1.Which of these is a real question from an actual supposed journalist in the Oval Office during the Trump/Zelenskyy meeting/ambush in February?
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2.In March, Mark Carney was sworn in as Canadian prime minister. When asked in front of Coventry schoolchildren in 2016, during his stint as governor of the Bank of England, what did Carney say his dream job was?
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3.What did a group of papacy fans hand the new Pope Leo XIV as he toured St Peter’s Square in July?
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4.Which of these Elon Musk-adjacent events didn’t happen?
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5.Why did a pair of Chinese ice dancers come under investigation from the International Skating Union in October?
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6.Attendees at Donald Trump’s second inauguration in January included Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Sergey Brin and Bernard Arnault. As of November 2025, what is the combined net worth (according to Forbes) of these five men – and what is the closest equivalent country by GDP?
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7.In Australia, Anthony Albanese was re-elected prime minister in May, increasing Labor’s majority in Canberra. The Guardian partly endorsed Albanese, calling for strategic voting to deliver a progressive coalition, but what did “Albo” endorse in another critical poll: Guardian Australia’s 2025 bird of the year?
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8.Chelsea were crowned champions of Fifa’s revamped Club World Cup, held in the US in June/July. The trophy lift was accompanied by one Donald Trump. What did the England star Cole Palmer seemingly mouth to teammates when the US president declined to leave the podium?
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9.Why did German company Böcker create adverts promoting its Agilo furniture elevator as “quiet as a whisper” in October?
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10.In November, fans of unrepentant warmongers poured one out for former US VP Dick Cheney, who died aged 84. Cheney famously accidentally shot his friend Harry Whittington on a 2006 hunting trip in Texas (naturally, Whittington later apologised for the trouble caused). But what were Cheney and co supposed to be shooting?
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11.Obligatory Taylor Swift question: which of these captions accompanied an August Instagram post that has racked up more than 37m likes?
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12.2025 is the only year this century that will be a square number. What was the previous year to be a square? (Clue: it was when 2025 departees Pope Francis and Robert Redford were born)
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13.Which of these titles didn’t Andrew Mountbatten Windsor lose this year?
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14.The rock world bade farewell to Ozzy Osbourne, who died in July just weeks after a star-studded tribute to his band Black Sabbath. Where did the Back to the Beginning gig take place?
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15.In June, two men were sent to prison for the theft of what from Blenheim Palace in 2019?
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16.In March, the new owner of UK retailer WH Smith’s high street operation announced it was renaming the shops. But who does the store’s new title share a name with?
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17.How was an old master looted by Nazis from a Jewish art dealer 85 years ago discovered this year?
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18.Gary Lineker stepped down as host of the BBC’s Premier League highlights show Match of the Day in May, after a Ferguson-esque 26-year stint as host. How did he sign off his final show?
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19.Who, when asked, “What happened on June 4 1989 at Tiananmen Square?” replied, “Sorry that’s beyond my current scope”?
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20.Brad Pitt’s F1: The Movie was one of the biggest films of the year, grossing $630m at the global box office. But which of these animated “The Movies” isn’t the title of a real “The Movie”?
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How did you do?
1-5 Please pay more attention.
6-14 Very good. But spend less time looking up from your phone in 2026.
15-20 Please write this next year.
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