QUIZ OF THE YEAR
POLITICS
1. The UK left the European Union on January 31. At what time?
2. Who quit in February after r refusing a request by Boris Johnson ohnson to fire his advisers?
3. Who resigned from the Home me Office claiming to have been the target of a “vicious and orchestrated estrated briefing campaign”?
4. In April, Sir Keir Starmer was elected leader of the Labour Party. Who was runner-up?
5. What is the name of Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds’ son?
6. Who stood down after making two trips to her second nd home in Fife during lockdown?
7. Michael Gove admitted in April that the Prime Minister missed sed how many meetings of the Cobra emergency gency committee in the early stages s of the pandemic?
8. Boris Johnson blamed a “mutant algorithm” for what August debacle which forced the Government into a humiliating U-turn?
9. Anne-marie Trevelyan left the Cabinet in September when what role was abolished?
10. Who was announced as the face of Downing Street’s new daily televised press briefings in October?
SHOWBIZ
1. Which film won Best Picture ure at the 92nd Academy Awards in n February?
2. Taylor Swift released a surprise prise lockdown album in July. What at was it called?
3. Tom Hanks was one of the first A-listers to confirm a coronavirus diagnosis in March. He was filming a musical biopic of which star’s life at the time?
4. Which Star Wars actor was praised for a powerful speech against racism in Hyde Park in June?
5. Which city was due to host Eurovision in May?
6. The Duchess of Sussex narrated a wildlife documentary for Disney+ which was released in April. What was it called?
7. Who was named People magazine’s
sexiest man alive in November?
8. In September, it was announced Keeping Up The Kardashians, a pop culture institution, was coming to an end. After how many series?
9. Coronation Street became only the fifth UK television programme to clock up 60 years of broadcasting in December. Name the other four.
10. Which two famous names had to apologise for breaking Covid-19 restrictions while celebrating their birthdays in November and December respectively?
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
1. How old was Kirk Douglas when he died in February?
2. Harry Potter star Rupert Grint became a father in May. After which day of the week did he name his daughter?
3. NBA legend Kobe Bryant died in January aged 41 in a helicopter crash in which US state?
4. Which country music legend died in March aged 81?
5. Who married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a low-key private wedding ceremony in July after plans for a more lavish do were cancelled due to the pandemic?
6. Which football figure who won a World Cup winner’s medal as a player and led another nation to the quarter-finals of Italia 90 died in July?
7. The daughter of which late Australian celebrity got married in March and announced in August she was pregnant with her first child?
8. Who revealed in September that she had married US actor David Harbour in Las Vegas.
9. Which comedian, singer and TV presenter died on November 14 aged 88?
10. How old was Dame Barbara Windsor when she died in December?
WORLD
1. US Supreme Court’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September, aged 87. Which Trump appointee took her seat?
2. Which world leader sparked rumours in April he was either gravely ill or dead after missing key national events before he re-emerged in photos 20 days later?
3. Name the cruise ship stuck off the coast of Japan that in February accounted for more than half of the known Covid-19 cases outside China.
4. Which country voted in October to legalise euthanasia, but not marijuana?
5. Name the Hong Kong leader who said in November she was being paid her salary in cash because of US sanctions to freeze her accounts.
6. Frenchman Albert Uderzo died in March aged 92. What beloved comic book character did he co-create?
7. Which nation treated Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after he was poisoned with Novichok in August?
8. Which European leader had to apologise in March for shaking his medical adviser’s hand at the end of a press conference at which he had asked everyone to refrain from handshaking?
9. British-born scientist Michael Houghton shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in October for his work on which disease?
10. On which social media platform did comedian Sarah Cooper first go viral in April for her lip-sync impersonations of Donald Trump?
ROYAL
1. What did the Duchess of Cambridge say she struggles with in February?
2. What did the Queen ban the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from using in March after they quit as senior working royals?
3. Which member of the royal family caught coronavirus in April but kept it a secret so as not to alarm the nation?
4. Who were the first royals to be seen wearing face coverings in June?
5. What milestone did the Queen reach in July?
6. What did Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden say should be added to Netflix drama The Crown?
7. What did Malta demand back from Prince George in September and then change its mind?
8. What product did Oprah Winfrey promote on behalf of her friend Meghan, Duchess of Sussex?
9. Who moved into Harry and Meghan’s vacant Frogmore Cottage?
10. Who did the Queen have to say goodbye to in December?