Quiz: 2021

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Well, that’s another year coming to an end! But how much do you remember about everything that went down? Test your 2021 knowledge with our brand-new quiz! Answers below…

Questions

1. In January 2021, online retailer Boohoo acquired which brand and website?

a) Topshop

b) New Look

c) Debenhams

d) House of Fraser

 

2. Who won the second series of The Masked Singer?

a) Gabrielle

b) Joss Stone

c) Ne-Yo

d) Lenny Henry

 

3. How many Premier League football clubs agreed to join a new breakaway European Super League?

a) Six

b) Nine

c) Four

d) Seven

 

4. At the start of the year, a Herefordshire bin man was sacked for kicking the head off what?

a) A snowman

b) A Christmas decoration in someone’s front garden

c) A letterbox shaped like Father Christmas

d) A sunflower

 

5. Marks & Spencer went to war with Aldi over what in April?

a) Towels

b) Pigs in blankets

c) Caterpillar cake

d) Prosecco

 

6. Captain Sir Tom Moore, sadly died at the age of 100. How many lengths of his garden did he walk in raising £32 million for NHS Charities Together?

a) 50

b) 80

c) 120

d) 100

 

7. Who changed its company name to Meta in October?

a) Twitter

b) Facebook

c) Instagram

d) Snapchat

 

8. In August, English athlete Keely Hodgkinson won a silver medal in which athletics event?

a) 100m hurdles

b) 800 metres

c) 4x100 relay

d) 3000m steeplechase

 

9. In May, the UK had a shortage of which chocolate item?

a) Galaxy Smooth

b) Terry’s Chocolate Orange

c) Cadbury’s Flake

d) Kinder Surprise Eggs

 

10. What was the name of the picture book for children written by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex?

a) The Bench

b) The Swing

c) The Stairs

d) The Chair

 

Answers

1. The answer is c) Debenhams!

Yep, in January of this year, Boohoo bought the Debenhams website and brand in a deal for a whopping £55million!

2. The answer is b) Joss Stone!

It was top of the hot dogs in this season of The Masked Singer as ‘Sausage’ made it all the way to the final and was revealed to be singer Joss Stone!

3. The answer is d) Seven!

The not so magnificent seven - Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal - all agreed to be part of the Super League, much to the dismay of fans all over the country. In the end, the whole thing got scrapped anyway!

4. The answer is a) A snowman!

No snowmen were walking anywhere, let alone in the air, when a bin man got caught on CCTV kicking the head off a snowman built by a three year old. Shocking!

5. The answer is c) Caterpillar cake!

Can you believe it, a caterpillar named Cuthbert started such a ruckus. But, according to M&S, Aldi’s Cuthbert the Caterpillar was too much of a copy of their original Colin, and they took them to court. Better not let them know about Asda’s Clyde, Tesco’s Carl, Sainsbury’s Wiggles and Co-op’s Charlie then…

6. The answer is d) 100!

100 laps for 100 years! Good ol’ Sir Tom wanted to celebrate his birthday in style, and ended up becoming a national treasure. Brilliant!

7. The answer is b) Facebook!

After decades of being called Facebook, Marky Z decided it was time for a rebrand and the company is now called Meta. According to Mark, it signals that “the company was branching out and was linked to more than one product.”

8. The answer is b) 800 metres!

At the Tokyo Olympic Games in August, 19-year-old Keely won a silver medal in the 800m AND got a new British record of one minute 55.88 seconds! In response to being told she was an Olympic silver medallist, she simply said "that is mental".

9. The answer is c) Cadbury’s Flake!

As the sun started to shine, the UK saw a surge in demand for soft-serve ice creams, which caused a disaster - a shortage of Cadbury 99 Flakes!

10. The answer is a) The Bench!

The Bench is Meghan Markle’s first children’s book and “touchingly captures the evolving and expanding relationship between father and son and reminds us of the many ways that love can take shape and be expressed in a modern family”.