Quiz Time General Knowledge How well do you remember 2020? 1. January: Which national newspaper announced that it would no longer accept advertising from the oil, gas and fossil fuel industries? (a) The Guardian (b) Daily Mirror (c) The Times 2. February: Who did Rishi Sunak succeed as Chancellor of the Exchequer? (a) Michael Gove (b) Philip Hammond (c) Sajid Javid 3. March: Boris Johnson announced a national lockdown with immediate effect on what date in March? (a) 18th (b) 23rd (c) 28th 4. April: The contactless limit for in-store payments was increased from £30 to what amount? (a) £40 (b) £45 (c) £50 5. May: The Prime Minister’s adviser Dominic Cummings was alleged to have broken lockdown rules by driving from London to which county? (a) Durham (b) Northumberland (c) Tyne & Wear 6. June: A statue of the MP/slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down by protestors in which city? (a) Bristol (b) London (c) Oxford? 7. July: Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi married which member of the royal family? (a) Princess Beatrice (b) Princess Eugenie (c) Lady Helen Windsor 8. August: Which snooker player won his 6th World Championship? (a) Ronnie O’Sullivan (b) Mark Selby (c) Judd Trump 9. September: Under covid regulations, the maximum number of people allowed at a gathering was limited by the ‘Rule of ----‘. How many? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 10. October: the 3rd October 2020 is the wettest UK day on record. In millimetres, what was the average rainfall across the entire country? (a) 21.7 (b) 26.7 (c) 31.7 11. November: Lewis Hamilton set the world record for Grand Prix wins (95) and equalled the world record for Grand Prix titles (7): who had previously held these records? (a) Alain Prost (b) Michael Schumacher (c) Ayrton Senna 12. December: Chuck Yeager, the first test pilot to fly past the speed of sound (mach 1), died on 7th December. Which 1980’s film (in which he is played by Sam Shephard) tells his story? (a) An Officer and a Gentleman (b) The Right Stuff (c) Top Gun
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