Last year I rounded off the year with a quiz of the year, with the answers to each question found in some of my blog posts throughout the year. This year I'm once again feeling creatively lazy, so to repeat last year's theme, here's another quiz, which each question focusing on a blog post from each month of the year.
Once again, the quiz follows a multiple choice format, so if you don't know the answer, take a guess...
Back in January I took a look at some of the weird headlines that the corona virus had inspired, but can you remember which of the following headlines was an actual real headline?
A) German cafe reopens but makes customers wear pool noodles on their heads
B) Dayton commission bans wearing masks while committing crimes
C) Florida man died in a motorcycle crash, and his death was listed as a covid-19 death
D) Keith from Norfolk wants sunbathers to be shot by the army
In February I reported on some of the stupidest emergency calls that the emergency services had to deal with, but to make things tricky I turned it into a true or false quiz.
Can you recall which of the following 999 emergency phone calls was a real phone call?
A) "There are no Brussels sprouts left in the shops."
B) "Where can I buy some batteries?"
C) "What time are children allowed out until? Is there a specific time for them to come in?"
D) "The carol singers are singing out of tune."
In the UK, thousands of people legally change their name every year, mostly because of marriage, but sometimes just because they're feeling silly!
In March I took a look at some of those silly name changes. Three of the following names are actual real names that people legally changed their name to, but one is made up. Can you identify which of the following names is made up?
A) Happy Adjustable Spanners
B) Mark I Love Spam
C) Hello Vera
D) None Of The Above Zero
In April I took a look at some of the weird Google searches that people make, specifically focusing on searches where the person searching hasn't quite understood what they're searching for.
Which of the following amusing search terms got the most searches each month?
A) Lack toast and tolerant - 1,900
B) Tequila Mockingbird - 12,100
C) Reaper cushions - 40
D) Donkey Hotey - 170
May featured the Star Wars themed quiz known as the Star Wars Pants Game. If you've never played it before, the Star Wars Pants Game is a quiz where you switch one word from a famous Star Wars quote with the word 'pants' and people have to guess the original quote.
To give you an example, here's a famous quote from Obi-Wan Kenobi which has been 'pantsified'. All you have to do is guess what the original quote was:
"These aren’t the pants you’re looking for."
...Obi-Wan Kenobi
A) Easter eggs
B) Christmas presents
C) Power couplings
D) Droids
Alan Partridge returned to our screens in June, so in honor of Norfolk's finest I featured a look at a selection of Accidental Partridge quotes, i.e. random quotes which could have uttered by Alan Partridge himself.
Can you guess which of the following were 'Accidental Partridge' quotes, and which is a real Alan Partridge quote?
A) "What animal could you beat in a fight?"
B) "A cup of tea is a hot, wet, aromatic Swiss army knife."
C) "Have you ever found a household item in an unusual place?"
D) "Which is the worst monger? Fish, iron, rumour or war?"
In July, I am total oak kangaroos. If you're feeling confused, I should perhaps point out that that's an anagram of, 'In July, I took a look at anagrams'. However, to keep readers on their toes, I also included a fake anagram that wasn't actually a real anagram.
Can you identify which of the following was the fake anagram?
A) 'R2D2' is an anagram of 'famous mech droid who talks in bleeps and bloops'.
B) 'Astronomer' is an anagram of 'Moon starer'.
C) 'New York Times' is an anagram of 'Monkeys write'.
D) 'The morse code' is an anagram of 'here come dots'.
August saw the release of my book 'Dead Men Tell No Tales' and to promote it I took a light-hearted look at the subject of death.
What was the punchline to the following morbid joke: What's the best place to hide a dead body?
A) The second page of Google's search results.
B) The 'new' tab on reddit.
C) A graveyard.
D) Arkansas.
In September, my 'Separated At Birth' blog post took a look at people, animals and objects that looked remarkably similar to other people, animals and objects.
Can you remember what was pictured in the following photo?
A) A mop.
B) A dog.
C) An old fashioned umbrella.
D) A wig.
I often feature quizzes on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog, and as National Haircut Day fell in October, I decided to celebrate with a haircut themed quiz!
Can you remember which famous scientist this haircut belonged to?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Dr Henry Jekyll
C) Stephen Hawking
D) David Beckham
In November I took a look at some of the weirdest and silliest names for cryptocurrencies, but as I often like to do, I turned it into a true or false quiz. Three of the following cryptocurrencies are real and one is made up. Can you guess which is the made up cryptotoken?
A) Cryptomuffin
B) Smooth Love Potion
C) Infinity Cake
D) Useless
Finally, in December I published my Christmas list to Santa, which included some serious requests but also some silly ones. Three of the following answers actually featured on my Christmas list, but one didn't.
Can you guess which 'gift' wasn't on my list?
A) My two front teeth
B) Santa and the Naughty Elf ebook
C) Grilled cheese toaster
D) World peace
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Scroll down the page for the answers...
Answers:
Which of the following headlines was an actual real headline?
A) German cafe reopens but makes customers wear pool noodles on their heads ✔️
B) Dayton commission bans wearing masks while committing crimes ✔️
C) Florida man died in a motorcycle crash, and his death was listed as a covid-19 death ✔️
D) Keith from Norfolk wants sunbathers to be shot by the army ✔️
In actual fact all of the answers were real headlines. I was feeling in a generous mood, so to start things off, whatever answer you picked, award yourself a point!
Which of the following 999 emergency phone calls was a real phone call?
A) "There are no Brussels sprouts left in the shops."
B) "Where can I buy some batteries?"
C) "What time are children allowed out until? Is there a specific time for them to come in?" ✔️
D) "The carol singers are singing out of tune."
Option C was the genuine emergency phone call. The others were all fictitious creations.
Which of the following names is made up?
A) Happy Adjustable Spanners
B) Mark I Love Spam
C) Hello Vera ✔️
D) None Of The Above Zero
Answer: C) Hello Vera was the only one which wasn't a real name. Happy Adjustable Spanners, Mark I Love Span, and None Of The ABove Zero were all real names that quirky people chose to legally change their names to.
Which of the following misunderstood search terms got the most searches each month?
A) Lack toast and tolerant - 1,900
B) Tequila Mockingbird - 12,100 ✔️
C) Reaper cushions - 40
D) Donkey Hotey - 170
The figures will most likely have changed by now, but at the time by far the most popular search term was 'Tequila Mockingbird' with 12,100 searches each month! Presumably from readers who thought 'To Kill A Mockingbird' was about an alcoholic songbird.
In the Star Wars Pants Game, what was Obi-Wan Kenobi's original quote?
"These aren’t the pants you’re looking for."
...Obi-Wan Kenobi
A) Easter eggs
B) Christmas presents
C) Power couplings
D) Droids ✔️
As I'm sure all Star Wars fans will know, the correct Obi-Wan Kenobi quote was "These aren't the droids you're looking for." It's from the original Star Wars movie when Ben uses his jedi force skills to convince the stormtroopers that they aren't looking for C3PO and R2D2, even though they actually are the droids they were looking for. Ben was just a big fat liar!
Which of the following quotes is a real Alan Partridge quote?
A) "What animal could you beat in a fight?"
B) "A cup of tea is a hot, wet, aromatic Swiss army knife."
C) "Have you ever found a household item in an unusual place?"
D) "Which is the worst monger? Fish, iron, rumour or war?" ✔️
I can imagine Alan saying all of the quotes, but the only one he actually said was quote D, "Which is the worst monger? Fish, iron, rumour, or war?"
For the record, my vote goes for war monger as the worst monger. The best monger for me would be fish mongers, as fish is one of my favourite foods, and it's also healthy.*
* At the time of writing. Obviously scientists change their mind on what foods are healthy every few years, so if you're reading this in the future then the rules of what is healthy may have changed by then.
Can you identify which of the following is a fake anagram?
A) 'R2D2' is an anagram of 'famous mech droid who talks in bleeps and bloops'. ✔️
B) 'Astronomer' is an anagram of 'Moon starer'.
C) 'New York Times' is an anagram of 'Monkeys write'.
D) 'The morse code' is an anagram of 'here come dots'.
This was a tricky one, but I can reveal that R2D2 is not actually an anagram of 'famous mech droid who talks in bleeps and bloops'. That was just a clever sneaky bluff which I suspect fooled a lot of people.
What was the punchline to the following morbid joke:
'What's the best place to hide a dead body?'
A) The second page of Google's search results. ✔️
B) The 'new' tab on reddit.
C) A graveyard.
D) Arkansas.
The correct punchline was 'The second page of Google's search results'.
What was pictured in the following photo?
A) A mop.
B) A dog. ✔️
C) An old fashioned umbrella.
D) A wig.
It might look like a mop, but surprisingly, it's actually a dog! If you don't believe me, then click the link below to watch the 'mop' magically transform into a long haired dog. Or alternatively, just look at the screenshot pictured to the right.
Mop magically transforms into a dog
Which famous scientist did this haircut belonged to?
A) Albert Einstein ✔️
B) Dr Henry Jekyll
C) Stephen Hawking
D) David Beckham
It was a tricky one, but if you haven't figured it out yet, the correct answer was Albert Einstein.
Which of the following cryptocurrencies is made up?
A) Cryptomuffin ✔️
B) Smooth Love Potion
C) Infinity Cake
D) Useless
Believe it or not, Smooth Love Potion, Infinity Cake and Useless are all real cryptocurrencies! Cryptomuffin was the made up answer, and it's used by the characters in my latest book 'The Freedom Lottery'.
Which 'gift' wasn't on my Christmas list for Santa?
A) My two front teeth ✔️
B) Santa and the Naughty Elf ebook
C) Grilled cheese toaster
D) World peace
The Platters may have wanted their two front teeth for Christmas, but they weren't on my list.
Obviously I want them - your two front teeth are an essential part of eating - but as I already have them, I selfishly took them for granted, and therefore didn't include them on my Christmas list.
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That's it for 2021. Happy new year to all my readers, and I hope everyone has an excellent 2022!
You can find last year's quiz of the year below:
Quiz Of The Year (2020 edition)
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| Happy New Year! N.B. Unfortunately I didn't have a photo for 2022, but fortunately my photoshopping skills are excellent, so I don't think anyone will notice. |
1) January: Corona headlines
Back in January I took a look at some of the weird headlines that the corona virus had inspired, but can you remember which of the following headlines was an actual real headline?
A) German cafe reopens but makes customers wear pool noodles on their heads
B) Dayton commission bans wearing masks while committing crimes
C) Florida man died in a motorcycle crash, and his death was listed as a covid-19 death
D) Keith from Norfolk wants sunbathers to be shot by the army
2) February: Trivial 999 emergency calls
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| "My battery is dead." |
Can you recall which of the following 999 emergency phone calls was a real phone call?
A) "There are no Brussels sprouts left in the shops."
B) "Where can I buy some batteries?"
C) "What time are children allowed out until? Is there a specific time for them to come in?"
D) "The carol singers are singing out of tune."
3) March: Funny name changes by deed poll
In the UK, thousands of people legally change their name every year, mostly because of marriage, but sometimes just because they're feeling silly!
In March I took a look at some of those silly name changes. Three of the following names are actual real names that people legally changed their name to, but one is made up. Can you identify which of the following names is made up?
A) Happy Adjustable Spanners
B) Mark I Love Spam
C) Hello Vera
D) None Of The Above Zero
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| A reaper cushion. |
4) April: Weird Google searches
In April I took a look at some of the weird Google searches that people make, specifically focusing on searches where the person searching hasn't quite understood what they're searching for.
Which of the following amusing search terms got the most searches each month?
A) Lack toast and tolerant - 1,900
B) Tequila Mockingbird - 12,100
C) Reaper cushions - 40
D) Donkey Hotey - 170
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| "These aren't the pants you're looking for." |
5) May: The Star Wars Pants Game
May featured the Star Wars themed quiz known as the Star Wars Pants Game. If you've never played it before, the Star Wars Pants Game is a quiz where you switch one word from a famous Star Wars quote with the word 'pants' and people have to guess the original quote.
To give you an example, here's a famous quote from Obi-Wan Kenobi which has been 'pantsified'. All you have to do is guess what the original quote was:
"These aren’t the pants you’re looking for."
...Obi-Wan Kenobi
A) Easter eggs
B) Christmas presents
C) Power couplings
D) Droids
6) June: Accidental Partridge
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| A Swiss army knife, apparently, according to one Alan Partridge inspired person. |
Can you guess which of the following were 'Accidental Partridge' quotes, and which is a real Alan Partridge quote?
A) "What animal could you beat in a fight?"
B) "A cup of tea is a hot, wet, aromatic Swiss army knife."
C) "Have you ever found a household item in an unusual place?"
D) "Which is the worst monger? Fish, iron, rumour or war?"
7) July: Anagrams
In July, I am total oak kangaroos. If you're feeling confused, I should perhaps point out that that's an anagram of, 'In July, I took a look at anagrams'. However, to keep readers on their toes, I also included a fake anagram that wasn't actually a real anagram.
Can you identify which of the following was the fake anagram?
A) 'R2D2' is an anagram of 'famous mech droid who talks in bleeps and bloops'.
B) 'Astronomer' is an anagram of 'Moon starer'.
C) 'New York Times' is an anagram of 'Monkeys write'.
D) 'The morse code' is an anagram of 'here come dots'.
8) August: Dead Men Tell No Tales
August saw the release of my book 'Dead Men Tell No Tales' and to promote it I took a light-hearted look at the subject of death.
What was the punchline to the following morbid joke: What's the best place to hide a dead body?
A) The second page of Google's search results.
B) The 'new' tab on reddit.
C) A graveyard.
D) Arkansas.
9) September: Separated At Birth
In September, my 'Separated At Birth' blog post took a look at people, animals and objects that looked remarkably similar to other people, animals and objects.
Can you remember what was pictured in the following photo?
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| "Hmm, what could it be...?" |
A) A mop.
B) A dog.
C) An old fashioned umbrella.
D) A wig.
10) October: Guess the haircut quiz
I often feature quizzes on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog, and as National Haircut Day fell in October, I decided to celebrate with a haircut themed quiz!
Can you remember which famous scientist this haircut belonged to?
 |
| A famous scientist pictured with his equally famous haircut. |
A) Albert Einstein
B) Dr Henry Jekyll
C) Stephen Hawking
D) David Beckham
11) November: Silliest cryptocurrency names
In November I took a look at some of the weirdest and silliest names for cryptocurrencies, but as I often like to do, I turned it into a true or false quiz. Three of the following cryptocurrencies are real and one is made up. Can you guess which is the made up cryptotoken?
A) Cryptomuffin
B) Smooth Love Potion
C) Infinity Cake
D) Useless
12) December: Charles Fudgemuffin's Christmas letter to Santa
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| I'm always at the top of Santa's 'nice' list. |
Can you guess which 'gift' wasn't on my list?
A) My two front teeth
B) Santa and the Naughty Elf ebook
C) Grilled cheese toaster
D) World peace
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Scroll down the page for the answers...
Answers:
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| Uh-oh! Don't let Keith from Norfolk see this! |
1) January: Corona headlines
Which of the following headlines was an actual real headline?
A) German cafe reopens but makes customers wear pool noodles on their heads ✔️
B) Dayton commission bans wearing masks while committing crimes ✔️
C) Florida man died in a motorcycle crash, and his death was listed as a covid-19 death ✔️
D) Keith from Norfolk wants sunbathers to be shot by the army ✔️
In actual fact all of the answers were real headlines. I was feeling in a generous mood, so to start things off, whatever answer you picked, award yourself a point!
2) February: Trivial 999 emergency calls
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| Better stock up early. |
A) "There are no Brussels sprouts left in the shops."
B) "Where can I buy some batteries?"
C) "What time are children allowed out until? Is there a specific time for them to come in?" ✔️
D) "The carol singers are singing out of tune."
Option C was the genuine emergency phone call. The others were all fictitious creations.
3) March: Funny name changes by deed poll
Which of the following names is made up?
A) Happy Adjustable Spanners
B) Mark I Love Spam
C) Hello Vera ✔️
D) None Of The Above Zero
Answer: C) Hello Vera was the only one which wasn't a real name. Happy Adjustable Spanners, Mark I Love Span, and None Of The ABove Zero were all real names that quirky people chose to legally change their names to.
4) April: Weird Google searches
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| Tequila Mockingbird |
A) Lack toast and tolerant - 1,900
B) Tequila Mockingbird - 12,100 ✔️
C) Reaper cushions - 40
D) Donkey Hotey - 170
The figures will most likely have changed by now, but at the time by far the most popular search term was 'Tequila Mockingbird' with 12,100 searches each month! Presumably from readers who thought 'To Kill A Mockingbird' was about an alcoholic songbird.
5) May: The Star Wars Pants Game
In the Star Wars Pants Game, what was Obi-Wan Kenobi's original quote?
"These aren’t the pants you’re looking for."
...Obi-Wan Kenobi
A) Easter eggs
B) Christmas presents
C) Power couplings
D) Droids ✔️
As I'm sure all Star Wars fans will know, the correct Obi-Wan Kenobi quote was "These aren't the droids you're looking for." It's from the original Star Wars movie when Ben uses his jedi force skills to convince the stormtroopers that they aren't looking for C3PO and R2D2, even though they actually are the droids they were looking for. Ben was just a big fat liar!
6) June: Accidental Partridge
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| 'Fish monger' would rank as the best monger, in my opinion. |
A) "What animal could you beat in a fight?"
B) "A cup of tea is a hot, wet, aromatic Swiss army knife."
C) "Have you ever found a household item in an unusual place?"
D) "Which is the worst monger? Fish, iron, rumour or war?" ✔️
I can imagine Alan saying all of the quotes, but the only one he actually said was quote D, "Which is the worst monger? Fish, iron, rumour, or war?"
For the record, my vote goes for war monger as the worst monger. The best monger for me would be fish mongers, as fish is one of my favourite foods, and it's also healthy.*
* At the time of writing. Obviously scientists change their mind on what foods are healthy every few years, so if you're reading this in the future then the rules of what is healthy may have changed by then.
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| Random fact: R2D2 was short for 'Reel 2, dialogue 2' from George Lucas' earlier movie American Graffiti. George liked the sound of it, and named his famous mech droid R2D2. |
7) July: Anagrams
Can you identify which of the following is a fake anagram?
A) 'R2D2' is an anagram of 'famous mech droid who talks in bleeps and bloops'. ✔️
B) 'Astronomer' is an anagram of 'Moon starer'.
C) 'New York Times' is an anagram of 'Monkeys write'.
D) 'The morse code' is an anagram of 'here come dots'.
This was a tricky one, but I can reveal that R2D2 is not actually an anagram of 'famous mech droid who talks in bleeps and bloops'. That was just a clever sneaky bluff which I suspect fooled a lot of people.
8) August: Dead Men Tell No Tales
What was the punchline to the following morbid joke:
'What's the best place to hide a dead body?'
A) The second page of Google's search results. ✔️
B) The 'new' tab on reddit.
C) A graveyard.
D) Arkansas.
The correct punchline was 'The second page of Google's search results'.
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| An undercover dog disguised as a mop. |
9) September: Separated At Birth
What was pictured in the following photo?
A) A mop.
B) A dog. ✔️
C) An old fashioned umbrella.
D) A wig.
It might look like a mop, but surprisingly, it's actually a dog! If you don't believe me, then click the link below to watch the 'mop' magically transform into a long haired dog. Or alternatively, just look at the screenshot pictured to the right.
Mop magically transforms into a dog
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| Albert Einstein's haircut. |
10) October: Guess the haircut quiz
Which famous scientist did this haircut belonged to?
A) Albert Einstein ✔️
B) Dr Henry Jekyll
C) Stephen Hawking
D) David Beckham
It was a tricky one, but if you haven't figured it out yet, the correct answer was Albert Einstein.
11) November: Silliest cryptocurrency names
Which of the following cryptocurrencies is made up?
A) Cryptomuffin ✔️
B) Smooth Love Potion
C) Infinity Cake
D) Useless
Believe it or not, Smooth Love Potion, Infinity Cake and Useless are all real cryptocurrencies! Cryptomuffin was the made up answer, and it's used by the characters in my latest book 'The Freedom Lottery'.
12) December: Charles Fudgemuffin's Christmas letter to Santa
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| This dog still has his front teeth. |
A) My two front teeth ✔️
B) Santa and the Naughty Elf ebook
C) Grilled cheese toaster
D) World peace
The Platters may have wanted their two front teeth for Christmas, but they weren't on my list.
Obviously I want them - your two front teeth are an essential part of eating - but as I already have them, I selfishly took them for granted, and therefore didn't include them on my Christmas list.
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That's it for 2021. Happy new year to all my readers, and I hope everyone has an excellent 2022!
You can find last year's quiz of the year below:
Quiz Of The Year (2020 edition)
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