It’s safe to say that 2021 was quite a year with lots of events and stories to remember. This quiz will test your knowledge of music, film and television, current affairs, the Royal Family, sports plus lots of other events from 2021.
How many can you get right? Answers are at the bottom (no cheating).
- Which member of the Royal Family gave birth to a baby boy in February?
A) The Duchess of Cambridge
B) Princess Eugenie
C) Princess Beatrice
D) Zara Phillips
2. Which parish council meeting went viral?
A) Handforth Parish Council
B) Hemswell Parish Council
C) Ivers Parish Council
D) Cranleigh Parish Council
3. Which film won ‘Best Picture’ at the Oscars?
A) The Father
B) Nomadland
C) Mank
D) Sound of Metal
4. Who became Vice President of The USA in January?
A) Hillary Clinton
B) Kamala Harris
C) Mike Pence
D) Tim Kaine
5. Which country won Eurovision?
A) Italy
B) United Kingdom
C) Netherlands
D) Denmark
6. Which two supermarkets become involved in a dispute over a caterpillar cake?
A) Tesco and Morrisons
B) Waitrose and Sainsbury’s
C) Lidl and Asda
D) Marks and Spencer’s and Aldi
7. Who won Strictly Come Dancing?
A) Dan Walker and Nadiya Bychkova
B) Tilly Ramsay and Nikita Kuzmin
C) Greg Wise and Karen Hauer
D) Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice
8. Which two teams competed in the Euros 2020 final?
A) Ukraine and Denmark
B) England and Italy
C) Spain and the Netherlands
D) Wales and Switzerland
9) What did Facebook change its name to?
A) Zuckerberg Media
B) Zeta
C) Meta
D) The Social Network
10. Which fast food chain ran out of milkshakes in August?
A) McDonald’s
B) Burger King
C) Subway
D) Five Guys
Answers
- B
- A
- B
- B
- A
- D
- D
- B
- C
- A
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