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Old 12-20-17, 04:52 PM   #1
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2017 Quiz Of The Year - Part One
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/42418958

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How well do you remember the stories and people in the news this year?
Test your memory of 2017 in our four-part Christmas quiz - 52 questions for 52 weeks of the year.


Quiz Of The Year - People
6/13 poor show.

May do better on part two.
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Old 12-20-17, 06:42 PM   #2
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8 of 13. But to be fair, I know nothing of soccer, I can't tell one Kardashian from another and I know zilch about what the Royals eat...






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Old 12-20-17, 06:47 PM   #3
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8 of 13. But to be fair, I know nothing of soccer, I can't tell one Kardashian from another and I know zilch about what the Royals eat...






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I got 4/13 and two of those is just because I had to click on something.
I don't keep up with celebrities.
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I got 4/13 and two of those is just because I had to click on something.
I don't keep up with celebrities.

Same here. All just random guesses.
Don't know, don't care.
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Old 12-21-17, 06:59 AM   #6
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"Ballon d'Or"

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6/13, I don't think I actually knew any for certain though but I couldn't really care less about celebrities
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How many of these quotes from 2017 can you remember?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/42428998

Another poor show 6/13.
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Part 1 "Golden Boot" - 9/13

Part 2 "Not That Deep" - 5/13
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Typcal insofar as they think what happens in Britain is important for the rest of the world.





(7/13) Arrgh.
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Part 2: 7/13...

I'm not really up on a lot of "pop culture", and, given what has been the quiz so far, I don't think I'm really missing all that much...








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9/13
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Quiz Of The Year - Places
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/42440645

Bad result for me.. 4/13
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Part 3

Enrolled at the gym - 7/13
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