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PQ Bumper Quiz

Back by popular demand, here is our annual bumper quiz. Big thanks go to our sponsors – AAT, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA and ICAEW. Well, it is the season of goodwill! This year we are giving three lucky winners the chance to win a fantastic hot air balloon adventure for two people (see box). Good luck!

IN THE NEWS

1Which city hosted COP26, the UN Climate Change conference, in November 2021?

2Which country became the first to adopt bitcoin as legal tender?

3Facebook has changed its name. What is it known as now?

4Amazon recently announced it has plans for a “mixed use business park”. What makes it special?

5The head of Google, Sundar Pichai, claimed AI will have a bigger impact on the world than three things – the internet and electricity are two, but what was the third?

6A new £50 polymer banknote entered circulation in 2021. Which computer pioneer features on the note?

7Which shop group closed its final store on 15 May 2021 after 240 years of trading?

8Which UK city lost its UNESCO World Heritage status after developments along the city’s waterfront? 9What was the name of the container ship that blocked one of the busiest waterways in March 2021?

10A volcano eruption in Iceland this year near its capital lasted over six months, becoming a major tourist attraction. Which mount was it close to?

ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA

1How many points did UK entrant James Newman’s song ‘Embers’ score at the Eurovision Song Contest?

2Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez turned up to the Met Ball with a dress calling for action. What did she want?

3A new right-leaning TV channel was launched in June 2021 in the UK. What was it called?

4Including the recruiter round how many games were there in Squid Game? 5What TV series showed the first interracial kiss on US network television?

6What awards has an EGOT winner won?

7Gillian Anderson plays a therapist in which hit Netflix show?

8The Accountant 2 film is apparently back on, but who played the lead accountant in the first film?

9In 2012, who won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his Broadway performance in the comedy play ‘One Man, Two Guvnors?’

10The new Bond film finally hit our screens this year, but who sang the theme tune ‘No Time to Die?’

SPORT

1Bradly Sinden is studying for a finance and accountancy degree. He recently won an Olympic medal, but in what sport?

2Who beat Chelsea 1-0 in the 2021 Cup Final?

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Up, up and away… about the prize

Three lucky winners will be sent a voucher for a fantastic hot air balloon flight for two people, to be taken within 12 months (weekdays only).

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3Who won the 2021 World Snooker Championship in May?

4Which Premier League match was postponed when fans broke into a ground to protest against their owners?

5In September, who became the first qualifier in history to win a grand slam tennis tournament?

6Which is the only American Football team to go a whole season undefeated, including the Super Bowl?

7Which country won the first-ever soccer World Cup in 1930?

8Who was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 score? 10Who made history this year by becoming the first woman to reach a darts’ Grand Slam quarter-final?

HISTORY

1Which English monarch officially made Valentine's Day a holiday in 1537?

2Where did Sirimavo Bandaranaike become the world’s first female Prime Minister in 1960?

3Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?

4Cecil Chubb’s wife was angered when she sent him to an auction to buy dining chairs in 1915 and he instead purchased which prehistoric monument?

5Demolition of the Berlin wall separating East and West Berlin began in what year? 6Where did Vaclav Havel lead the so-called Velvet Revolution?

7Julius Caesar was assassinated on 15 March 44 BC, a date now often known by what term?

8Which 19th-century Englishwoman became the first qualified medical doctor?

9Which Venezuelan was known as the Liberator of Latin America?

10Where did a 1791 slave uprising eventually lead to revolution and independence from French colonialism?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1What does the AC button on a calculator stand for?

2What is the smallest country in the world?

3Which novel begins, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”

4What is Scooby Doo's full name?

5What is the name for a donkey crossed with a zebra?

6How many colours are there in the rainbow?

7Area 51 is located in which state?

8What is the loudest animal on Earth?

9The unicorn is the national animal of which country? 10What is a group of ravens known as?

Send your answers to the editor: graham@pqmagazine.com. Put ‘Bumper Quiz’ in the header. Closing date for entries is Monday 24th January.