2020 BIG QUIZ - MONTH BY MONTH
QUESTIONS
2020 – The Quiz of the Year JANUARY 1. Which country saw fires devastate of 47 million acres, displace thousands of people and cause 34 deaths? 2. Which couple stepped down as ‘senior royals’ on January 8th? 3. Which legendary LA Lakers basketball player died with his daughter in a tragic helicopter crash on January 26th? FEBRUARY 4. Bong Joon Ho directed which film that won Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and International Feature Film at the Oscar’s on February 9th? 5. Which Hollywood producer was convicted in February for sexual abuse and rape? 6. What country made history by becoming the first to make all public transport free to use? MARCH 7. The Olympics were cancelled in this month due to Covid-19, but in which country were they due to be held? 8. Which was the first European country to enforce a lockdown due to Covid? 9. On March 27th North Macedonia became the 30th country to join which joint military organisation? APRIL 10. What communications system was linked in a conspiracy theory to the spread of Covid-19 which saw some engineers receive threats to their life? 11. What was the name of the hospital opened by Prince Charles at the ExCeL centre in London? 12. Nadia was an animal at the Bronx Zoo who tested positive for Covid-19, what type of animal was she? MAY 13. Astronomers revealed in May a photo for the very first time of which type of celestial object? 14. Which country resumed its football season, becoming the first in the World to do so since all sporting events were cancelled due to the Covid virus? 15. What is the name of the president of Brazil who refuses to accept a problem from the Covid-19 virus, even as his country has the second highest recorded virus rate in the world in May? JUNE 16. Who succeeded Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach of Ireland on June 27th? 17. Which company launched another 60 Starlink internet satellites, bringing the total in orbit to 482? 18. Which autonomous region saw new sanctions and laws placed upon it by China, causing riots and demonstrations from the Umbrella Movement? JULY 19. Which associate of Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on sex-trafficking charges while sleeping at her mansion on her 156 acre estate in New Hampshire? 20. A UN court found the assassination of Iranian Colonel Qasem Soleimani was unlawful, which country was behind the assassination? 21. Which forces sweetheart received a military funeral on the same day as the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain? AUGUST 22. Which port city saw a huge explosion caused by the accidental detonation of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate which killed 220 people? 23. Who was announced as Joe Biden’s running mate in this month, to become the first black and Asian woman to be nominated for the Vice President role? 24. Which movie star of ‘Black Panther’ fame died from colon cancer aged 43 on August 28th? SEPTEMBER 25. During a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, Alexei Navalny was poisoned by which nerve agent, revealed on September 2nd by German investigators? 26. Which British long distance runner broke a World Record by running 21.33 kilometres in one hour in Brussels at the 2020 Diamond League event on September 4th? 27. The Russian Grand Prix took place in September at which former Olympic city? BONUS POINT IF YOU CAN NAME THE WINNING DRIVER OCTOBER 28. In Nice an attacker killed three people in the nave of which neo-gothic Bassilica? 29. Gerwyn Price won the 2020 World Grand Prix of darts this month, what is his nickname? 30. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake in the Aegean Sea affected which two countries on 30 October 2020? NOVEMBER 31. Who released a book titled, The Promised Land, in this month? 32. Whose 15th studio album called, Disco, was released in November and created history by becoming the first solo artist to have a number 1 album and single in four consecutive decades? 33. Who’s quote is this about the US presidential election, ‘Our goal is to defend the integrity of the election. We’ll not allow the corruption to steal such an important election or any election, for that matter.’? DECEMBER 34. Who won the final Formula One race of the season held in Abu Dhabi on 13th December? 35. Which iconic Star Wars character made a return to the screen in the season finale of ‘The Mandalorian’? 36. What was the famous literary name of the second person to receive the Covid vaccine in the UK? ................................ANSWERS BELOW................................... .................................................................................................. .................................................................................................. .................................................................................................. .................................................................................................. .................................................................................................. .................................................................................................. ANSWERS JANUARY 1. Which country saw fires devastate of 47 million acres, displace thousands of people and cause 34 deaths? AUSTRALIA 2. Which couple stepped down as ‘senior royals’ on January 8th? MEGAN AND HARRY (DUKE & DUCHESS OF SUSSEX) 3. Which legendary LA Lakers basketball player died with his daughter in a tragic helicopter crash on January 26th? KOBE BRYANT FEBRUARY 4. Bong Joon Ho directed which film that won Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and International Feature Film at the Oscar’s on February 9th? PARASITE 5. Which Hollywood producer was convicted in February for sexual abuse and rape? HARVEY WEINSTEIN 6. What country made history by becoming the first to make all public transport free to use? LUXEMBOURG MARCH 7. The Olympics were cancelled in this month due to Covid-19, but in which country were they due to be held? JAPAN 8. Which was the first European country to enforce a lockdown due to Covid? ITALY 9. On March 27th North Macedonia became the 30th country to join which joint military organisation? NATO APRIL 10. What communications system was linked in a conspiracy theory to the spread of Covid-19 which saw some engineers receive threats to their life? 5G TELEPHONE SYSTEMS 11. What was the name of the hospital opened by Prince Charles at the ExCeL centre in London? NIGHTINGALE 12. Nadia was an animal at the Bronx Zoo who tested positive for Covid-19, what type of animal was she? TIGER MAY 13. Astronomers revealed in May a photo for the very first time of which type of celestial object? BLACK HOLE 14. Which country resumed its football season, becoming the first in the World to do so since all sporting events were cancelled due to the Covid virus? GERMANY – The Bundesliga 15. What is the name of the president of Brazil who refuses to accept a problem from the Covid-19 virus, even as his country has the second highest recorded virus rate in the world in May? JAIR BOLSANO JUNE 16. Who succeeded Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach of Ireland on June 27th? MICHEAL MARTIN 17. Which company launched another 60 Starlink internet satellites, bringing the total in orbit to 482? SPACE-X (Not TESLA, even though both have Elon Musk as CEO) 18. Which autonomous region saw new sanctions and laws placed upon it by China, causing riots and demonstrations from the Umbrella Movement? HONG KONG JULY 19. Which associate of Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on sex-trafficking charges while sleeping at her mansion on her 156 acre estate in New Hampshire? GHISLANE MAXWELL 20. A UN court found the assassination of Iranian Colonel Qasem Soleimani was unlawful, which country was behind the assassination? USA 21. Which forces sweetheart received a military funeral on the same day as the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain? DAME VERA LYNN AUGUST 22. Which port city saw a huge explosion caused by the accidental detonation of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate which killed 220 people? BEIRUT 23. Who was announced as Joe Biden’s running mate in this month, to become the first black and Asian woman to be nominated for the Vice President role? KAMALA HARRIS 24. Which movie star of ‘Black Panther’ fame died from colon cancer aged 43 on August 28th? CHADWICK BOSEMAN SEPTEMBER 25. During a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, Alexei Navalny was poisoned by which nerve agent, revealed on September 2nd by German investigators? NOVICHOK 26. Which British long distance runner broke a World Record by running 21.33 kilometres in one hour in Brussels at the 2020 Diamond League event on September 4th? MO FARAH 27. The Russian Grand Prix took place in September at which former Olympic city? BONUS POINT IF YOU CAN NAME THE WINNING DRIVER SOCHI - BOTTAS OCTOBER 28. In Nice an attacker killed three people in the nave of which neo-gothic Bassilica? NOTRE DAME 29. Gerwyn Price won the 2020 World Grand Prix of darts this month, what is his nickname? THE ICEMAN 30. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake in the Aegean Sea affected which two countries on 30 October 2020? GREECE & TURKEY NOVEMBER 31. Who released a book titled, The Promised Land, in this month? BARACK OBAMA 32. Whose 15th studio album called, Disco, was released in November and created history by becoming the first solo artist to have a number 1 album and single in four consecutive decades? KYLIE MINOGUE 33. Who’s quote is this about the US presidential election, ‘Our goal is to defend the integrity of the election. We’ll not allow the corruption to steal such an important election or any election, for that matter.’? DONALD TRUMP DECEMBER 34. Who won the final Formula One race of the season held in Abu Dhabi on 13th December? MAX VERSTAPPEN 35. Which iconic Star Wars character made a return to the screen in the season finale of ‘The Mandalorian’? LUKE SKYWALKER 36. What was the famous literary name of the second person to receive the Covid vaccine in the UK? 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