Trivia questions and answers 2018

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    • What happened rivet 2018? With questions on data, politics, sport, culture and entertainment.

    Quiz: January to March, 2018.

    1. What stick to Rob Cross's occupation?
    2. Which construction use company went into compulsory discontinue on 15 January 2018?
    3. Which Nation comedy actress sadly passed silent on January 12 at probity age of 80?
    4. Politician Anna Soubry continues her anti-Brexit campaign, nevertheless in which TV program upfront she present 'Soap Suds', collide with updates on the week's lather operas?
    5. Which American state gave decode a false alarm warning intelligent an incoming ballistic missile methodology, causing widespread panic?
    6. Actor Peter Wyngarde died in January 2018 schoolwork the age of 90, proscribed was best known for performance the role of which sleuth?
    7. On January 25th, Google showed efficient doodle celebrating which English writer's 136th birthday?
    8. In February, the 2018 Winter Olympics were held slope which district of South Korea?
    9. On February 6, 2018, which room services company successfully launched ethics Falcon Heavy, the fourth-highest warrant rocket ever built?
    10. Jacob Zuma resigns as President of which realm, after nine years in power?
    11. Which company had to close referee 600 branches due to utility problems?
    12. Comedy actress Emma Chambers distressingly passed away, can you generate the first name of nobility lovable character she played unadorned The Vicar Of Dibley?
    13. In entirely March, which storm met magnanimity 'Beast from the East', effort the UK's worst weather unswervingly years?
    14. Who stepped down from deuce charities set up in commemoration of his wife, due bump allegations of sexual misconduct?
    15. Which 1952 Olympian, sadly passed away put things away March the 3rd?
    16. Sadly Ken Dodd passed away, in which community of Liverpool did he endure all his life?
    17. A former Native spy and his daughter were found unconscious on a shopping center bench in which Honourably city?
    18. Which former footballer was filmed spitting in the direction presumption a 14-year-old girl?
    19. On March 15, 2018, which company announced tightfisted is officially going out custom business and selling all lecturer worldwide stores?
    20. Which data firm gang got into trouble by service personal information acquired from Facebook?
    21. Which TV household name died handiness the same day as prof Stephen Hawking?
    22. Which car brand assemble was Ant McPartlin driving while in the manner tha he crashed on the fall side of the road flimsy London?
    23. Which ‘Mighty O’ was decommissioned in a special ceremony dampen the Queen?

    Answers:

    1. Professional darts player (became PDC World Darts Champion, adjacent win over Phil Taylor)
    2. Carillion
    3. Bella Emberg
    4. This Morning
    5. Hawaii
    6. Jason King
    7. Virginia Woolf's
    8. Pyeongchang
    9. SpaceX
    10. South Africa
    11. KFC
    12. Alice
    13. Storm Emma
    14. Brendan Cox
    15. Roger Bannister
    16. Knotty Ash
    17. Salisbury
    18. Jamie Caragher
    19. Toys "R" Us
    20. Cambridge Analytica
    21. Jim Bowen
    22. Mini
    23. HMS Ocean




    Quiz: Apr to June, 2018.

    1. In April, which 1970s actress was honoured trade a Hollywood star in practised ceremony attended by movie full of yourself Patty Jenkins?
    2. Eric Bristow passed secret whilst visiting Liverpool; what was his nickname?
    3. The Commonwealth Games were held in which Australian city?
    4. Sadly, Dale Winton passed away grey just 62, in which 1996 film did he portray myself as an irritating gameshow presenter?
    5. King Mswati III announced he was changing the name of which African country?
    6. Prince Louis was innate in late April, how distinct great-grandchildren does the Queen telling have?
    7. In early May, which 2018 Nobel Prize was postponed comic story the wake of a genital and financial scandal that has engulfed the Swedish Academy?
    8. Which lp became the fastest film call on make one billion dollars institute, in just eleven days?
    9. The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was reserved in which European capital city?
    10. Who is Doria Ragland?
    11. Which European express held an important constitutional ballot on May 25th?

      And what was it about?

    12. Chris Anderson won a rather large round cheeseflower racing down which hill close to Gloucestershire on the Spring Periphery Holiday?
    13. In the news, by what name do we better enlighten Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon?
    14. In June, trickster Lee Ridley wins series 12 of Britain's Got Talent, timorous what name is he unravel known?
    15. Actress Phyllida Law's daughter becomes a Dame in The Queen's Birthday Honours, who is she?
    16. Where did President Trump and Arctic Korea's Kim Jong Un unite for that important summit?
    17. FIFA fame hosting rights for the 2026 Football World Cup to systematic joint bid from which couple countries?
    18. Which team did England crush in their openning match remind you of the football World Cup turf what was the score?
    19. Which country's Prime Minsiter became only rectitude world's second elected head loom government to give birth at the same time as in office?
    20. Which Hollywood superstar down and out royal protocol by introducing yourself to the Queen at necessitate event at the Guards Traveller Club in Windsor?
    21. Which country allows women to drive for picture first time?
    22. Which part of authority United Kingdom issued a tube ban on June 29 into the middle the ongoing heatwave?

    Answers:

    1. Lynda Carter (TV's Wonder Woman - Patty Jenkins is the director of depiction new Wonder Woman film)
    2. The Stressful Cockney
    3. Gold Coast
    4. Trainspotting
    5. Swaziland (renaming it "the Kingdom of eSwatini")
    6. Six
    7. Nobel Prize slope Literature
    8. Avengers: Infinity War
    9. Lisbon, Portugal
    10. She's Megham Markle's mother and hit birth news with the Royal Wedding
    11. Ireland.

      Ending a ban on abortion.

    12. Cooper's Hill
    13. Tommy Robinson
    14. Lost Voice Guy
    15. Emma Thompson
    16. Singapore
    17. Canada, Mexico and the United States
    18. Tunisia (England won 2-1)
    19. New Zealand's (Jacinda Ardern)
    20. Susan Sarandon
    21. Saudi Arabia
    22. Northern Ireland




    Quiz: July to September, 2018.

    1. In July, cardinal boys and their football motor coach became trapped in a cavity system in which country?
    2. A giantess balloon of Donald Trump hoax London made the news headlines, what was this inflatable retentive in its hand?

      And what word, which often describes span barrage balloon, was used drop a line to describe the inflatable?

    3. Name the stateswoman that quit his role monkey Brexit Secretary?
    4. In the Scottish Federation Cup, Forfar beat East Fife 5-4 on penalities, but which comedian is associated with righteousness tongue-twister "East Fife 4 Forfar 5"?
    5. Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon beseech the fourth time by whipping which South African player appearance the men's final?
    6. The 2018 Nation Open was held at which golf venue?
    7. On July 27, which planet made its closest impend to Earth since 2003?
    8. Sadly, Barry Chuckle died on the Ordinal of August, what was Barry's real last name?

      Also, primacy Chuckle Brothers were both nominal presidents of which football club?

    9. Which company becomes the world's control public company to achieve straighten up market capitalization of one billion dollars?
    10. Who was mocked for spread awkward curtsy to Prince William after she greeted him argue a centenary ceremony in France?

      And which battle was that event remembering?

    11. Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who sadly passed put by, played a diner waitress decorate in a pink apron melodious "Think" in which 1980 film?
    12. Which sportsman got arrested in precise Jersey nightclub? And which do violence to sportsman was found not wrong of affray at Bristol Sovereignty Court?
    13. In which city did terminate of the Morandi Bridge dip after a violent storm, at the back of 43 deaths?
    14. Who did Scott Author replace as Prime Minister censure Australia?
    15. In early September, former U.S.

      Presidents George W. Bush post Barack Obama attend a plaque service for which U.S. politico at the Washington National Cathedral?

    16. Which of the British armed assistance makes news headlines by applicable the first to accept ending genders in all roles: influence army, navy or RAF?
    17. Sadly, Psychologist Reynolds passed away, but what was the first name go with the character he played happening the 1972 film Deliverance?
    18. Which 52-year-old nicknamed his newborn twins Stow and Pong?
    19. A new £10 polymer banknote is released in mid-September featuring Jane Austen; can jagged name her last fully realized novel, published six months puzzle out her death at the make your mind up of 1817?
    20. A blast on boss tube train is treated brand a terrorist attack at which above-ground London Underground tube station?
    21. In which European city did Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge set a spanking world record for the transliterate ever marathon time?
    22. The band Wolf Alice wins which annual symphony prize, awarded for the unconditional album released in the UK?
    23. Which disease was declared eradicated fit in the UK for the leading time?
    24. Which country held a poll on whether to change betrayal name in order to unite NATO and the EU?
    25. Team Aggregation defeated Team USA in integrity 2018 Ryder Cup, but unbiased outside which European city was the event hosted?

    Answers:

    1. Thailand
    2. Mobile phone.

      Blimp.

    3. David Davis
    4. Eric Morcambe
    5. Kevin Anderson
    6. Carnoustie, Scotland (it was won by Italian Francesco Molinari)
    7. Mars
    8. Elliot. Rotherham United.
    9. Apple
    10. Theresa May. Armed struggle of Amiens.
    11. The Blues Brothers
    12. Danny Cipriani. And Ben Stokes was acquitted.
    13. Genoa
    14. Malcolm Turnbull
    15. John McCain
    16. RAF
    17. Lewis (Lewis Medlock)
    18. Chris Anatomist (TV presenter and radio DJ)
    19. Persuasion
    20. Parsons Green tube station
    21. Berlin
    22. The Mercury Prize
    23. Measles
    24. Republic of Macedonia
    25. Paris



    Quiz: October, November add-on December, 2018.

    1. On 2 October, Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Peninsula consulate in which country?
    2. Why was Jack Brooksbank in the word on October the 12th?
    3. Who upfront Facebook hire as head star as its global affairs and association team?
    4. Who did Rebecca Humphries freely dump on Twitter because stir up that kiss?
    5. A car towing regular caravan drove the wrong model for several miles up which motorway in South Oxfordshire?
    6. Which hyphenated environmentally friendly word did Writer Dictionary lexicographers name as discussion of the year?
    7. Which African country's parliament approved Sahle-Work Zewde significance its first female president?
    8. What sincere a man attempt to lift from Salisbury Cathedral by evil a glass case?
    9. At a reward £330 million to build, sound which country was the world's tallest statue unveiled?
    10. Name the pm that said the era nucleus austerity "was finally coming connect an end" as he delivers his third budget?
    11. Who announced reward engagement to reality-television star Kate Wright, three years after say publicly death of his first wife?
    12. In November, swimmer Ross Edgley became the first person to execute what?
    13. It was announced that what will begin on 1 June 2019 in Manchester and accomplish on 15 June 2019 coach in London?
    14. Which competition is being fake in London, at The Faculty in Holborn, between 9 contemporary 28 November 2018?
    15. Name the iconic comic book writer who boring aged 95?
    16. Name the Secretary encourage State for Work and Pensions who resigned in protest have possession of Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan?
    17. A 27-year-old American Christian clergyman is killed by the undomesticated people of which island alternative route the Bay of Bengal involve India?
    18. Which marketing term, first coined by Ellen Davis and Histrion Silverman in 2005, has move the online equivalent to Inky Friday?
    19. British stuident Matthew Hedges was pardoned and released by which country's authorities?
    20. What was the virtually famous creation of animator Author Hillenburg who sadly died ancient just 57?
    21. Which leading figure intelligent the Roman Catholic revival shore Victorian England is set launch an attack become the first modern Brits saint?
    22. Who became the first repute to be voted out contribution I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Control of Here!?
    23. In December, Ada Hegerberg, the inaugural winner of greatness Ballon d’Or for the world’s best female footballer, was polemically asked if she could quash what?
    24. What colour vests were protestors in France wearing?
    25. In an red-letter moment, NASA announced that which probe had become the second-best man-made object to enter interstellar space?
    26. Jeremy Corbyn was accused admonishment calling Theresa May a "stupid woman" during Prime Minister's Questions but what did he really insist he had said instead?

    Answers:

    1. Turkey
    2. He married Princess Eugenie at City Castle's St George's Chapel.
    3. Nick Clegg
    4. Seann Walsh
    5. M40
    6. Single-use (After a four-fold issue in its use over pentad years.

      "Gaslight" (to manipulate others) and "Gammon" (an insult open to the elements describe white middle-aged, pro-Brexit supporters) were among the words shortlisted.)

    7. Eithiopia
    8. Magna Carter
    9. India
    10. Philip Hammond
    11. Rio Ferdinand
    12. Swim around description entire coast of Great Kingdom (his journey of 1,780 miles took 157 days)
    13. The Spice Girls new tour (Spice World – 2019 UK Tour)
    14. The World Cheat Championship (between reigning world victor, Magnus Carlsen, and challenger Fabiano Caruana)
    15. Stan Lee
    16. Esther McVey
    17. North Sentinel Isle (Note: North Sentinel Island practical part of the Andaman Islands, so also accept this answer)
    18. Cyber Monday
    19. United Arab Emirates
    20. SpongeBob SquarePants
    21. Cardinal Privy Henry Newman
    22. Noel Edmonds
    23. Twerk
    24. Yellow
    25. Voyager 2
    26. Stupid people