The Week’s Christmas quiz: looking back on 2022
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Looking back on 2022
1. There were four chancellors of the exchequer in 2022. List them in order.
2. Half of the world’s iPhones are made at a factory in Zhengzhou, China, where there was considerable unrest this year. Name the company that runs it.
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3. Which British author became, aged 87, the oldest person ever to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize?
4. The ill-fated nationwide arts event referred to in the media as the Festival of Brexit is properly known as what?
5. A “little book” by which author sold at auction for £1m this year?
6. Which famous line did John Lewis stop using in its marketing this year?
7. The launch of Nasa’s new Moon mission – following on from Apollo – blasted off in November. What is it called?
8. Having been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Jeremy Paxman stood down as presenter of University Challenge after 28 years. Who replaced him?
9. Which newly appointed Cabinet minister was said to have immediately sent an edict to civil servants, forbidding them from using the Oxford comma?
10. The New York Times spent seven figures on a game in January. Which one?
Answers
1. Rishi Sunak; Nadhim Zahawi; Kwasi Kwarteng; Jeremy Hunt
2. Foxconn
3. Alan Garner
4. Unboxed
5. Charlotte Brontë
6. Never knowingly undersold
7. Artemis
8. Amol Rajan
9. Thérèse Coffey
10. Wordle
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