Quiz

Question 1

1. The national Air Force and Navy are deployed in which country’s southeast to tackle unprecedented bushfires?

Answer 1

Australia

Question 2

2. Which 18-year-old singer clean swept the main awards at the 2020 Grammy’s ceremony in January?

Answer 2

Billie Eilish

Question 3

3. An American airstrike at Baghdad International Airport killed a leading general from which other Middle Eastern nation?

Answer 3

Iran

Question 4

4. Which celebrity couple agreed to drop their official titles as they stepped back from ‘family’ duties?

Answer 4

Meghan & Prince Harry

Question 5

5. SARS-CoV-2 – the virus causing the disease known as Covid-19 (declared a pandemic by the WHO in March) – was first identified in which Chinese city during January 2020?

Answer 5

Wuhan

Question 6

6. The Diamond Princess, quarantined off the shore of Japan during the early stages of the pandemic, was what specific type of sailing vessel?

Answer 6

Cruise Liner

Question 7

7. Following a 2016 vote, which nation seceded from the European Union on January 31st, beginning an 11-month transition period?

Answer 7

United Kingdom

Question 8

8. Bong Joon-ho made history as he won Best Director and Best Picture for which film, the first non-English language feature to take the award?

Answer 8

Parasite

Question 9

9. Which inductee of the Country Music Hall of Fame, known for his legendary hit The Gambler alongside many others, passed away in March, aged 81?

Answer 9

Kenny Rogers

Question 10

10. As part of a ‘price war’, which commodity fell in March to its lowest price since November 2002?

Answer 10

Oil

Question 11

11. Which major social media website removed ‘conspiracy theory’ and ‘pseudoscience’ as interest categories for targeted advertisements?

Answer 11

Facebook

Question 12

12. Which major western leader contracted coronavirus and was moved to hospital in April after his condition worsened?

Answer 12

Boris Johnson

Question 13

13. An annular type of which event was observed in the sky above much of the world on June 21st?

Answer 13

Eclipse

Question 14

14. The accounts of prominent celebrities and politicians were compromised on which social media site by hackers trying to promote a Bitcoin scam?

Answer 14

Twitter

Question 15

15. An explosion of stored ammonium nitrate exploded in the port of which Middle Eastern capital city, causing the deaths of 220 people and widespread devastation?

Answer 15

Beirut

Question 16

16. Which virus became the second, after smallpox, to be eradicated across the continent of Africa?

Answer 16

Polio

Question 17

17. In August, which retail magnate was announced by Forbes magazine to have become the first person to have exceeded a net worth of $200 billion?

Answer 17

Jeff Bezos

Question 18

18. On August 16th, which place in California recorded a temperature of 54.4 degrees centigrade, believed to be the hottest surface temperature ever observed on Earth?

Answer 18

Death Valley

Question 19

19. Over 200 skeletons of which extinct ice age mammal were unearthed under Mexico City’s Santa Lucia Airport, the largest find of their kind?

Answer 19

Mammoths

Question 20

20. Which former James Bond actor passed away on 31st October 2020, at the age of 91?

Answer 20

Sir Sean Connery

Question 21

21. The height of which mountain was agreed officially by Nepal and China to be 8,848.86m above sea level?

Answer 21

Mt. Everest

Question 22

22. What major international organization agreed in mid-December to reduce its carbon emissions by 55% over the next decade?

Answer 22

The European Union