Sport
Which country won the Euros in July?
Spain
Paris's iconic Notre-Dame cathedral was reopened in December, after being rebuilt in the wake of the fire that destroyed much of it in 2019.
How much is the renovation of the 850-year-old building said to have cost?
€700m
Nemo won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest with an entry called The Code. Which country were they representing?
Switzerland
Which iconic toy, with six sides and six distinctive colours, was named after its Hungarian inventor and this year celebrated its 50th birthday?
Rubik’s Cube, which has since become the most popular puzzle in the world.
Who won the men's singles at Wimbledon?
Carlos Alcaraz
In which city did the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse after being hit by a container ship?
Baltimore
Taylor Swift wrapped up her Eras tour this year. How many shows did she play in total?
149
What did the Cambridge Dictionary announce was its word of the year for 2024? Gymfluencer, upcycle, hack or manifest.
Manifest, after the word was looked up almost 130,000 times on the dictionary’s website. It means using methods like visualisation and affirmation to help make something more likely to happen.
Which country won most gold medals at the Olympics?
USA
Which country became the 32nd to join NATO?
Sweden
Sabrina Carpenter’s song Espresso became song of the (northern hemisphere) summer this year. And then the spring. And then the winter. It simply will not stop. She’s now selling a Sabrina Carpenter-branded product line named for it. What is the product?
Perfume
Which country became the fifth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon?
Japan
Which sport made its debut at the Paris Olympics, in which 16 competitors known as B-boys and B-girls competed against one another?
Breaking, or as we would probably recognise it, breakdancing
Claudia Sheinbaum became the first female president of which country?
Mexico
Which film won Best Picture honors at the 2024 Academy Awards?
'Oppenheimer'
What is 2024 in Roman numerals?
MMXXIV
Max Verstappen won his fourth F1 world championship during the Las Vegas GP, but he didn't win the race, who did?
George Russell
Which US state carried out the first ever nitrogen gas execution?
Alabama
Which Netflix series released its highly anticipated third season in 2024?
Bridgerton
What was the 2024 word of the year in Spain according to RAE?
DANA