syria.
38. Which country said it was planning an indefinite ban on crude oil recovery by means of the process of hydraulic fracturing.
39. Which airline, the UK’s fifth biggest, was placed in administration.
40. Which Hollywood mogul fell rapidly from grace following allegations of sexual abuse.
41. Which Panama Papers journalist was killed in a car bomb attack in Malta.
NOVEMBER
42. Who was ousted after 37 years as head of state, in a coup that wasn’t a coup.
43. Which country arrested 11 princes and ministers on corruption charges, while more than 200 others were held for questioning in an anti-corrutpion drive.
44. What was the name of the Argentine submarine that disappeared in the Atlantic.
45. What painting was sold for a record $450.3 million at an auction in New York.
DECEMBER
47. Which country’s parliament voted to allow same-sex marriage.
48. Who was widely rebuked for recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
49. Which country was banned from the next Winter Olympics in South Korea over state-sponsored doping. .
50. Who did Time Magazine name as Persons of the Year.