2022 Year in Review

Let's see how much you remember about the action-packed year of 2022!

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World News
Britain's longest-reigning monarch, who died aged 96	Queen Elizabeth II
Became the oldest person to accede to the British throne following the death of the above	King Charles III
Billionaire who purchased Twitter for $44bn	Elon Musk
First case of an outbreak of this viral disease was detected in London	Monkeypox
1,739 people were killed in floods in this country	Pakistan
World population reached this milestone	8 billion
Retired Pope, who died aged 95	Pope Benedict XVI

Arts
Release of this sequel to a 1986 action film starring Tom Cruise	Top Gun: Maverick
As It Was, by this English singer, was Spotify's most-streamed song of the year	Harry Styles
American singer and record producer jailed for 30 years for multiple sex offences	R. Kelly
This Swedish pop group released Voyage, their first album in 40 years	ABBA
Ncuti Gatwa was confirmed to be the first black actor to play this titular sci-fi character	Doctor Who
Winner of the 2022 BRIT Awards for Best Song, Best Album and Best Artist	Adele
Will Smith was banned from attending the Academy Awards for 10 years after slapping this comedian	Chris Rock
This American talk show ended after almost 19 years	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
American actor who won $15m in damages and compensation in a defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard	Johnny Depp
Became the first singer in history to claim all top 10 slots on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart	Taylor Swift

Politics
Country that invaded Ukraine	Russia
Became the shortest-reigning British Prime Minister, resigning after 49 days in office	Liz Truss
New British Prime Minister, who replaced the above	Rishi Sunak
Assassination of longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history	Shinzo Abe
US Supreme Court overturned this landmark decision, eliminating constitutional right to choose abortion in a 6-3 vote	Roe v. Wade
Soviet Union's final leader, who died aged 91	Mikhail Gorbachev
City in which COP27 was held	Sharm el-Sheikh
Giorgia Meloni became this country's first right-wing leader since World War II	Italy

Sport
Host country of the 2022 FIFA World Cup	Qatar
Winners of the 2022 FIFA World Cup	Argentina
Host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games	Birmingham
This tennis player, the most successful in the Open era, announced her retirement	Serena Williams
Swiss tennis player and winner of a record eight men's singles Wimbledon titles, who announced his retirement	Roger Federer
Winners of Women's Euro 2022	England
Quarterback who returned to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just 40 days after announcing his retirement	Tom Brady
One of the greatest footballers of all-time and three-time FIFA World Cup winner with Brazil, who died aged 82	Pelé
Superstar footballer sacked by Manchester United following a bombshell interview	Cristiano Ronaldo
This city became the first ever to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics	Beijing
Legendary Australian cricketer, who died aged 52	Shane Warne

Level 66

Dec 21, 2022

Very nice quizz.

Level 64

Sep 20, 2023

nice quiz. It is unfair to call Meloni "far-right" however. She does not use this term, only her critics have.

Level 64

Sep 20, 2023

Yeah that is a perfectly fair comment and I've amended the question accordingly. Thanks for that!

Level 64

Sep 20, 2023

Thanks for reading, responding and changing.

Just one more thought though - Silvio Berlusconi could surely be described as "right-wing" though most would not consider him as extreme as Meloni.

Level 82

Sep 21, 2023

Hence referring to Meloni as far right... She may not describe herself that way, but she is in comparison to her predecessors.

Level 52

Sep 20, 2023

Much too USA-centric.

Level 64

Sep 20, 2023

As soon as the East Timor film industry starts booming, I promise you they’ll earn their way into a future Year in Review

…but until then, you’re going to have to make do with just over a quarter of the questions being USA-centric 🤷🏽‍♂️

Sincerely,

Someone who is not American

Level 45

Sep 22, 2023

Imagine creating a dozen of questions about American celebrities no one cares about, and only one about the war in Ukraine.

Level 64

Sep 22, 2023

I don’t need to imagine, because that’s exactly what I did 🙂

P.S. Exactly how many questions about a single event would you expect to be included?

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