2017 has been a very interesting news year! Starting with the inauguration of Donald Trump, the tribulations of Brexit, to the worrying times in Catalonia and North Korea. We've contructed a 'Quiz of the Year' page which also includes some of the lighter 2017 news headlines.
Quiz of the Year - 2017
2017 News Questions - January to June
- January 2017, saw the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President, but who became Vice-President?
- Labour MP Tristram Hunt resigns in order to become the director of which museum?
- Which English actor, who died in late January, did director David Lynch describe as 'simply the greatest actor in the world'?
- In February, which non-league football team became the first to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for 103 years after beating Burnley?
- Whose Millennium Time Capsule is accidentally dug up and damaged by contruction workers at London's O2?
- In 2017, who became the first female Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in the force's 188-year history?
- Which American hosted the Academy Awards in February 2017?
- Sadly, the author of The Naughty Girl's Guide to Life passed away - who is she? And how old was she?
- In March, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was assassinated at which city's airport?
- Who, prompting extensive criticism, became the new editor of the London Evening Standard?
- Cheryll Tweedy and One Direction singer Liam Payne had a baby in March - what did they name him?
- Where could we see a new design by Jody Clark in late March?
- In April, which sports star announces that she is pregnant and will not play again until 2018?
- The Underground Railroad made highbrow news headlines - why?
- Anthony Joshua defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become WBA World Heavyweight Champion at which world famous venue?
- In early May, paper £5 notes featuring which historical figure cease to be legal tender in the UK?
- Emmanuel Macron won the French general election on 7 May 2017 but which new French political party did he lead?
- Which zoo made headlines after a freak accident in the tiger enclosure?
- In June, The One Love Manchester concert is organised by which American singer?
- Who resigned as party leader of UKIP after the June General Election?
- The UK, with a temperature of 34.4C, experiences its hottest June day since which year?
- What happened near Pilton, Somerset, for 5-days in late June?
- Which comedian received a knighthood in the 2017 Birthday Honours?
Answers:
- Mike Pence
- V&A, London (Victoria and Albert)
- Sir John Hurt
- Lincoln City
- Blue Peter's
- Cressida Dick
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. She was just 45.
- Kuala Lumpur
- George Osborne
- Bear
- New pound coin (she engraved and designing the latest portrait of the Queen)
- Serena Williams
- It won the Pultizer Prize for Fiction (written by Colson Whitehead)
- Wembley Stadium
- Elizabeth Fry
- En Marche!
- Hamerton Zoo Park
- Ariana Grande
- Paul Nuttall
- 1976
- Glastonbury Festival
- Billy Connolly
2017 News Questions - July to December
- In July, thousands of people march in London against the government's economic policies - what was the name of the protest?
- Which region of Britain becomes officially recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
- Andy Murray, the defending champion, lost to which player in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon?
- In August, the Duke of Edinburgh carries out his final official engagement - how old was he at the time?
- Bruce Forsyth married the 1975 Miss World, Wilnelia Merced - which country did she represent in that 1975 competition?
- What sort of small animal did Bristol Water engineer find on the shores of Chew Valley Lake in Somerset?
- The Navy's new aircraft carrier arrives in her home port of Portsmouth - what is the ship's name?
- What fell silent in August due to a four-year renovation plan?
- West Midlands Revolution are crowned winners of the first Premier League Championship, in Hull, in which sport?
- In September, what does President Trump famously call Kim Jong-un in his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly?
- TV producer, director, and television presenter, William G. Stewart was best known for which quiz show?
- TfL announce that what is 'not fit and proper' to operate in London?
- In late September 2017, the U.S. Department of Commerce proposed a 219% tariff on which company's C Series aircraft?
- What is downgraded by Moody's?
- In September 2017, which infection is declared eradicated in the UK for the first time?
- In October, the UK's fifth biggest airline is placed into administration - can you name this low-cost airline?
- Sean Hughes, who sadly passed away aged 51, was a regular team captain on which BBC Two musical panel game show?
- A long lost bust by sculptor Auguste Rodin, worth millions of dollars, was found on display in a New Jersey borough hall where it had sat for 85 years - who is it of?
- The BBC announced that which primetime TV programme is being axed after 33 years?
- To which country did sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont escape, to avoid arrest?
- What type of fruit did singer Harry Styles slip on during a performance at the Hammersmith Apollo?
- In November, which politician resigned as International Development Secretary?
- Sarah Clarke, who was in charge of running The Wimbledon Championships, became the first woman in 650-years to serve in which official position?
- Explorer Benedict Allen got lost in a remote part of which country?
- Who did former Coronation Street actress Paula Williamson marry on 14 November 2017? And where was the venue for this wedding?
- What is the nickname of Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was elected as the new leader of Zimbabwe's ruling political party?
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce their engagement, however, in which legal drama series did Meghan Markle play Rachel Zane?
- In December, it was announced that which city would be the UK's City of Culture for 2021?
- France is in national grief for the Paris funeral of musician Johnny Hallyday; he was often known as the 'French... ' what?
- Birmingham surgeon Simon Bramhall was in the news for putting his signature where?
- The end of 2017 sees a number of celebrity books released in time for Christmas, whose book is entitled: 'My Life On A Plate'?
- Recently decided by Theresa May, what colour will British passports be after Brexit?
- Keith Chegwin sadly passed away, but who is his famous sister?
Answers:
- Not One Day More
- The Lake District
- Sam Querrey
- 96
- Puerto Rico
- A small alligator
- HMS Queen Elizabeth
- Chimes of Big Ben
- Quidditch
- Rocket Man
- Fifteen to One
- Uber (TfL stands for Transport for London)
- Bombardier
- Britain's credit rating (Moody's is Moody's Investors Service)
- Measles
- Monarch
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
- Napolean
- Crimewatch
- Belgium
- Kiwi fruit
- Priti Patel
- Black Rod
- Papua New Guinea
- Charles Salvador better known as Charles Bronson. The venue was Wakefield Prison.
- The crocodile
- Suits
- Coventry
- French Elvis (Hallyday was also called "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" in English-speaking countries)
- On patients' livers (he appeared in court charged with assault for branding the letters 'SB' on two patients' livers during operations with argon gas normally used to stop bleeding in surgery)
- Pru Leith
- Blue
- Janice Long