Quiz of the Year 2022 - January
Here we start our 12 days of quizzing all to do with this past year. Ten questions each day on what happened during the 12 months of 2022.
QUESTIONS
1. Who was detained by the Australian Border Force for failing to provide a valid medical exemption for his not being vaccinated against Covid-19, which ultimately led him to be banned from entering the 2022 Australian Open Tennis Championships?
2. Which South Korean TV Show took the world by storm and saw O Yeong-su win a Best Supporting Actor awards at the Golden Globes on January 9th 2022?
3. The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced on 16th January 2022 the TV licence fee would be scrapped from 2027 in the UK, who was she?
4. What is the name of the Space Telescope which successfully entered its orbit around 1.5 million kilometres from Earth in January 2022?
5. Which European country started to offer free birth control to all women from January 1 2022 between the ages of 18-25 in an effort to reduce the country’s birth rate?
6. Which Australian tennis player and World Number One, won the Women’s Singles title at the Australian Open in 2022?
7. Mason Greenwood was arrested by police on suspicion of rape and assault after images were posted on social media, which football team was he a member of at the time?
8. Violence continued to flare up in the Tigray Region in January 2022, with airstrikes and raids killing many people. In what country is the Tigray Region found?
9. Which Scandinavian country beat Spain 27-26 in the European Men’s Handball Championship to win their first title in 20 years?
10. Who was the senior civil servant who published their report into the allegations of rule breaking at No. 10 Downing Street, commonly referred to as ‘Partygate’ in the UK?
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ANSWERS
1. Who was detained by the Australian Border Force for failing to provide a valid medical exemption for his not being vaccinated against Covid-19, which ultimately led him to be banned from entering the 2022 Australian Open Tennis Championships?
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
2. Which South Korean TV Show took the world by storm and saw O Yeong-su win a Best Supporting Actor awards at the Golden Globes on January 9th 2022?
THE SQUID GAME
3. The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced on 16th January 2022 the TV licence fee would be scrapped from 2027 in the UK, who was she?
NADINE DORRIES
4. What is the name of the Space Telescope which successfully entered its orbit around 1.5 million kilometres from Earth in January 2022?
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
5. Which European country started to offer free birth control to all women from January 1 2022 between the ages of 18-25 in an effort to reduce the country’s birth rate?
FRANCE
6. Which Australian tennis player and World Number One, won the Women’s Singles title at the Australian Open in 2022?
ASHLEIGH BARTY
7. Mason Greenwood was arrested by police on suspicion of rape and assault after images were posted on social media, which football team was he a member of at the time?
MANCHESTER UNITED
8. Violence continued to flare up in the Tigray Region in January 2022, with airstrikes and raids killing many people. In what country is the Tigray Region found?
ETHIOPIA
9. Which Scandinavian country beat Spain 27-26 in the European Men’s Handball Championship to win their first title in 20 years?
SWEDEN
10. Who was the senior civil servant who published their report into the allegations of rule breaking at No. 10 Downing Street, commonly referred to as ‘Partygate’ in the UK?
SUE GRAY