TELEVISION

1 Who made history as the first same-sex dancing partnership on Strictly Come Dancing?

2 What’s occurrin’? I’m A Celebrity switched to which country this year?

3 Shine A Light was the virtual live show which replaced this annual music competition this year?

4 The longest-running TV soap Coronation Street celebrated an important landmark this year. When did it start?

5 The Lord God Made Them All, even Tricki Woo. Which vets show made a comeback this year?

6 Roll up, roll up… the circus came to which nurses’ drama for Christmas?

7 We’re all staying in this Christmas… which is what Lee Mack and Bobby Ball had to do this Christmas in which programme?

8 We are all left up here without a paddle when which Netflix sitcom finished?

9 Check it out. What was this Netflix programme about a female chess champion called?

10 Student Peter Sawkins was the cherry on the top when he became the first Scot to win which show?

11 You would Di for a part as a princess in The Crown? But who played Princess Diana in the new series?

12 This Irish drama based on a Sally Rooney novel was about two young lovers who were far from ordinary?

MOVIES

1 Queen Poppy and her friends did a World Tour in which franchise film?

2 Did you see him? He was on the screen but not always visible?

3 Mary Lennox discovers a secret collection of plants and trees in this David Heyman and Rosie Alison adaptation of which classic?

4 He talked to the animals so he did achieve much. Who is he?

5 This 12-year-old criminal prodigy was accused of unfair play… Who is he?

6 This spiky video game favourite hit the silver screen with Jim Carrey, James Marsden and Ben Schwartz?

7 She starred as Mirana/The White Queen in the Alice films and as The Grand High Witch in this year’s film The Witches. Who is the actress?

8 From Hogwarts to a South African prison. Which jailbreak film did Daniel Radcliffe star in this year?

9 They had an Excellent Adventure and a Bogus Journey and are now back to Face The Music. Who are these comic characters?

10 Rudy Giuliani and Mike Pence starred in this return of which Kazakh TV journalist?

11 Lily James plays Mrs de Winter in the remake of which Daphne Du Maurier classic?

12 Which film became the first foreign language film to win the Oscars best picture winner?

POLITICS

1 Who was elected the Lib Dems leader this year?

2 Who became Ireland’s Taoiseach?

3 Which American rap musician missed out on the Presidency?

4 Which Russian opposition politician went down ill on a plane after a suspected poisoning of his tea?

5 Jacinda Ardern won a landslide election victory in which country?

6 Who runs the line as the new leader of the Scottish Conservative party?

7 Which member of the British cabinet was found guilty of breaking ministerial behaviour after a report described her behaviour as bullying?

8 Who became Scotland’s Finance Secretary?

9 In which country have there been protests against the monarch Maha Vajiralongkorn?

10 Who caused an international storm when he issued a decree ordering a world heritage site to be used as a mosque again?

11 Which former British Opposition leader was suspended from his party and then reinstated after an investigation into anti-Semitism in his party?

12 Who did Donald Trump pardon on Thanksgiving Day?

HEROES

1 This footballer helped feed schoolchildren in 2020?

2 A walk around the house. This centenarian raised million for charity?

3 Pastor Mick Fleming and Fr Alex Frost became heroes for distributing food parcels and hot meals with their Church on the Street campaign to the disadvantaged in which town?

4 Whose death at the hands of police sparked a worldwide protest against racism?

5 How did Dr Li Winliang make the news?

6 And how are Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci helping to save the world?

7 Who was described as a ‘key worker’ and delivered gifts to all the kids, and big kids, around the world?

8 Who kept us all exercising with his online keep-fit classes?

9 Which extravagantly dressed celebrity kept us all painting with his Art Club?

10 All’s well that ends well… how did this modern-day William Shakespeare make the news?

11 Boris Johnson credited two immigrant nurses for helping to save his life. From where do they hail?

12 Rugby League player Kevin Sinfield did what to help his old team-mate Rob Burrow and the Motor Neurone Disease Association?

VILLAINS

1 This television journalist accused Nicola Sturgeon of “enjoying the opportunity to set her own lockdown rules”.

2 Who was Time Magazine’s Person of the Year choice?

3 He was the real-life Tiger King villain?

4 Which sports shop owner was accused of wanting his staff to work through lockdown?

5 This entrepreneur relaxed on his £100m yacht as their High Street empire imploded?

6 Which SNP politician took a train journey down to Westminster with Covid?

7 A man without peers. Who won the NME Villain of the Year award?

8 Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden were banned after breaching Covid rules in Iceland. What job do they do?

9 What a hurley-burley… which Sky presenter broke Covid rules by having a 60th birthday party get-together with pals?

10 Which Scottish Medical officer lost her job for visiting her second home in lockdown?

11 The statue of Edward Colston was thrown into the River Avon. Why?

12 Who drove to Barnard Castle to test his eyesight during lockdown?

SPORT

1 Patrick Mahomes was the MVP in which super competition?

2 Scot Tao Geoghegan Hart won the Giro D’Italia – which sport did he ride off with victory in?

3 Who is the Celtic goalkeeper who saved the winning penalty in the 2020 Scottish Cup final?

4 Go on Merc my day. He won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year?

5 Which rocket-fuelled snooker player won a sixth World Snooker Championship?

6 At which sport was Snakebite Peter Wright the toast of the Ally Pally?

7 Which horse made it back-to-back Cheltenham Gold Cups?

8 That’s wild… this boxer lost his title because his costume was too heavy?

9 Which country did the New Zealand All Blacks lose to for the first time?

10 Who did Scotland beat on sudden death penalties to qualify for the European Championship final stages?

11 The umpire strikes back… which tennis player got thrown out of the US Open for accidentally hitting a line judge with a ball?

12 Who dropped the FA Cup when he was supposed to lift it? What an arse!

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

1 Resht in peash?

2 Wor gonna miss this England and Ireland hero?

3 Slam dunk, we hoop that heaven has a basketball court?

4 This women’s champion will hold court in heaven?

5 The Good, the Dead and the Ugly… a film score legend?

6 And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep… Bye, bye Country music great?

7 This reality TV show host will be sorely missed?

8 This Rangers hero was known as Jaws?

9 Hand of Gone… the Argentinian footballing superstar?

10 We’ll carry on in her memory?

11 It made us jump when this guitar hero died?

12 The forces sweetheart?

MUSIC

1 He’s not paranoid… this heavy metal hero has revealed he has Parkinson’s 2 Jennifer Lopez and Shakira played the half-time show at which annual sporting event?

3 It must have been blowin’ in the wind… this rock god had a hit with Key West?

4 This Scot brought out a Bonny album that spiced up our lives this year?

5 He’s Someone You Loved. This Scot won Brits Song of the Year and Best New Artist?

6 Encore! This French singer told us People, I’ve been sad?

7 Rain on Me, they reign oe’r us... two queens of pop?

8 He’ll never walk alone but who did Captain Sir Tom Moore sing with on this song?

9 He blinded us with his lights and keeps us entertained After Hours at the end of the week?

10 She deilishious and won five Grammies?

11 Who has had a Holly Dolly Christmas?

12 She is no longer in the Mix. Who quit this Girls Band?

ANSWERS

TELEVISION: 1 Nicola Adams and Katya Jones, 2 Wales, 3 Eurovision Song Contest, 4 1960, 5 All Creatures Great and Small, 6 Call the Midwife, 7 Not Going Out, 8 Schitt’s Creek, 9 The Queen’s Gambit, 10 Great British Bake Off, 11 Emma Corrin, 12 Normal People. MOVIES: 1 Trolls World Tour, 2 The Invisible Man, 3 The Secret Garden, 4 Dolittle, 5 Artemis Fowl, 6 Sonic the Hedgehog, 7 Anne Hathaway, 8 Escape to Pretoria, 9 Bill and Ted, 10 Borat, 11 Rebecca, 12 Parasite.

POLITICS: 1 Ed Davey, 2 Micheal Martin, 3 Kanye West, 4 Alexey Navalny, 5 New Zealand, 6 Douglas Ross, 7 Priti Patel, 8 Kate Forbes, 9 Thailand, 10 Recep Erdogan, 11 Jeremy Corbyn, 12 Corn the Turkey.

HEROES: 1 Marcus Rashford, 2 Captain Sir Tom Moore, 3 Burnley, 4 George Floyd, 5 He flagged up the coronavirus to the Chinese authorities and died of the disease, 6 They are the two scientists behind the BioNTech vaccine, 7 Santa Claus, 8 Joe Wicks, 9 Grayson Perry, 10 First man in UK to get the Covid vaccine, 11 New Zealand and Portugal, 12 Ran seven marathons in seven days.

VILLAINS: 1 Sarah Smith, 2 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, 3 Joe Exotic, 4 Mike Ashley, 5 Sir Philip Green, 6 Margaret Ferrer, 7 Piers Morgan, 8 Footballers, 9 Kay Burley, 10 Dr Catherine Calderwood, 11 He was a slave trader, 12 Dominic Cummings.

SPORT: 1 The Super Bowl, 2 Cycling, 3 Conor Hazard, 4 Lewis Hamilton, 5 Ronnie O’Sullivan, 6 Darts, 7 Al Boum Photo, 8 Deontay Wilder, 9 Argentina, 10 Serbia, 11 Novak Djokavic, 12 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: 1 Sir Sean Connery, 2 Jack Charlton, 3 Kobe Bryant, 4 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 5 Ennio Moricone, 6 Kenny Rogers, 7 Caroline Flack, 8 Tom Forsyth, 9 Diego Maradona, 10 Dame Barbara Windsor, 11 Eddie Van Halen, 12 Dame Vera Lynn. MUSIC: 1 Ozzy Osbourne, 2 Super Bowl, 3 Bob Dylan, 4 Gerry Cinnamon, 5 Lewis Capaldi, 6 Christine and the Queens, 7 Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, 8 Michael Ball, 9 The Weeknd, 10 Billie Eilish, 11 Dolly Parton, 12 Jesy Nelson.

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