How about a few questions about our year? Visit bbc.com for more questions on 2017. BBC 2017 Quiz of the year – Part One.
1. Who broke the record for the most liked post on Instagram when they announced they were expecting twins?
Beyonce. George Clooney. Ronaldo?
BEYONCE – All of these celebrities had twins this year, but this post from Beyonce smashed records with more than 11 million likes: “We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes.”
2, Selena Gomez revealed that she had a kidney transplant this year and the organ was donated by her best friend Francia Raisia. She needed the operation because of which illness?
Diabetes. Lupus. Polycystic kidney disease?
LUPUS – Selena Gomez needed the transplant because of complications caused by lupus, a disease that affects the body’s immune system. Symptoms can also include extreme tiredness, rashes, joint pain and swelling.
3. When Prince Harry proposed to Meghan Markle, what were they cooking for dinner?
Pad Thai. Pulled pork. Roast chicken
ROAST CHICKEN – The couple were at Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace roasting a chicken during a “standard, typical night” when Prince Harry got down on one knee and proposed.
4. Former US President Barack Obama was called for jury service in Illinois but this wasn’t the first time he had been summoned. He was also asked to serve in 2010 while president. What reason did he give seven years ago for not being able to attend?
He was president. He was going on holiday, It clashed with a meeting.
CLASHED – In 2010 he said he had a previously scheduled meeting with the president of the Kurdistan region of Iraq so was unable to do jury service.
5. In the UK general election, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson accused Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of being a “mutton-headed, old mugwump”. In which book did Roald Dahl use the word “mugwump”?
James and the Giant Peach. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. The Witches.
CHARLIE. In the 1972 tale, chocolate factory owner Wonka refers to a character as “my dear old muddle-headed mugwump”.
6. Tennis star Serena Williams gave birth to a baby girl, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, in September, having won the Australian Open while she was pregnant. What has she just reached out to other mums for help with?
Teething. Weaning. Sleeping.
TEETHING – Williams turned to social media to ask followers for advice on how to soothe her teething baby. “Teething – aka the devil – is so hard,” she told them.
6. Paris St-Germain signed Brazil forward Neymar for a world record fee of 222m euros (£200m) from Barcelona, but who was the world’s first million-pound player?
Giuseppe Savoldi. Trevor Francis. Johan Cruyf.
SAVOLDI – Italian forward Giuseppe Savoldi became the first million-pound player when he was transferred from Bologna to Napoli for £1.2m in 1975. Trevor Francis is credited as the first English player to be transferred for £1m when he moved to Nottingham Forest in 1979.
Delia Dolor is an all-round media professional. She produces and presents television, radio and live shows. She is also a public speaker, magazine and print editor.
Delia has been credited with creating a more intimate confessional form of media communication and to have influenced the way talk shows in the Caribbean can influence the lives of others.
