Think you've been following the news in 2018? Then pit your wits against this mischievous quiz from STEVE PUNT of Radio 4's The Now Show...
1. In January, what did France’s President Macron agree to loan to Britain for the first time?
A) The secret recipe for how to make French bread that actually tastes like French bread
B) The pen of his aunt
C) The Bayeux Tapestry
D) A signed copy of his book How To Lose Two-Thirds Of Your Support In Six Months
There was a chicken shortage in a major UK fast food chain during the month of February
2. Where were you unlikely to find chicken in February?
A) In KFC
B) In a dozen closed branches of Jamie’s Italian
C) In the new, experimental Vegan Nando’s
D) In any of the above
3. In October, John Lewis announced that it was to stop selling . . . what?
A) Upright pianos for under-10s
B) The Hornby ‘Crossrail’ Set (currently unavailable until 2020)
C) DVD players
D) Such expensive sandwiches
In June a famous personality said ex-PM David Cameron was ‘in Nice, with his trotters up’
4. Who said: ‘Frankly, Russia should go away, it should shut up’?
A) Prince George (aged four)
B) The Rt Hon Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson (aged 42)
C) Comedian Frankie Boyle
D) A White House diplomatic adviser
5. Why did sales of waistcoats suddenly rise in July?
A) Fans of Jacob Rees-Mogg wanted to look like their hero
B) Someone on Love Island got a life-size tattoo of one
C) Fans of Gareth Southgate wanted to look like their hero
D) They were half-price in one of the many closing-down sales in your local High Street
During the year there were several shortages that made headlines including halloumi cheese
6. Which horse won the Grand National in April?
A) Tiger Roll
B) Tiger Woods
C) Stable Genius
D) Balding’s Domain
7. In June, who described ex-PM David Cameron as being ‘in Nice, with his trotters up’?
A) An unusually informal Laura Kuenssberg
B) Dot in EastEnders
C) A character in Channel 4’s ‘radical contemporary reboot of Orwell’s Animal Farm’
D) Danny Dyer (not in EastEnders)
The final episode of the BBC's hit drama The Bodyguard left viewers reeling
8. What percentage of the vote did Vladimir Putin get in the Russian presidential election?
A) 97 per cent
B) 77 per cent
C) 107 per cent
D) Any number he chose
9. Which of these was not a genuine petition on the Parliament website?
A) ‘Make Tesco Hot Cross Buns an all-year product’
B) ‘Let a Blue Peter competition design the new British Passport’
C) ‘The new £50 note should feature England footballer Harry Maguire riding an inflatable unicorn’
D) ‘Allow 16-year-olds to get tattoos’
10. What was described, in March, as a ‘brand new on-trend dance move’?
President Trump visited the UK in July and got about in his presidential helicopter including a visit to see the Queen
A) The Theresa May Shuffle
B) The Cabinet Reshuffle
C) The Floss
D) The Liam Foxtrot
11. What film won the Golden Raspberry for Worst Picture at Hollywood’s Razzie Awards?
A) The Emoji Movie
B) Tory Party: Infinity War
C) Fantastic Boasts And Where to Find Them (starring D. Trump)
D) Mission Impossible: Brexit Renegotiation
12. In May, what happened during UK entry SuRie’s performance at Eurovision?
A) Theresa May unexpectedly danced onto the stage
B) The UK jury demanded she renegotiate last-minute changes to her song
C) A protester interrupted her before she’d finished
D) Andrew Marr interrupted her before she’d finished (from sheer force of habit)
13. Which of these was not in Amazon’s top-ten list of toys for Christmas 2018?
Theresa May decided 2018 was the year to debut the Theresa May Shuffle
A) Barbie Ambulance
B) Poopsie (a plastic unicorn that produces glittery poo)
C) Haven’t-A-Cluedo, ‘the understanding-Brexit game for all the family!’
D) Chow Crown (‘players wear a crown decorated with dangling forks that you load with your choice of food’)
14. President Trump visited the UK in July and got about in his presidential helicopter. What is it officially called?
A) The Really, Really Great Helicopter
B) Marine One
C) Better-Than- Obama’s One
D) Tell-A-Whopper Chopper
15. What was there not a shortage of during 2018?
A) Potatoes
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Halloumi cheese
D) Opinions on Brexit
16. Who or what were Cambridge Analytica?
A) University Challenge quarter-finalists
B) A football team
C) Data-analysis company implicated in various scandals
D) A media company specialising in analysis of the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
17. Which of the following made the least sense?
A) Russia’s explanation of why its operatives visited Salisbury
B) 90 per cent of Donald Trump’s tweets
C) The big twist in the last episode of TV’s Bodyguard
D) None of the above
18. What was described as ‘the size of a large fridge and equipped with solar panels’?
A) An affordable London flat B) The new iPhone XXL
C) The Mobile Surface Scout sent to land on asteroid Ryugu
D) Prince Charles’s new ‘Duchy’ Eco-Picnic Basket
ANSWERS: 1C; 2A; 3C; 4B; 5C; 6A; 7D; 8B; 9C (a real petition, but not on Parliament’s website); 10C; 11A; 12C; 13C; 14B; 15D; 16C; 17A; 18C.
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News Pictures Test how well you remember 2018 with our end of year quiz
You don’t have to pack away your bikini just because you’re the wrong side of 20. These body-beautiful stars reveal their secrets to staying in shape and prove you can smoulder in a two-piece, whatever your age. Read on and be bikini inspired!
TEENS
Hayden Panettiere
Size: 8
Age: 18
Height: 5ft 1in
Weight: 8st
To achieve her kick-ass figure, Hayden – who plays cheerleader Claire Bennet in Heroes – follows the ‘quartering’ rule. She eats only a quarter of the food on her plate, then waits 20 minutes before deciding whether she needs to eat again.
Hayden says: “I don’t have a model’s body, but I’m not one of those crazy girls who thinks that they’re fat. I’m OK with what I have.”
Nicollette says: “I don’t like diets – I see it, I eat it! I believe in eating healthily with lots of protein, vegetables and carbs to give you energy.”
kim cattrall
Size: 10-12
Age: 52
Height: 5ft 8in
Weight: 9st 4lb
SATC star Kim swears by gym sessions with Russian kettle bells (traditional cast-iron weights) and the South Beach Diet to give her the body she wants. To avoid overeating, Kim has a radical diet trick – squirting lemon juice on her leftovers – so she won’t carry on picking.
Kim says: “I am no super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.”
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