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Friday house Quiz 8th Jan

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On which date was the first lockdown declared in the UK?

a)

March 23rd

b)

March 21st

c)

April 1st

d)

March 31st

2.

Whose statue was pushed into Bristol Harbour during Black Lives Matter protests over his involvement in the slave trade?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Edward Colston

d)

Robert Peel

3.

Who was Joe Biden's running mate in the US Election?

(a)  

4.

Who raised more than £30 million for NHS Charities Together by completing 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday?

a)

Prince Philip

b)

Captain Sir Tom Moore

c)

Sir Tom Jones

5.

Where did Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings drive with his family during lockdown to 'test his eyesight'?

a)

Balmoral Castle

b)

Windsor Castle

c)

Buckingham Palace

d)

Barnard Castle

6.

Which was was the first European country to go into lockdown?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Greece

d)

Spain

7.

Which film won Best Picture at the 2020 Oscars?

a)

Parasite

b)

1917

c)

Joker

d)

The Irishman

8.

Love Island was held during the winter for the first time this year, but which couple won?

(a)  

9.

The live-action version of which Disney film was released this year?

a)

The Lion King

b)

The Jungle Book

c)

Mulan

d)

Tangled

10.

Who starred as the eponymous hero in the film Dolittle?

(a)  

11.

Liverpool finally won their first Premier League title this year. How long did they have to wait since their last league triumph?

a)

30

b)

20

c)

25

d)

10

12.

Who is the only woman shortlisted for the 2020 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?

a)

Alex Morgan

b)

Serena Williams

c)

Nicola Adams

d)

Dina Asher-Smith

13.

Lewis Hamilton won a record-tying seventh F1 Drivers' Championship this year, but with whom does he share the record?

a)

Ayrton Senna

b)

Sebastian Vettel

c)

Alain Prost

d)

Michael Schumacher

14.

Which American rapper was set headline Glastonbury 2020 before it was cancelled?

(a)  

15.

Who was named Best New Artist at the 2020 Brit Awards?

a)

Mabel

b)

Sam Fender

c)

Lewis Capaldi

d)

Dave

16.

Who became the youngest solo artist to win the Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards this year?

(a)  

17.

Radio 1 refused to play the original version of which popular Christmas song due to its controversial lyrics?

a)

All I want for Christmas

b)

Last Christmas

c)

Merry Christmas

d)

The Pogues' Fairytale of New York

18.

Who said the following about Gregg's new vegan steak bake: "I’m not going to try it, I vomited last time. That is not a steak, and that is not a sausage roll."

a)

Piers Morgan

b)

Ed Sheeran

c)

Sir Alan Sugar

d)

Paul Hollywood

19.

Who said the following during a speech at a BLM demonstration: "Black lives have always mattered. We have always been important. We have always meant something. We have always succeeded regardless. And now is the time. I ain't waiting."

a)

John Boyega

b)

Anthony Joshua

c)

Akala

20.

Who said this in relation to COVID: "For all those finding it difficult: the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away."

a)

The Queen

b)

Sir Captain Tom Moore

c)

Piers Morgan

d)

Prince William

21.

Who recently trended on social media after saying this: "I still need a bit of milk, full fat, which I've warmed in the 'meecrowavay'."

(a)  

22.

Who said this: "I was in the shower, thinking, I write raps in the shower. It hit me to say, ‘You’re going to run for president,’ and I started laughing hysterically."

(a)  

23.

Who said this: "We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again."

a)

The Queen

b)

Prince William

c)

Duchess of Cambridge

d)

Boris Johnson

24.

Where was this year's Eurovision Song Contest due to be held?

a)

Rotterdam

b)

Amsterdam

c)

Rejkjavik

d)

Moscow

25.

Which American singer-songwriter earned her fifth number one album this year with Folklore?

a)

Rihanna

b)

Taylor Swift

c)

Dua Lipa

d)

Beyonce