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Looking back on 2013

Question 1 - Who is to become only the fourth woman to appear on a Bank of England banknote – and who are the other three?

Question 2 - What is now England’s official second language?

Question 3 - Snaps of which public figure on holiday prompted the Telegraph to note: “It is said that he looks in the images like a large boiled ham left out in the sun too long.”

Question 4 - This year, Barack Obama made history when he spoke to the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani. When was the last time a US president spoke to the Iranian head of state, and who were they?

Question 5 - The Institute for the Works of Religions was often in the news this year. By what name is it better known?

Question 6 - “I think that you do do evil.” To whom did Labour MP Margaret Hodge address that comment?

Question 7 - US politician Anthony Weiner was caught “sexting” again. What name did he use as his online moniker?

Question 8 - Which head of state’s plane was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Vienna apparently because of suspicions that Edward Snowden was on board?

Question 9 - Who was criticised by Jewish groups for referring to the badger cull as “genocide in the countryside”?

Question 10 - Which TV historian got the better of her troll, by re-tweeting his hideously offensive comments to all her followers until he begged her forgiveness?

Question 11 - What literary event prompted the tweet: “Surely the news that Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes raised less rancor”?

Question 12 - Which pop star had his first number one album in 34 years in May?

Question 13 - How many Championship points did Andy Murray lose in the Wimbledon final, before clinching victory?

Question 14 - What did the National Trust recently describe as “a stately home of the digital era”?

Question 15 - Who became the youngest-ever winner of the Man Booker Prize?