#26

COVID-19, Everything Else, Who said it?, Memes & Moments, and Awards.

COVID-19

We've avoided this category for a while but it had to be done in our 2020 wrap.

1

Who was the first world leader to publicly announce they had tested positive for coronavirus?

2

In what month did Australia report its first recorded case of coronavirus?

3

According to WHO data, which western European country currently has the highest total number of coronavirus cases?

4

Which music icon helped partially fund Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine?

5

What word did both Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com choose as 2020's Word Of The Year?

COVID-19

Everything Else

Apparently a lot of other things happened in 2020.

6

What type of event was blamed as the cause of the California Wildfires?

7

In which city was George Floyd killed, sparking worldwide protests against police brutality and racism?

8

Who spent $676 million of their personal fortune to run for a US President primary campaign?

9

In January, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they were stepping down as senior members of the Royal Family on which platform?

10

Name the male and female tennis champions of the 2020 US Open

Everything Else

Who said it?

Can you name the person who these quotes belong to?

11

You won’t be able to go to the pub. Because the pub is shut. That doesn’t mean you can get all your mates round to home and get on the beers. That’s not appropriate.

12

We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return, we will be with our friends again, we will be with our families again, we will meet again

13

It's a virus. I get it. I respect it. Even if everybody gets it, like yeah, people are going to die, which is terrible... but inevitable?

14

To me, leadership is not about necessarily being the loudest in the room, but instead being the bridge, or the thing that is missing in the discussion and trying to build a consensus from there.

15

After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.

Who said it?

Memes & Moments

More of the lighthearted parts of the year.

16

Which singer made history as Vogue's first ever solo male cover star?

17

TikTok user doggface208 went viral with a video of himself gliding down a highway on his skateboard. Name both the song in the video and what he was drinking.

18

In March Gal Gadot and a number of other celebrities received backlash for an online performance of what song?

19

What unexpected guest stole the show at the Vice Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence?

20

What number features in Elon Musk's son's name, which later had to be changed to Roman numerals due to Californian naming laws?

Memes & Moments

Awards

Quickfire time: can you name the recipient or recipients of the following 2020 awards?

21

Grammy Award for Best New Artist

22

The Booker Prize

23

The Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

24

Time's Person of the Year

25

The Nobel Peace Prize

Awards

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