5 questions are about 2018 itself; the other 15 are about the years just before and after it.
1. Which western held the prime time TV record in the US for most episodes until The Simpsons surpassed it in 2018?
2. Which actor with the initials I.E. was People Magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive' in the year 2018?
3. In the 2018 midterms, a race in Maine's 2nd Congressional District became the first US congressional election decided by which voting system, and who won?
4. In the 2018 midterms, which two women became the first Muslim women elected to Congress?
5. Which English singer announced in February 2018 that he was going on one last final global tour named 'No More Tours 2'?
6. How many Olympic gold medals did Andy Murray win in men's singles tennis?
7. Which English woman was the UK's 3rd most popular google search word in 2020 after Coronavirus and US election?
8. Name the six host countries that have won the FIFA World Cup. (as of 2021) One point for each correct answer.
9. Which small nation knocked England out of Euro 2016?
10. Which 9 year old was the highest paid YouTuber in 2020?
11. Which couple won "Love Island" in 2017?
12. Who became the first woman President of the European Commission in 2019?
13. Name the two countries in the world with the most nuclear reactors.
14. Captain Sir Tom Moore died in February. How many laps of his garden had he walked in 2020 to raise money for the NHS?
15. Which South Korean president was impeached and then removed from office by the Constitutional Court in 2017?
16. In the 2016 EU referendum, which British overseas territory recorded the highest Remain vote, about 96%?
17. How many times has the Mona Lisa been stolen from the Louvre? (As of 2021)
18. 21 October 2015 was celebrated as the day Marty McFly travelled to in which film?
19. North America's highest mountain is in Alaska. What has it been officially called since 2015 under the state's Native name?
20. Which country won the delayed Euro 2020 tournament at Wembley in July?
ANSWERS
1. Gunsmoke
2. Idris Elba
3. Ranked-choice voting. Jared Golden won.
4. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
5. Ozzy Osbourne
6. Two (London 2012 and Rio 2016)
7. Caroline Flack
8. Six answers. Uruguay (30), Italy (34), England (66), West Germany (74), Argentina (78), France (98)
9. Iceland
10. Ryan Kaji
11. Amber Davies and Kem Cetinay
12. Ursula von der Leyen
13. USA (104) and France (58) as of 2015
14. 100
15. Park Geun-hye
16. Gibraltar
17. Once
18. Back to the Future Part II
19. Denali
20. Italy
Where these questions come from
- Pauls Quiz 450
- Pauls Quiz 488
- United States Midterm Elections Quiz 1
- Pauls Quiz 499
- Scotland Quiz 2
- Pauls Quiz of the Year 2020
- Pauls Quiz 330
- Quiz of the Year 2016
- Quiz of the Year 2017
- European Union Quiz 2
- Pauls Quiz 256
- Quiz of the Year 2021
- Impeachment Quiz 1
- Pauls Quiz 339
- Quiz of the Year 2015
- United States Quiz 4
Questions are chosen because they mention the year. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.