5 questions are about 2019 itself; the other 15 are about the years just before and after it.
1. Who were the English Premier League's top four goal scorers in the 2019-20 season?
2. With 15 goals, who was the top scorer in the 2019-2020 UEFA Champions League campaign?
3. Which president was the first to be impeached twice, in 2019 and 2021?
4. The disease was first identified in December of 2019 in Wuhan. Wuhan is the capital city of which Chinese province?
5. Who became the first woman President of the European Commission in 2019?
6. 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?
7. Which three multinational food and or beverage companies were named the top plastic polluters in 2020 for the third year in a row?
8. In which month did Russia launch its full-scale invasion of Ukraine?
9. Which country won the delayed Euro 2020 tournament at Wembley in July?
10. After the 2022 midterms, how many ballots did it take to elect Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House, and in which year had a Speaker election last needed more than one ballot?
11. For the 2020 tournament three bids have been proposed; Turkey is one, a joint bid between Georgia and Azerbaijan is another and which other group of nations?
12. A diva's 1994 festive wish took a quarter of a century to come true at the top of the charts. In which year did it first reach number one in the US, and in which year in the UK?
13. Which British team reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016?
14. Globally, which four letter word ranked number 4 in Google searches for 2020? Think fast.
15. Which actor played Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour", released in 2017?
16. What is the name of the newest road bridge across the Firth of Forth, opened in 2017?
17. In which year did the EU abolish mobile phone roaming charges for travellers within the EU?
18. Which English singer announced in February 2018 that he was going on one last final global tour named 'No More Tours 2'?
19. Plus or minus 20, how many dollar billionaires live in Russia? (as of 2021)
20. In the 2016 Electoral College vote, which former Secretary of State, who was not a candidate, received three electoral votes from faithless electors in Washington state?
ANSWERS
1. Jamie Vardy (23), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (22), Danny Ings (22), Raheem Sterling (20)
2. Robert Lewandowski
3. Donald Trump
4. Hubei Province
5. Ursula von der Leyen
6. Ranked-choice voting. Jared Golden won.
7. Coca Cola, Pepsi and Nestle.
8. February (24 February 2022)
9. Italy
10. 15 ballots. The last time before that was 1923.
11. Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales
12. US 2019, UK 2020 (Mariah Carey, "All I Want for Christmas Is You")
13. Wales
14. Zoom
15. Gary Oldman
16. The Queensferry Crossing
17. 2017
18. Ozzy Osbourne
19. 99
20. Colin Powell
Where these questions come from
- Pauls Quiz of the Year 2020
- Impeachment Quiz 1
- COVID-19 Quiz 1
- European Union Quiz 2
- United States Midterm Elections Quiz 1
- Quiz of the Year 2022
- Quiz of the Year 2021
- UEFA European Football Championships Quiz 1
- Christmas Quiz 15
- Quiz of the Year 2016
- Quiz of the Year 2017
- Scotland Quiz 2
- European Union Quiz 3
- Pauls Quiz 499
- Pauls Quiz 341
- United States Elections Quiz 1
Questions are chosen because they mention the year. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.