1 What other major footballing award has been won by the footballers who scored the FA Cup-winning goals in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2020?

2 Swapping two of the letters in the name of which 2020 US presidential candidate gives the paternal heritage of which president of the United States?

3 Two-word answer, please: what connects the battle of Trafalgar, ‘The Convergence Of The Twain’, and Dunkirk?

4 Launched in 2001, which digital television channel would, from its name, be the least-likely to screen Netflix’s 2020 smash hit series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’?

5 God bless them for trying: in 2021, Tokyo are attempting to host the Summer Olympic Games. Prior to Tokyo, in which year did the IOC previously announce that the Summer Olympic Games would be hosted in an Asian city?

6 On June 7, 2020, how did the little-known Irish sculptor John Cassidy make the news, for something he did in 1895?

7 The uncle of which Oscar-winning actress famously wrote the words, “Wild thing / You make my heart sing”? Less cheerfully, her father said the words, “The United States is engaged in the battle of righteousness versus Satan” in November 2020.

8 Noted for the effortless charm and chemistry which enabled them to become society superstars in the eastern Mediterranean, what’s surname is shared by these siblings?

9 What is the only forename to be shared by one of the stars of ‘The Inbetweeners’, and one of the four main characters in ‘The Inbetweeners’? “

10 Responsible for Rhodes construction, or Doc Sinha self-destruction? (6,2 6)

, 11 Nicknamed “the Gibraltar of the Danube”, the fortress of Petrovaradin hosts the annual EXIT music festival in which city in Serbia — the sole European capital of culture for 2021? Removing the last letter of its name describes Britain’s current travel status.

12 The ‘Scrabble’ letter-values for the last four letters of which actor’s stage-name are eight, four, one, and eight?

13 What first name and surname link the only official warlord to be currently living in County Durham; and a ubiquitous name in basketball, thanks to the item of footwear named after him?

14 A familiar word from social media, what are the first four letters of the name of China’s current prime minister — officially titled “the Premier of the State Council”?

15 In 2020, two British men were nominated for Academy Awards for acting — both for playing men of what occupation?

16 On January 6, 2013, a video called “My Wedding Speech” was uploaded to YouTube, and — with twenty-two million views, as of today — may be the most viewed wedding speech in history. Much in the news in recent weeks, which author and broadcaster was the recipient of the speech?

17 When covered by Del Shannon, which song became the first by Lennon and McCartney to enter the Billboard singles chart? When covered by the company’s employees, it became the first composition by Lennon and McCartney to be used in a John Lewis advert.

18 Costa Rica became the first Central American country to legalise gay marriage. What is its currency?

19 Which Conservative MP appeared on ‘Brass Eye’ in February, 1997 — lending his support to the vigilante crime-fighting methods of Batman? Two months later, he lost his seat of Brent North, in British parliamentary history’s largest-ever Conservative-to-Labour swing. Whether these two facts are related is a matter for debate.

20. Which historical incident of 2018 is being told with these songs?