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Published: 27th November 2020

 

The fifth and final round in our Quiz of the year 2020 that will test how much you remember of what will be a memorable year for all the wrong reasons. 

 

Questions:

1) 2020, according to the Chinese zodiac, was the year of which animal?

 

2) In which film released earlier in 2020 does Anna Kendrick voice the part of Queen Poppy?

 

3) Carole Baskin appeared in ‘Dancing with the Stars’, the American version of ‘Strictly’ this year, but in what documentary series of 2020 did she come to prominence?

 

4) In February, Essex police issued a £20,000 reward for information into the death of Stuart Lubbock. At whose house did Lubbock die?

 

5) Which fitness guru and known as ‘The Body Coach’ became very popular during the lockdown of 2020?

 

6) First aired in March on BBC One, which drama series was based on the books by Malorie Blackman charting an alternative history whereby African people had colonised Europe instead of the other way round?

 

7) Which singer made their first television appearance in almost 4 years when they hosted the american tv show ‘Saturday Night Live’ in October?

 

8) Whose ‘challenge’ back in January caused lots of celebrities to post a four panel picture of how they would present themselves on the media platforms LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Tinder?

 

9) Which actor known now for his controversial political views as much as his acting, complained that the BBC had played a Pogues edited version of ‘Fairytale of New York’ instead of the original version only to be told via the Pogues twitter account that it was none of his business?

 

10) Starring Richard Armitage and set in and around Manchester, which thriller series first shown in January, was based on the Harlan Coben novel of the same name?

 

 

Answers:

 

1) 2020, according to the Chinese zodiac, was the year of which animal?

Year of the Rat

 

2) In which film released earlier in 2020 does Anna Kendrick voice the part of Queen Poppy?

Trolls World Tour

 

3) Carole Baskin appeared in ‘Dancing with the Stars’, the American version of ‘Strictly’ this year, but in what documentary series of 2020 did she come to prominence?

Tiger King

 

4) In February, Essex police issued a £20,000 reward for information into the death of Stuart Lubbock. At whose house did Lubbock die?

Michael Barrymore

 

5) Which fitness guru and known as ‘The Body Coach’ became very popular during the lockdown of 2020?

Joe Wicks

 

6) First aired in March on BBC One, which drama series was based on the books by Malorie Blackman charting an alternative history whereby African people had colonised Europe instead of the other way round?

Noughts & Crosses

 

7) Which singer made their first television appearance in almost 4 years when they hosted the american tv show ‘Saturday Night Live’ in October?

Adele

 

8) Whose ‘challenge’ back in January caused lots of celebrities to post a four panel picture of how they would present themselves on the media platforms LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Tinder?

Dolly Parton Challenge

 

9) Which actor known now for his controversial political views as much as his acting, complained that the BBC had played a Pogues edited version of ‘Fairytale of New York’ instead of the original version only to be told via the Pogues twitter account that it was none of his business?

Laurence Fox

 

10) Starring Richard Armitage and set in and around Manchester, which thriller series first shown in January, was based on the Harlan Coben novel of the same name?

The Stranger