QUIZ OF THE YEAR 4 Chris Pratt
CELEBRITY
1. On January 3rd, which actress announced the birth of her first child, a daughter named Raddix Madden?
2. In March, which comedian revealed that he had legally changed his name to Hugo Boss?
3. On March 18th, actress Gal Gadot posted a video on Instagram of herself and other celebrities singing which song?
4. Which actor praised the Irish town of Dalkey, where he had been living, in an interview on a local radio station in May?
5. Which member of the royal family married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a private ceremony on July 17th?
6. Born on July 22nd, Willa is the first child of singer Joe Jonas and which Games of Thrones star?
7. Published on August 11th, the biography Finding Freedom was written about which famous couple?
8. On September 8th, Kim Kardashian West announced that her family’s reality TV series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, would end in 2021 after how many seasons on air?
CULTURE
1. In January, which play by Anton Chekhov was revived to critical acclaim at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London, with Toby Jones in the title role?
2. Entitled The Pre-Therapy Years, an exhibition of which Turner Prize-winning artist’s ceramics opened in Bath on January 24th?
3. In February, actor David Mitchell made his West End debut in which comic play, written by Ben Elton?
4. Which American artist, who died in 1987 aged 58, was celebrated in a major retrospective at the Tate Modern this year?
5. In March, which poet, born in West Yorkshire in 1963, launched a podcast called The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed?
6. Which Pulitzer Prize-winning American author’s 23rd novel, Redhead by the Side of the Road, was published in April?
7. On July 14th, street artist Banksy posted a video to his
Instagram page which showed him stencilling his trademark rats on the walls of what type of vehicle?
8. In August, which British ballet dancer announced his forthcoming retirement from performing, after fifteen years as a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet?
FILM
1. Dev Patel starred in the title role in which adaptation of a Charles Dickens novel, directed by Armando Iannucci and released in UK cinemas in January?
2. In February, who became the first South Korean in history to win the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Parasite?
3. A sequel to the 2016 film Suicide Squad, this year’s Birds of Prey saw which actress reprising her role as the DC villain Harley Quinn?
4. Tom Holland and Chris Pratt voiced the central characters in which animated film about two elven brothers who have lost their father, released on March 6th?
5. Released in June, the musical comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga starred Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as aspiring musicians from which country?
6. Who wrote and directed the science fiction blockbuster Tenet, released in the UK on August 26th?
7. Yifei Liu starred in the title role in the live-action remake of which Disney film, released on September 4th?
8. Which actress, the winner of two Academy Awards, starred in Nomadland, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on September 12th?