4 questions are about 2022 itself; the other 16 are about the years just before and after it.
1. England's Lionesses won Euro 2022. Who scored the winning goal against Germany in the final?
2. LadBaby recently (2022) became the music act with the most Christmas No 1's in the UK charts. Which band did he surpass to gain this record?
3. 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?
4. In which month did Russia launch its full-scale invasion of Ukraine?
5. Which country joined NATO on the 4 April 2023?
6. Which English woman was the UK's 3rd most popular google search word in 2020 after Coronavirus and US election?
7. Born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939, this popular singer, songwriter and actress passed away in May 2023. What was her stage name?
8. Name the six host countries that have won the FIFA World Cup. (as of 2021) One point for each correct answer.
9. Which country in the Americas holds the grim record for the most journalists murdered in 2020?
10. Who became the first woman President of the European Commission in 2019?
11. Captain Sir Tom Moore died in February. How many laps of his garden had he walked in 2020 to raise money for the NHS?
12. Which band announced in August that they were reuniting for a world tour in 2025?
13. In 2016, rugby sevens gold gave which nation its first Olympic medal in any sport, and which country beat them in the men's sevens final at Paris 2024?
14. How many times has the Mona Lisa been stolen from the Louvre? (As of 2021)
15. Which country became the 20th member of the eurozone in 2023?
16. The Paris 2024 mascots were based on what kind of hat?
17. Which country won the delayed Euro 2020 tournament at Wembley in July?
18. 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?
19. 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?
20. Which type of charging port did the EU make standard for new phones from the end of 2024?
ANSWERS
1. Chloe Kelly
2. The Beatles
3. 15 ballots. The last time before that was 1923.
4. February (24 February 2022)
5. Finland
6. Caroline Flack
7. Tina Turner
8. Six answers. Uruguay (30), Italy (34), England (66), West Germany (74), Argentina (78), France (98)
9. Mexico
10. Ursula von der Leyen
11. 100
12. Oasis
13. Fiji. France beat them in the 2024 final.
14. Once
15. Croatia
16. The Phrygian cap (the mascots were called the Phryges)
17. Italy
18. Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales
19. US 2019, UK 2020 (Mariah Carey, "All I Want for Christmas Is You")
20. USB-C
Where these questions come from
- Quiz of the Year 2022
- Pauls Christmas Quiz 7
- United States Midterm Elections Quiz 1
- Quiz of the Year 2023
- Pauls Quiz of the Year 2020
- Pauls Quiz 330
- European Union Quiz 2
- Quiz of the Year 2021
- Quiz of the Year 2024
- Rugby Quiz 5
- Pauls Quiz 339
- European Union Quiz 4
- UEFA European Football Championships Quiz 1
- Christmas Quiz 15
- European Union Quiz 3
Questions are chosen because they mention the year. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.