CHRISTMAS QUIZ
From Happy Valley and Prince Harry to footballers, films and fixed penalty notices, test your knowledge of the past 12 months with our bumper set of tricky teasers…
1 Which Welsh footballer, their captain in the last World Cup, announced his retirement from all football in January at the age of 33?
2 Who was the serial jailbird denied permission in January to attend the funeral of Vivienne Westwood, one of his most loyal supporters?
3 Which European country adopted the euro on 1 January, becoming the 20th member of the eurozone?
4 Who directed and co-wrote the Barbie film?
5 How old is Kylie Minogue?
6 Which ex-captain of the Starship Enterprise published the memoir Making It So in October?
7 Who wrote Happy Valley, which ended this year?
8 …and what was the same writer’s police procedural series, which ran on ITV from 2011 to 2016?
9 Which TV sitcom, first shown on BBC Two and starring Matt Berry as Steven Toast, an unusually self-absorbed actor, won the comedy award at the 2022 Golden Rose of Montreux ceremony?
10 Which Jewish former MP, who represented Liverpool Wavertree between 2010 and 2019, rejoined the Labour Party in February, having been impressed by Keir Starmer’s achievements in rooting out anti-Semitism from the party?
11 Which Australian actor, now aged 43, is engaged to a woman called Ramona Agruma?
12 What is the title of Prince Harry’s memoir?
13 Which entertainment company celebrated its centenary in October? It all began when a 21-year-old man moved to Hollywood in 1923.
14 Which drama series, whose final season aired this year, does Rupert Murdoch claim never to have seen, even though it’s clearly about him and his ever-warring family?
15 Who did Sally Lindsay, Stephen Mangan, Lauren Laverne, Konnie Huq, Ed Gamble, Alex Brooker and Gyles Brandreth all replace this year, albeit for stints of ten or 11 shows each?
16 Of the ten nominated films for this year’s Best Picture Oscar, only one was shot on celluloid. Which one?
17 Which former star of The OC, now aged 37, joined the cast of the reboot of Neighbours in a bid to appeal to a US audience that doesn’t yet exist and might not otherwise tune in?
18 Which event, which took place in May, was codenamed ‘Operation Golden Orb’?
19 In which city was the Eurovision Song Contest held in May?
20 …and which country’s song won?
21 In which city will it be held next year?
22 In April, it was the tenth anniversary of whose funeral at St Paul’s cathedral?
23 Which two countries co-hosted the FIFA Women’s World Cup in July and August?
24 Which 2023 Netflix drama series starred Keri Russell as a US official appointed ambassador to the UK, ahead of
