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Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2017
Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2017
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Trivia about headline news from each month in 2017
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July, News: France vows to ban what by 2020
Donald Trump
Petrol and Diesel cars
Twitter
Baguettes
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Sep, Olympics: Which country was announced would host the 2024 Olympic Games?
Los Angeles
Madrid
Paris
London
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Feb, Film: Moonlight won the Oscar for Best Picture but who was it initially, wrongly given to?
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Manchester By The Sea
Lion
4
Jan, Sport, Tennis: Who became the player with the most wins in major tournaments in open era?
Rafa Nadal
Roger Federer
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
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Greggs came under criticism for replacing the baby Jesus with what in a nativity scene?
A steak bake
a custard slice
Sausage roll
A 'Holy' doughnut
6
Apr, Politics: Which British Prime Minister announced a 'snap' general election would be held?
Boris Johnson
Teresa May
David Cameron
Tony Blair
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Salt Bae was somehow in 2017. Can you remember where the world's smoothest chef was from?
Greece
Turkey
The US
Lebanon
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May, Cybercrime: Which ransomware cryptoworm attacked Windows computers in over 150 countries?
Crybaby
Wannacry
WarCry
Wannabe
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Oct, literature: Which British novelist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
JK Rowling
Kazuo Ishiguro
Neil Gaiman
Zadie Smith
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Jun, Movies: Who directed Wonder Woman, the second highest grossing movie of the year?
JJ Abrams
Patty Jenkins
Steven Spielberg
Michael Bay
11
Jun, Sport: Who defeated Juventus to win the UEFA Champions League 4-1?
Juventus
Atlético Madrid
Monaco
Real Madrid
12
Politics: Who is this political titan who famously ran against Theresa May in the election?
Darth Vaper
Lord Buckethead
Admiral Anarchy
Load of 'King Nonsense
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In which round did
Floyd Mayweather's fight with Conor McGregor end?
8th
10th
6th
2nd
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May, Music: Which country won the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest?
Portugal
Australia
Great Britain
Spain
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Sep, weather: Which hurricane became the largest ever recorded over the Atlantic?
Hallie
Irene
Irma
Jude
16
Who was the most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2017? (in the UK)
Stormzy
Adele
Taylor Swift
Ed Sheeran
17
August, movies: Who did Forbes announce was the years highest-paid actress, with $26 million
Jennifer Lawrence
Emma Stone
Daisy Ridley
Lupita Nyongo
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Nov, celeb: Who announced their engagement?
Prince Harry and Megan Markle
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley & Jason Statham
Jessica Shears & Dom Lever
19
'Despacito' was the big hit of the summer. But what does that word mean?
Lovely
Desperately
Sorry
Slowly
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Nov, sport: Who failed to qualify for the 2018 Football World Cup for the first time since 1958
Italy
France
England
Spain
21
Oct, news: The NY Times published its investigation into sexual harassment behaviour by whom?
Donald Trump
Kevin Spacey
Matt Damon
Harvey Weinstein
22
Endorsed by many Instagram celebs, what festival in the Bahamas in April was a total disaster?
Coachella
Fyre Festival
Luxxfest
'GramFest
23
Jan, Politics, US: From which country were travellers not banned from entering the USA?
Iraq
Pakistan
Yemen
Syria
24
August, environment: The Atacama desert bloomed after unexpected rainfall, but where is it?
Egypt
Nevada
Chile
Sudan
25
March, Money: Britain introduced a new £1 coin, with how many sides?
Twelve
Six
Eight
Ten
26
Lewis Hamilton won the F1 Drivers' Championship in 2017, but who was his Mercedes teammate?
Kimi Rikkonen
Nico Rosberg
Jensen Button
Valtteri Bottas
27
March, Tech: Which iconic 90's mobile was reinvented for 2017, announced at MWC?
Motorola Razr
Apple iPhone3G
Blackberry 850
Nokia 3310
28
July, Space: NASA's Juno spacecraft makes its closest ever pass over which planet?
Mars
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
29
Apr, Business: Which company became the worlds largest retailer?
Amazon
Alibaba
Walmart
Poundland
30
Dec, space: Astronauts on the ISS held the first ever [what] in space?
XBox game
Ballroom Dance
Election
Pizza party
31
In Sept, as their argument heated up, what word did Kim Jong-un use to describe Donald Trump?
Dotard
Nincompoop
Bonehead
Moron
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Dec, news: Who did Time Magazine announce as the person of the year?
Vladimir Putin
Me
'The Silence Breakers'
Donald Trump
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Feb, Sports: Peter Moore steps down as head of EA sports to become CEO of which football club?
Manchester Utd
Chelsea
Liverpool
Newcastle Utd