Quiz of the Year: Who did what in a rollercoaster 12 months
NEWS
1 Which train returned to the tracks in February after an absence of more than a decade? 2 The Scottish Conservatives became the second largest party at Holyrood after May’s election, but how many seats did they win? 3 Which major retail chain plunged into administration before vanishing from the high street for good? 4 Which golf club was described as “indefensible” and “embarrassing” in May? 5 Who resigned as chair of the Scottish inquiry into historical child sex abuse? 6 GERS figures in August painted a gloomy picture of the Scottish economy, but how large was the nation’s deficit? 7 Which Scottish MP was charged with embezzlement in September? 8 A new series hit comedy Still Game aired in 2016, but how many viewers did its opening episode attract? 9 Who got engaged to her partner, Jennifer Wilson, while on holiday in Paris? 10 Which Edinburgh born comedian, famous for his role in a long-running double act, died at the age of 85?
FILM/TV
1 Channel Four announced plans to axe which popular daytime show after 11 years? 2 In December it was announced Former Doctor Who star David Tennant will lend his voice to which beloved children’s character for a new show? 3 Who, in September, was accused of “body shaming” actress Gemma Arterton when she described her as having a “normal” figure while interviewing her live on TV? 4 In Series two of BBC’S The Missing, which actors played Captain Sam Webster and his wife Gemma, whose daughter Alice went missing? 5 Who was replaced with a leather handbag on an episode of BBC’S Have I Got News for You after pulling out at the last minute – and why? 6 What was the top grossing 18-rated film of 2016? 7 How many Disney films were in the top ten highest grossing films by December 1? 8 What was the top Google searched Netflix show? 9 What was this year’s most popular show on BBC iplayer? 10 What was HBO’S biggest premier of 2016?
SPORT
1 Andy Murray’s enjoyed a fantastic year, winning Wimbledon and becoming world No 1, but who did he beat in the Olympic final in Rio to win the gold medal? 2 Which city provided both finalists in this season’s Champions League? 3 What links Danny Willett, Henrik Stenson, Dustin Johnson and Jimmy Walker? 4 Name the US gymnast who won four gold medals at the Rio Olympics. 5 Hibs won the Scottish Cup for the first time in 114 years. Can you name their goalkeeper in the Hampden final against Rangers? 6 Who won the Wimbledon ladies singles title? 7 Which teams did Scotland defeat in this year’s Six Nations? 8 Name the Scot who won the fourth Olympic silver medal of her career on the water in Rio. 9 How many Olympic gold medals has Usain Bolt now won in his career? 10 Who scored the winning goal for Portugal in extra time in the Euro 2016 final?
BUSINESS
1 Can you name the two Scottish technology “unicorns” that were taken over this year? 2 Which accounting software company became the first Scottish business to float on the London market for several years? 3 Which Scottish logistics giant came under pressure to break itself up? 4 In which month did the Bank of England cut interest rates to 0.25 per cent? 5 Which big supermarket group pulled out of a joint venture with budget grocer Netto? 6 Which high-profile boss of a major pubs chain gave his vocal backing to the Brexit campaign? 7 Name the dog that starred in this year’s John Lewis Christmas advertising campaign. 8 Who was the billionaire businessman who came under fire from all sides following the collapse of the BHS department store chain?
9 Which Scottish lender failed the latest Bank of England stress tests? 10 In which national park is the Scottish gold mine that produced its first coins this year?
CULTURE/ARTS
1 What links the Pentland Hills, the Playboy Mansion and a 6ft-deep puddle? 2 What three social networks does Renton (Ewan Mcgregor) reference in the updated “Choose Life” speech in the Trainspotting sequel? 3 Name the two protagonists of Ian Rankin’s 2016 book Rather be the Devil 4 What substantial object was stolen from this year’s T in the Park festival? 5 Which comedian won the “funniest joke” award at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe?
6 Who played a sell-out summer gig at Glasgow Green in August? 7 Which Scottish TV series picked up two awards at the Scottish Baftas? 8 Ronnie Corbett passed away earlier this year, but how old was the diminutive comedian? 9 Which photographer enjoyed a lengthy exhibition at the Scottish Parliament? 10 Name the Scottish actress who portrays Ygritte in Game of Thrones?
CELEBRITY/MEDIA
1 What links Tony Warren and Jean Alexander, who both died this year? 2 Actor Kenny Baker passed away on August 13 – but what was his best-known role? 3 Which actor stopped traffic in Edinburgh in January and why? 4 How is Anna Georgette Gilford better known? 5 Millie Bobby Brown won plaudits for her performances as which character in Netflix drama Stranger Things? 6 Who won the 2016 Best Actress Oscar... and for what film?
7 Can you name the musician/ group who simultaneously held the top three spots in the UK singles chart in January? 8 He died in February of this year but what was John Disley’s claim to fame? 9 Can you name the TV personality who saw off serious internetled competition from Boaty Mcboatface to have a polar research ship named after them? 10 Which hip hop artist and writer had an unlikely Twitter exchange in February?
POLITICS
1 What was the turnout in the EU referendum? 2 Name Scotland’s youngest-ever MSP, elected in May. 3 Which MP had to repay £40 in expenses for someone to look after his dog? 4 Name all of Ukip’s leaders in 2016. 5 Which South Yorkshire stately home, described as the inspiration for Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice, did Philip Hammond pledge £7.6m to purchase and preserve in the Autumn Statement? 6 Which Scottish constituency had the highest level of support for Brexit at the EU referendum? 7 Labour won just three constituencies in this year’s Scottish elections. Name them. 8 Which Scottish politician summed up the post EU referendum chaos by saying: “Labour’s still fumbling with its flies while the Tories are enjoying a postcoital cigarette after withdrawing our massive Johnson”? 9 Which major retailer removed the Scottish flag from packaging on punnets of berries after complaints from shoppers in England? 10 Arguing in court against the eviction of the so-called “Indy Camp” from the grounds of the Scottish Parliament, which former Conservative MSP did pro-independence activists claim was the true owner of the Holyrood site?
FOOD AND DRINK
1 Which Scottish brewer created an innovative ale using water harvested from the clouds? 2 Charitable Edinburgh restaurant, Home, from the team behind Social Bite, was visited by which A-list star in November? 3 Which well-known Highland castle lodged plans to build a gin and whisky distillery within its grounds? 4 Which Scottish brewery created the first ever commercially available 100% Scottish beer with wild hops grown near Dundee? 5 Which St Andrews chippy was named the best in Scotland at the 2016 National Fish and Chip Awards in January? 6 Scotland’s first cereal café opened in Glasgow in May, what was it called? 7 A vegan version of which Scottish favourite proved to be massively popular when Glaswegian café Rose & Grants began selling it this summer?
8 Which Scottish city was named by supermarket chain Aldi as Prosecco capital of the UK in August? 9 Which bar won the AA Scottish Pub of the Year award for 2016-17 in September? 10 Which leading Scots chocolatier, influenced by the popularity of hit TV show Outlander, created a full Highland dress outfit made (almost) entirely of chocolate in October?
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1 Edinburgh-based travel search website Skyscanner was sold to a Chinese tourism business for much in November?
2 Grand Theft Auto V, produced by Edinburgh’s Rockstar North, was recently hailed as Scotland’s biggest ever cultural export. How many copies has the video game sold in the UK alone?
3 A team of medical researchers at the University of Glasgow is working to produce “off the shelf ” synthetic limbs. Which football legend, through his landmine victims charity, has backed the project to the tune of £2m? 4 Edinburgh tourist chiefs are targeting social media in what country in the hope of attracting more visitors to the capital? 5 Plans to open the UK’S first spaceport are being advanced at which Scottish airport? 6 Which Highland community won the 2016 Futuretown Design award, given to residents with the best vision for their hometown’s regeneration? 7 Scientists believe ancient rocks from which Scottish islands could offer clues to the possibility of life on Mars? 8 A retired engineer unveiled ambitions plans for a radical new transport link which he claimed would allow passengers easier access to Glasgow airport. What was it? 9 Train passengers at Aberdeen station were left in the dark for six hours in May. What caused the power failure? 10 Professor Harald Haas, co-founder of an Edinburgh spin-out firm, won an international award this year for his pioneering work of what communications system?
WORLD NEWS
1 In which central Italian town did an earthquake claim 234 lives in August? 2 Who was sworn in as president of Brazil after Dilma Rousseff was impeached in August on corruption charges? 3 Which means of communication did President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan use to address Turks during an attempted coup in July? 4 Which US presidential candidate infamously asked: “What is Aleppo?” during a live television interview with MSNBC? 5 Which fictional character became an honorary UN ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls? 6 How many days of mourning were declared in Cuba following the death of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro? 7 The leaking of 11.5m database files from law firm Mossack Fonseca became known as what? 8 The World Health Organisation declared an international emergency in February after cases of which disease were reported? 9 Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit which historical site in Japan? 10 Women were fined or arrested by French police during the summer for wearing which item of clothing?
NEWS
1 The Flying Scotsman 2 32 3 BHS 4 Muirfield 5 Susan O’brien QC 6 £14.8bn 7 Natalie Mcgarry 8 1.3 million 9 Ruth Davidson 10 Ronnie Corbett
FILM/TV
1 Deal or No Deal 2 Scrooge Mcduck 3 Lorraine Kelly 4 Davis Morrisey and Keeley Hawes 5 Conservative MP Nicky Morgan – after she angered Number 10 by criticising Prime Minister Theresa’s Mays £995 leather trousers – while she reportedly has a taste for expensive leather bag 6 Deadpool 7 5 8 Stranger Things 9 Planet Earth II 10 Westworld
SPORT
1 Juan Martin del Potro; 2 Madrid; 3 Winners of golf’s majors in 2016 4 Simone Biles 5 Conrad Logan 6 Serena Williams 7 France and Italy 8 Katherine Grainger 9 nine 10 Eder
BUSINESS
1 Fanduel and Skyscanner 2 Freeagent 3 John Menzies 4 August 5 Sainsbury’s 6 Tim Martin of JD Wetherspoon 7 Buster 8 Sir Philip Green 9 Royal Bank of Scotland 10 Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
CULTURE/ARTS
1 Danny Macaskill. The Pentlands and the puddle featured in his ‘Wee Day Out’ video while he wrote in his 2016 book ‘At The Edge’ that he had made an ‘honest mistake’ to film a video at the Playboy Mansion. 2 Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. 3 John Rebus and Malcolm Fox 4 An ATM 5 Masai Graham 6 Biffy Clyro 7 Shetland 8 85 9 Harry Benson 10 Rose Leslie
CELEBRITY/MEDIA
1 Coronation Street - Warren was the creator of the show and Alexander portrayed Hilda Ogden in the long-running soap 2 He portrayed R2-D2 in the Star Wars film series 3 Arnold Schwarzenegger - because he was cycling the wrong way up Lothian Road. 4 As X-factor contestant Honey G 5 Eleven. 6 Brie Larsen, for Room. 7 Canadian singer Justin Bieber 8 He co-founded the London Marathon 9 Sir David Attenborough 10 Chamillionaire and JK Rowling.
POLITICS
1 72.21% 2 Ross Greer (Born 1 June, 1994) 3 Steven Paterson 4 Nigel Farage (twice!), Diane James, Paul Nuttall 5 Wentworth Woodhouse Hall 6 Moray, Leave 49.9% Remain 50.1% 7 East Lothian, Edinburgh Southern, Dumbarton 8 Ruth Davidson 9 Tesco 10 Murray Tosh
FOOD AND DRINK
1 Innis And Gunn 2 Leonardo Dicaprio 3 Dunrobin Castle 4 St Andrews Brewing Company 5 Cromars 6 Black Vanilla 7 Roll and Sausage 8 Glasgow 9 The Ship Inn in Elie, Fife 10 The Chocolate Tree
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
1 £1.4bn 2 Six million 3 Sir Bobby Charlton 4 China 5 Prestwick 6 Fort William 7 Barra and the Uists 8 A monorail 9 A rat chewed through a power cable 10 Li-fi
WORLD NEWS
1 Amatrice 2 Michel Temer 3 Facetime 4 Gary Johnson 5 Wonder Woman 6 9 days 7 Panama Papers 8 Zika virus 9 Hiroshima Peace Memorial 10 Burkini