national news quiz of 2016

ANSWERS
Katya Jones on Strictly Come Dancing.Katya Jones on Strictly Come Dancing.
Katya Jones on Strictly Come Dancing.

CELEBRITY: 1. Adele; 2. Joanna Lumley; 3. I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!; 4. Jerry Hall; 5. Angelina Jolie; 6. Hiddleswift; 7. Missy Elliott; 8. Ed Balls; 9. Paris; 10. Prince George.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: 1. Albert Einstein; 2. Go; 3. Three; 4. 400; 5. Jupiter; 6. Pokemon Go; 7. Giant panda; 8. Around the world; 9. Drive themselves; 10. Sir James Dyson.

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FILM: 1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; 2. Batman vs Superman; 3. American Honey; 4. Botswana; 5. Shere Khan; 6. Leonardo DiCaprio; 7. Room; 8. The Hateful Eight; 9. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling; 10. Swiss Army Man.

Adele performing at Glastonbury, in JuneAdele performing at Glastonbury, in June
Adele performing at Glastonbury, in June

NEWS: 1. Angela Eagle; 2. Flying Scotsman; 3. Port Talbot; 4. Elizabeth Line; 5. The Independent; 6. 1p; 7. £7.20; 8. Winston Churchill; 9. 72%; 10. Cuba.

MUSIC: 1. Reading and Leeds; 2. Secret Love Song; 3. Rick Astley; 4. Coldplay and Bruno Mars; 5. Lady Gaga; 6. Famous; 7. Louisa Johnson; 8. David Bowie; 9. The Dreaming Room; 10. One Dance.

Sport: 1. Adam Peaty; 2. Karolina Pliskova; 3. Éder; 4. Ukraine; 5. Bristol Rugby; 6. 2008; 7. Barry Hawkins; 8. Manchester City; 9. Carlos Brathwaite; 10. Haas F1 Team.

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RIP: 1. Blackstar; 2. Marvin the Paranoid Android; 3. Auntie’s Bloomers; 4. Barry and Freda; 5. Minnesota; 6. Maurice White; 7. Poula Fisch; 8. Burt Kwouk; 9. RAF; 10. Sidney Poitier.

Adele performing at Glastonbury, in JuneAdele performing at Glastonbury, in June
Adele performing at Glastonbury, in June

TV: 1. Coronation Street; 2. DSI Stella Gibson in The Fall; 3. Snooker; 4. Suranne Jones; 5. The Night Manager; 6. O J Simpson; 7. Stephen Tompkinson; 8. Alexis Conran; 9. Greg Rutherford; 10. QI.

Culture: 1. Glenda Jackson; 2. Massive Attack; 3. Roald Dahl; 4. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; 5. Amy Schumer; 6. Sarah Harding; 7. Tate Britain; 8. Stockholm; 9.Carole King; 10. Go Set a Watchman.

Lucky Dip: 1. A handshake; 2. Finding Dory; 3. Dara Ó Briain and Angela Scanlon; 4. Johanna Konta; 5. Mars; 6. Ken Loach; 7. Fiji; 8. Radiohead; 9. Channel 4; 10. The Man Booker Prize.