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Football Quiz of 2016 (Round 1)

The Copa America Centenario took place in the United States in June. Eduardo Vargas scored six times for the eventual winners but which country took home the trophy?

a) Costa Rica b) Argentina c) Chile

c) Chile

 

Johan Cryuff passed away in 2016. How many times did he win the Ballon d'Or as Europe's best player?

Three times

 

Which player scored the first hat-trick of the 2016-17 Premier League season?

Quiz of the Year 2016 (Round 5)

 

Which person who died in September 1997, was made a Saint by Pope Francis in September of this year?
Mother Teresa

 

At the 68th Emmy awards, which epic series won Outstanding Drama Series?
Game of Thrones

 

The world's largest radio telescope, which is 500m wide, began operations in a province of which country?
China

 

2016 in UK Politics Quiz (Round 1)

What is the name given to the study of scientific analysis of elections, made famous by election night analyst John Curtice?

a) Plutology b) Poliology c) Psephology

c) Psephology

 

Which MP challenged, and lost to Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Party leadership election of 2016?

Owen Smith

 

By proportion of votes, which area of the country was most in favour of leaving the EU?

a) Yorkshire and the Humber b) North West England c) West Midlands

Quiz of the Year 2016 (Round 4)

 

In March a study concluded that which famous playwright's skull had probably been stolen by graverobbers?
Shakespeare

 

11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca became the world largest confidential data leak, what did it become known as?
Panama Papers

 

In April the 80th Masters Golf Tournament was won by which English golfer?
Danny Willett

 

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