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Quiz of the Year 2021 Easy

  • 40 questions
  • about 50 minutes to run
  • published 31 Dec 2025
  • updated

1. Which young poet read "The Hill We Climb" at Joe Biden's inauguration in January?

2. On 6 January, supporters of Donald Trump stormed which building in Washington?

3. Captain Sir Tom Moore died in February. How many laps of his garden had he walked in 2020 to raise money for the NHS?

4. Prince Philip died in April. How old was he?

5. His coffin was carried at his funeral on a specially adapted vehicle he had helped design. Which make of vehicle?

6. What was the name of the giant container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March?

7. Which country won the delayed Euro 2020 tournament at Wembley in July?

8. Which England player scored after just two minutes of the final?

9. At the Tokyo Olympics, diver Tom Daley won gold and was then often seen in the stands doing what?

10. Which 18-year-old became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the US Open?

11. Whom did she beat in the final?

12. In October, Facebook's parent company changed its name to what?

13. Which city hosted the COP26 climate summit in November?

14. In October, which 90-year-old actor became the oldest person to go into space?

15. Which British billionaire beat Jeff Bezos into space by nine days in July?

16. Which city fell to the Taliban in August, prompting a chaotic airlift?

17. Who succeeded Angela Merkel as German Chancellor in December?

18. Which South Korean drama, about players competing in deadly children's games, became Netflix's most-watched series?

19. The finale of which BBC police drama revealed the identity of the corrupt officer known as "H"?

20. Who became the first deaf contestant to win "Strictly Come Dancing"?

21. How many points did the UK's entry, James Newman's "Embers", score at Eurovision?

22. Which Italian rock band won Eurovision?

23. Adele's album released in November had a number as its title. Which number?

24. Which film, released in the autumn after long delays, was Daniel Craig's last as James Bond?

25. Which talk show host interviewed Prince Harry and Meghan in March?

26. What name did Harry and Meghan give their daughter, born in June?

27. Matt Hancock resigned in June after being caught on CCTV kissing an aide. Which Cabinet job did he hold?

28. Which driver beat Lewis Hamilton to the Formula One world title on the final lap of the season in Abu Dhabi?

29. Who beat Novak Djokovic in the US Open final, ending his bid for a calendar Grand Slam?

30. Lionel Messi left Barcelona in August. Which club did he join?

31. Cristiano Ronaldo returned to which club in August?

32. Which English club won the Champions League, beating Manchester City in the final?

33. Which club won the FA Cup for the first time, beating Chelsea in the final?

34. Which Australian won the Wimbledon women's singles?

35. NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February, carrying a small helicopter. What was the helicopter called?

36. Shares in which video game retailer soared in January after an online campaign by Reddit users?

37. Which Covid-19 variant was named by the World Health Organization in November?

38. Which singer's debut single, "drivers license", topped the charts around the world in January?

39. Which British boxer beat Deontay Wilder in their third fight, in October?

40. Which Italian-born engineer won "The Great British Bake Off"?

ANSWERS

1. Amanda Gorman

2. The US Capitol

3. 100

He aimed to raise £1,000 and ended up raising nearly £33 million. He was knighted for it.

4. 99

5. Land Rover (a modified Defender)

6. The Ever Given

7. Italy

The match finished 1-1, and Italy won 3-2 on penalties.

8. Luke Shaw

9. Knitting

10. Emma Raducanu

11. Leylah Fernandez

12. Meta

13. Glasgow

14. William Shatner

15. Sir Richard Branson

16. Kabul

17. Olaf Scholz

18. Squid Game

19. Line of Duty

20. Rose Ayling-Ellis (with Giovanni Pernice)

21. None ("nul points")

22. Måneskin

23. 30

24. No Time to Die

25. Oprah Winfrey

26. Lilibet ("Lili")

27. Health Secretary (Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)

28. Max Verstappen

29. Daniil Medvedev

30. Paris Saint-Germain

31. Manchester United

32. Chelsea

33. Leicester City

34. Ashleigh Barty

35. Ingenuity

36. GameStop

37. Omicron

38. Olivia Rodrigo

39. Tyson Fury

40. Giuseppe Dell'Anno

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