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100
Who was named as the new CEO of Twitter in October?
ELON MUSK
100
LESLIE JORDAN
100
Will Smith hit Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, in a slap that was heard around the world. How long is Will Smith now banned from attending the ceremony?
10 YEARS
100
Who reprised his role for the Star Wars series "Obi-Wan Kenobi" in 2022?
EWAN MCGREGOR
100
Into which ocean did NASA’s Orion spacecraft splash down this week, marking the conclusion of the historic Artemis I mission?
PACIFIC OCEAN
100
In what month in 2022 did Russian federation invade Ukraine?
FEBRUARY
200
Where were the Winter Olympics held
BEIJING, CHINA
200
KRISTIE ALLEY
200
These two faced off in the defamation trial heard around the world.
JOHNNY DEPP & AMBER HEARD
200
Which Kate Bush song hit the number one spot earlier this year after featuring on Stranger Things season four?
RUNNING UP THAT HILL
200
Which Covid variant was first detected in South Africa in 2022 that later spread rapidly at the beginning of 2022?
OMICRON
300
What was the online game that went viral in January, and was later bought by the New York Times?
WORDLE
300
#1
300
Kim Kardashian wore whose dress to the 2022 Met Gala?
MARILYN MONROE
300
2022 marked the 30th anniversary of which classic Disney movie?
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
300
What will be the world’s projected population by end of 2022?
OVER 8 BILLION
400
Amazon’s bestselling books of 2022 contain four books by which author?
COLLEEN HOOVER
400
He tragically passed away in January 2022 at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida. He reportedly died of head trauma.
BOB SAGET
400
Which law did the U.S. Supreme Court overturn that triggered women protests around the country in 2022?
ROE V WADE
400
Which Hollywood actress, who starred in "There's Something About Mary" turned 50 in 2022?
CAMERON DIAZ
400
On January 10th a heart transplant from an animal to a human patient was done for the first time. Which animal was it?
A PIG
400
She died in August 2022 at seventy-three years old. She had famously struggled with breast cancer after being diagnosed in 1992.
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN
500
How many prime ministers has the UK had so far this year?
THREE - Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and current PM Rishi Sunak
500
Though an official cause of death has yet to be announced, he was reportedly surrounded by compressed air cans and pill bottles when he was found in his bathroom.
AARON CARTER
500
This pop star has been accused of six counts of tax fraud in Spain, for failing to pay 14.5 million Euros in income taxes.
SHAKIRA
500
Which Spielberg film celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022?
E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL
500
Why did NASA’s DART mission deliberately crash into an asteroid on 26 September?
TO FIND OUT WHETHER WE CAN DEFLECT AN ASTEROID
500
The highest grossing film of 2022 was which movie?
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
600
What cocktail did Emma D'Arcy say was their favorite, instantly becoming a viral TikTok?
NEGRONI SBAGLIATO WITH PROSECCO
600
CHRISTINE MCVIE
600
#3
600
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married at last, which of her early music videos did Ben appear in?
JENNY FROM THE BLOCK
600
For the first time, US scientists successfully produced a ______ reaction resulting in a net energy gain.
NUCLEAR FUSION
600
Who said it?: "I'm not going to argue with people that are broker than me about money."
KANYE WEST
700
Queen Elizabeth II sadly passed away in 2022. Before that she celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, marking how many years on the throne?
70 YEARS
700
He suddenly died in his sleep in May 2022 while filming Dangerous Waters in the Dominican Republic.
RAY LIOTTA
700
What did Harry Styles have to deny he did to Chris Pine during the Don't Worry Darling press conference?
THAT HE SPIT IN HIS FACE
700
#2
700
Which animal was listed by Australia as endangered for the first time in Queensland?
THE KOALA
800
2022 is the year of which animal according to the Chinese Zodiac?
THE TIGER
800
By what name was American Michael Lee Aday known professionally?
MEATLOAF
800
He got himself suspended for re-posting a film with heavily anti-Semitic views and ideas, and refusing to apologize or take accountability for spreading those ideas.
KYRIE IRVING
800
Which actor fronted the opening ceremony of the football World Cup?
MORGAN FREEMAN
800
An international team of neuroscientists have successfully taught mini-brains to play which classic computer game?
PONG
900
What is Pantone's Colour of the Year 2023?
MAGENTA
900
Her death came just one day before she was scheduled to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
NAOMI JUDD
900
This American basketball star was released after 10 months of detention in Russia following a prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in December.
BRITTNEY GRINER
900
Can you name the former ambassador of the Bahamas to Japan who sadly died in early January 2022? He was also an Oscar winning actor.
SYDNEY POITIER
900
On June 22, a powerful 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the southeast of which Asian country?
AFGHANISTAN
1000
Which painting did Just Stop Oil protestors throw a can of soup on in the national gallery in October?
VINCENT VAN GOGH'S "SUNFLOWERS"
1000
This piano-playing music legend who helped create both rock & roll and the notion of the larger-than-life rock star, died Oct. 28 at 87.
JERRY LEE LEWIS
1000
This country’s radical zero-Covid policy focussed on hardline restrictions. These include confining millions of people for weeks or months, triggering public frustrations and criticism.
CHINA
1000
Which famous group launched a new digital entertainment experience this year called "Voyage"?
ABBA
1000
In January, which location experienced a volcanic eruption that US space agency Nasa said was more powerful than a Second World War atomic bomb?
TONGA