Which cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929 entered the public domain on January 1, 2025?
Which Yorkshire city lit up City Park for its grand opening as the 2025 UK City of Culture?
Luke Littler became the youngest World Darts Champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen, but which town does Littler call home?
Which Prime Minister announced in early January that he would step down?
Which papal thriller won Best Film at the BAFTA Awards?
The draft lyrics for which Bob Dylan song sold at an American auction for half a million dollars?
What surpassed Mamma Mia! to become the highest-grossing stage musical adaptation at the global box office?
Which Welsh drag queen passed away at age 32 in January?
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, made a cameo appearance in an episode of which soap?
Iliman Ndiaye scored the only goal in Everton's win at Brighton and received a yellow card for celebrating like what bird in front of home fans?
Which animal in the Chinese zodiac is represented by the year 2025?
Which newscaster announced she was leaving Sky News with immediate effect after 36 years with the channel?
A video emerged showing which MP punching a man to the ground?
Beyonce won Album of the Year at the 67th Grammy Awards for which album?
Which rapper dazzled TV audiences with a theatrical halftime show at the Super Bowl?
On what day of the week was Valentine's Day celebrated in 2025?
A couple won a High Court refund on their £32.5 million West London mansion after discovering an undisclosed infestation of what?
The BBC announced the return of which character to EastEnders after a gap of 21 years?
Which South American country experienced a nationwide power outage in February?
Actor Gene Hackman sadly died aged 95. He won his first Oscar (Best Actor) for his role as which detective?
Three men were put on trial, accused of stealing a solid gold what from an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace?
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was reportedly 'kicked out' of what building on the last day of February?
The Royal Mint released a coin featuring who, to coincide with the year he would have turned 85?
Who was honoured with the release of the single "Burning Moonlight", marking a 60-year career before her death on January 30, 2025?
Which city's council declared a major incident over an ongoing strike by refuse collectors?
Which TV show aired its final live broadcast on the CBBC channel on March 21, 2025?
Which film won Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards?
Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright named their newborn daughter after the capital city of a sunny Spanish island they love. What’s the name?
Blue Ghost became the first private spacecraft to successfully land where?
Which former world record holder ran her first competitive marathon in a decade in Tokyo, at the age of 51?
Which breed of dog was crowned Best in Show at Crufts 2025?
A baby what did American influencer Sam Jones scoop up and run off with, prompting criticism from Australia’s Prime Minister?
Which Netflix drama became the first streaming show to top the UK's weekly TV ratings, with 6.45 million viewers for its first episode?
Answers:
Popeye
Bradford
Warrington
Justin Trudeau
Conclave
Mr. Tambourine Man
Wicked
The Vivienne
Emmerdale
A seagull
Snake
Kay Burley
Mike Amesbury
Cowboy Carter
Kendrick Lamar
Friday
Moths
Vicki Fowler
Chile
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (The French Connection)
A gold toilet
The White House
John Lennon
Marianne Faithfull
Birmingham City
Blue Peter
Anora
Palma
On the Moon
Paula Radcliffe
Whippet
Wombat
Adolescence
April to June, 2025
The cost of an annual TV licence increased by how much?
Hollywood paid tribute to which actor who died at age 65 on April 1st?
Which name, first seen in 1792, was set to disappear from the High Street?
Which Scottish confectionery was given the all-clear by the RAF to be used in flights again, after tests in an altitude chamber found they did not explode?
Which A-lister returned to Earth after reaching space aboard Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket?
Who completed his career Grand Slam of golf's leading tournaments by finally winning the Masters?
The UK government took control of British Steel's plant in which town to stop it from closing?
Which famous couple celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary on the island of Mull?
What happened to Nick Rockett on April 5?
How old was Pope Francis when he died?
What type of business did Dean Franklin run, the winner of The Apprentice Series 19?
Which A-lister revealed her pregnancy at the 2025 Met Gala?
Ethel Caterham became the world’s oldest living person and the last surviving subject of which British monarch?
Whose free performance on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on May 3 set a new Guinness World Record for the highest attendance of a standalone concert by a female artist?
Snooker's World Championship was won by a player from which country?
Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born priest to lead the Catholic Church, was born in which American city?
Which country took legal action after its repeated objections to the renaming of a geographical region were ignored?
Which club won the first major trophy in its history with victory in the FA Cup Final?
A man in Norway woke up to find a huge what in his front garden?
Who replaced Ncuti Gatwa as the United Kingdom's spokesperson for Eurovision 2025?
German YouTuber Tom Kopke was victorious racing down which hill?
The UK signed a deal with Mauritius to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands and lease back which military base for an annual cost of £101 million?
Who was awarded 100,000 Euros in a libel case against the BBC?
Never Flinch is a new crime novel by which American author?
Which commercial service accounted for 65% of all operational Earth satellites as of May 2025?
Who bought back the rights to her first six albums?
Which organisation announced it would be led by a woman for the first time in its 116-year history?
After 25 years on Coronation Street, Sue Cleaver made her final onscreen appearance as which character?
Mother and son Caroline and Tom Bridge won series five of which TV show?
During her highly publicised 2025 social-media feud, J.K. Rowling posted: “You’ve been wealthy and famous since your early 20s. I didn’t become well-known until I was well over 30.” Who was she addressing?
David Howell Evans finally became an Irish citizen, more than 60 years after moving there. By what name is he better known?
What weight-loss drug became available through GP surgeries in England?
Which Glastonbury mystery act played a Saturday evening gig on the Pyramid Stage billed as "Patchwork"?
Who married media personality Lauren Sanchez in Venice, Italy?
Avon and Somerset Police said they would retrieve CCTV footage of which Irish rap trio - named after a bone in your leg?
Answers:
Five pounds
Val Kilmer
WHSmith
Tunnock's teacakes
Katy Perry
Rory McIlroy
Scunthorpe
Prince and Princess of Wales (Kate and William)
Won the 2025 Grand National
88
Air conditioning
Rihanna
Edward VII
Lady Gaga
China
Chicago
Mexico (to stop renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America)
Crystal Palace
A container ship
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Cooper's Hill (annual cheese-rolling event)
Diego Garcia
Gerry Adams
Stephen King
Starlink (owned by Elon Musk)
Taylor Swift
MI6 (her name is Blaise Metreweli)
Eileen Grimshaw
Race Across the World
Boy George
The Edge (from the band U2)
Mounjaro
Pulp
Jeff Bezos
Kneecap
July to September, 2025
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered by an alert system in which country on 1 July 2025?
Oasis began their five-month reunion tour in which UK city?
Black Sabbath’s final concert, Back to the Beginning, was held at which football stadium?
Yostin Mosquera was convicted of murdering two men whose remains were found in suitcases at which Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed structure?
Which distillery announced the closure of ten of its UK pubs within days in July?
Two Harry Potter stars were banned from driving in the same court on the same day, in separate incidents. Name either?
In the Women’s EURO Final, England defeated which country on penalties?
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were sentenced to four years and three months in prison for what crime?
Who was spotted sharing a kiss with actor James Norton backstage at the Lido Festival?
Professor Michele Dougherty became the first woman to be appointed to which post in its 350-year history?
Prince George celebrated which birthday?
Who announced his engagement to NHS nurse Harriet Sperling?
Whose memoir is titled Frankly?
In August, Donald Trump ordered the National Guard onto the streets of which city?
The most popular baby names in England and Wales for 2025 were released. What was the number one name for baby girls?
Who avoided a fine after admitting to fishing without a rod licence?
Who performed an impromptu gig at the Puzzle Hall Inn in Calderdale, West Yorkshire?
Who claimed she had been made "Sir Keir Starmer’s political prisoner"?
Which rapper’s trial for alleged assault was going viral on TikTok?
US Vice-President JD Vance took a surprise UK holiday in which Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?
Who posted on Instagram: "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married."?
The 2025 Russia–United States Summit was held on August 15, 2025, at a military facility in which American city?
The co-creator of which sitcom was arrested by five armed police officers at Heathrow Airport?
Angela Rayner resigned after admitting underpaying which tax?
Which English rock band announced their first tour in seven years, which includes four nights at London's O2 Arena in November?
The Reform UK conference was held in which city?
Buckingham Palace announced the death of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, who was mostly associated with which annual event?
A mural by street artist Banksy depicted a man dressed as what beating a protester?
Which former Member of Parliament for Hartlepool was in the news for the wrong reasons?
It was reported that the University of Kent will merge with which other university to create the UK's first "super university"?
It was noticed that the medals for this year's Great North Run in Newcastle displayed the wrong city. Which city?
Former world champion Ricky Hatton sadly died. What was he nicknamed?
What abruptly stopped at the UN headquarters when in use by Donald Trump and his wife, Melania?
Name the American chat show host who was briefly suspended?
The daughter of boxer Tyson Fury, who became engaged at age 16, shares her first name with which South American country?
Which country did England defeat to win the Women's Rugby World Cup?
Answers:
Chile
Cardiff
Villa Park
The Clifton Suspension Bridge
Brewdog
Emma Watson or Zoe Wanamaker
Spain
Felling the iconic Sycamore Gap tree
Lily Allen
UK's Astronomer Royal
12th birthday
Peter Phillips
Nicola Sturgeon
Washington, D.C.
Olivia
David Lammy
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin
Lucy Connolly
Cardi B
The Cotswolds
Taylor Swift (announcing her engagement to her partner Travis Kelce)
Anchorage, Alaska
Father Ted (Graham Linehan)
Stamp duty
Radiohead
Birmingham
Wimbledon
A judge
Peter Mandelson
University of Greenwich
Sunderland
'The Hitman'
An escalator
Jimmy Kimmel
Venezuela
Canada
October to December, 2025
Dame Sarah Mullally is named as the first female holder of which position?
Which former footballer sparked debate in early October after posting a video on LinkedIn?
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 was awarded to an opposition leader from which country?
The Beckhams faced a planning row after neighbours saw on TV that they had installed a one-thousand-square-foot what at their garden lake?
Which Reform MP made headlines following remarks about advertising?
Who won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his third album, People Watching?
Which international franchise, founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas, by brothers Dan and Frank Carney, announced the loss of 1,210 jobs in the UK?
Where in the Apostolic Palace did King Charles and Pope Leo XIV pray together in an historic service?
Who was described as "the queen of the bonkbuster"?
Celia Imrie’s nervous what, while locked in a wooden cabin with other celebrities, was described as the “TV moment of the year”?
Which football club, named after a traditional half-day holiday for workers, went into administration?
Stephen Crean was injured as he intervened during a mass stabbing on a train from Doncaster to London on 1 November. He is a big fan of which football club?
On 4 November, two 'Sirs' made headlines. One was reported to have agreed a seven-figure
compensation deal, and the other attended a ceremony at Windsor Castle. Name both.
What nationality is Julia Wandelt, who was found guilty of harassment at Leicester Crown Court?
Gordon Ramsay’s influencer daughter, Holly Ramsay, is set to marry which Olympian at Bath Abbey this Christmas?
A 64-year-old man was arrested after allegedly dressing up as what officer rank at a town’s Remembrance Sunday event in North Wales?
The UK's first nuclear power station to be constructed with small modular reactors is to be built on which island?
The BBC apologises to President Trump over the Panorama documentary. In which decade was Panorama first broadcast?
Rachel Reeves is in the November healdines. Which city does she serve as an MP?
A United Nations news report showed that which Asian capital had surpassed Tokyo as the world's largest city, with a population of 42 million people?
The Tower of London was partially closed in early December after a display case containing Crown Jewels was defaced by protesters throwing apple crumble and what at it?
English Twitch streamer and YouTuber Morgan Sam Lee Burtwistle is better known by what name?
Who won his first Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship?
Sadly, English author Sophie Kinsella passed away in December. Complete the title of her bestselling novel: The Secret Dreamworld of a…?
Who secretly married celebrity hairstylist Michael Douglas?
It was revealed that one of the most-asked questions to Amazon Alexa in 2025 was “How tall is who?”
Name any of the two lanaguages which became recognised as Official Languages of the UK?
Sweden's Mondo Duplantis was named World Athlete of the Year. In which event does he excel?
With Neighbours airing its final episode after being cancelled again — this time by Amazon — in what year did the Australian series first premiere on the BBC?
Which viral 2025 slang term — expressed as a number — means “I’m tired, overwhelmed, and numb but still functioning”?
Answers:
Archbishop of Canterbury
Gary Neville
Venezuela
Beach
Sarah Pochin
Sam Fender
Pizza Hut
The Sistine Chapel
Jilly Cooper (who sadly died in October)
Nervous fart (The Celebrity Traitors)
Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest
Sir Alan Bates and Sir David Beckham
Polish (she claimed to be Madeleine McCann)
Adam Peaty
A Rear Admiral
The Isle of Anglesey
1950s (1953)
Leeds
Jakarta (Indonesia)
Custard
AngryGinge (winner of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!)