Quiztime

Quiztime can be any time and today's the day for all you quizzers out there. Can you recall last year? It was widely known as 2025 and it's the theme for this episode's ten questions. Answers will be provided in the comments section but no peeping and please, no use of smartphones either! Good luck!

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1. "Die With a Smile" was the best-selling single  in the world in 2025 but who recorded it?
(a) Beyonce and Jay-Z  (b)  Dua Lipa and Drake
(c) Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars (c) Bad Bunny

2. On October 28th 2025, the third most powerful hurricane ever recorded hit Jamaica killing 102 people but what was it called?
(a) Hurricane Melania  (b) Hurricane Minnie Mouse
(c) Hurricane Meike  (d) Hurricane Melissa

3. In March 2025,  Konstantinos Tasoulas becamed the elected president of a European country but which country was it?
(a) Greece (b) France (c) Germany (d) Luxembourg

4. In April 2025 the previous pope died and was buried later that month but what was his title?
(a) Pope John (b) Pope Francis (c) Pope Andrew (d) Pope Eye

5. The Miss Universe contest for 2025 was held in Thailand in November but which country did Fatima Bosch,the winner, represent?
(a) Ghana (b) Australia (c) Japan (d) Mexico

6. Upon learning of his death in September 2025 Jane Fonda said this, "He meant a lot to me and was a beautiful person in every way. He stood for an America that we have to keep fighting for". But to whom was she referring?
(a) Rob Reiner (b) Robert Redford (c) Gene Hackman (d) Brian Wilson

7.  In November 2025, The United Nations announced that Tokyo had been overtaken as the largest city in the world. Our planet's new biggest city has a population of over 42 million but which city is it?
(a) Lagos (b) Singapore (c) Mumbai (Bombay) (d) Jakarta

8. This new species of mammal was recorded for the first time in  Peru in 2025. Its Latin name is marmosa chachapoya but how might its species more commonly be described?
(a) mouse opossum (b) tree vole 
(c) Andean marsupial (d) pygmy marmot

9. Which English football team won the F.A. Cup for the very first time in 2025?
(a) Aston Villa (b) Nottingham Forest 
(c) Crystal Palace  (d)  Manchester United

10. The most expensive painting sold at any art auction in 2025 was "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer". It fetched $236.4 million at Sotheby's in November but who painted it?
(a) Berthe Morisot  (b) Edvard Munch
(c) Paul Cézanne (d) Gustav Klimt

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That's all folks. How did you do?


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