How many clichés have you heard about this year?
Unprecedented times, uncertain times, confusing times, there’s been a lot of times! Since January 1, the news has pretty much not stopped. It almost feels like Billy Joel could write several volumes of We Didn’t Start the Fire about 2020 alone, there has just been too! much! news!
Anyway here’s a quiz about the biggest stories that hit the planet in a year of big stories, see if you haven’t managed to block them all out.
How many million acres were burnt in the Australian bush fires?
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What brand were Meghan and Harry banned from using after they split from the Royal Family?
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How many Oscars did Parasite win?
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What month did Rishi Sunak become Chancellor?
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How long was Harvey Weinstein's sentence for sexually assaulting an actress?
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How many people died in the Beirut explosion?
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How old was Chadwick Boseman when he died?
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How many days after Dominic Cummings press conference did he resign?
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How many days after the US election was Joe Biden declared President elect?
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To the nearest million, how much money did Captain Tom raise for NHS charities by walking about in his garden?
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What was the most panic bought item at supermarkets in March and April?
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How many members of the shadow cabinet called for Jeremy Corbyn to be reinstated into Labour after his suspension?
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When did the UK hit 1 million Covid cases?
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Which country did Bahrain, Morocco, UAE and Sudan all make peace with this year?
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According to polls in November 2020, what percent of Scots want to leave the UK?
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How many Downing Street press conferences were there in the first lockdown?
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Whose statue was toppled in Bristol as part of a BLM protest?
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Which cabinet minister was accused of bullying civil servants in their department?
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How much did Marcus Rashford pressure the government into paying to feed children in the school holidays?
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How old was the first person in the UK to get vaccinated against Covid?
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News quiz 2020
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