If you are a fan of pub quizzes, and have a good knowledge of the news events in the world, entertainment, TV, film, music, sport, technology and science, politics and much more in the year gone by, then this is a great show to watch and have fun with. Hosted by Jimmy Carr, with celebrity panellists in three teams (socially distanced due to COVID-19 restrictions): James Acaster and Stacey Solomon (Shepherd's Quiz / Cinnamon & Shepherd's Pie), Richard Ayoade and Joe Lycett (Lycett To Thrill), and David Mitchell and Maya Jama (Undecided). This quiz focused on the year 2020, with all sorts of questions to answer about the past twelve months. These questions are asked as they are, with video and sound clips, with pictures (including Say What You See), and by celebrity and mystery guests on screen or in the studio, so it really does feel like a proper quiz that you can take part in. Events in the year 2020 that were questioned and joked about, and mentioned (or pictured) included: the deaths of Sir Sean Connery, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chadwick Boseman, Dame Diana Rigg and Diego Maridona, Joe Biden elected as the new President of the United States, The Weeknd, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Beyoncé, online exercise videos by Joe Wicks, Sir Captain Tom Moore raising millions for NHS charities, high street shops closing, cinemas closed, wearing face masks, the global COVID-19 pandemic dominating the headlines, clap for carers showing appreciation for the NHS, Donald Trump's tax returns made public, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle withdrawing from royal duties and moving to America, this was coined as Megxit, the government slogans ("Stay at Home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives", "Stay at Home. Control the virus. Save Lives." and "Hands Face Space."), Donald Trump suggesting injecting disinfectant (bleach) and using ultraviolet as treatments to treat COVID-19, Dominic Cummings caught going to Barnard Castle, Kim Jong Un who wrote a letter to Donald Trump, Jimmy Carr's hair transplant, Quiz (the drama about the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire coughing scandal), I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Filmed in Wales, Normal People, The Great British Bake Off, The Crown, Grayson Perry's Big American Road Trip, Staged, Celebrity Gogglebox, I May Destroy You, Sunday Brunch, Taskmaster, This Morning with John Terode's tea towel catching fire, Little Fires Everywhere, Line of Duty, Britain's Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing (including the first same-sex couple), Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Schitt's Creek, Amanda Henderson on Celebrity Mastermind giving the name "Sharon" answering a question about activist Great Thunberg (who jokingly changed her name on social media in response), Oscar winning director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) asking to have his statue broken up to share with the other nominees, Tiger King, negative reviews for the film Tenet, Donald Fear becoming the first person since 2006 to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Dolittle, Sir David Attenborough joining Instagram and setting the record for the fastest time to reach one million followers, the U. 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Department of Defence releasing declassified videos of unexplained aerial phenomena, the most Googled cocktail and recipe during lockdown were the espresso martini and banana bread, Rita Ora breaking lockdown rules to celebrate her 30th birthday, the new unveiled by Space Force having an uncanny resemblance to the Star Trek's Starfleet Command insignia, the graphic on Twitter for fact check (especially for Donald Trump regarding the Presidential election result), film director Tristram Shapeero forced to apologise to actor Lukas Gage after making comments about his apartment during a Zoom audition, a Spanish councillor accidentally broadcast himself having a shower during a Zoom council meeting, Kanye West giving his wife Kim Kardashian a hologram video of her deceased father Robert for her 40th birthday, the pandemic creating new words ("Zoonosis" - any disease that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans, "Fomite" - a contaminated surface, "Doomscrolling" - obsessively scrolling through an excessive amount of apocalyptic news, and "Zumping"- the act of dumping someone over Zoom), Boris Johnson fathering a baby boy, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, Grimes and Elon Musk naming their child X Æ A-12 (pronounced "X Ash A Twelve"), Gal Gadot, Natalie Portman, Cara Delevingne and many other big stars singing a cringy version of John Lennon's "Imagine" on video, Chris Evans accidentally posting and then deleting an image of his penis online, Art Attack presenter Neil Buchanan denying he was Banksy, Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop company releasing a candle named "This Smells Like My Vagina", Simon Cowell breaking his back falling off a new electric bike, Q magazine folding after 34 years, Sir Elton John singing "I'm Still Standing" weirdly for the One World Together at Home virtual concert, Sir Captain Tom Moore becoming the oldest person to get to Number One (with Michael Ball) with "You'll Never Walk Alone", "WAP" by Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl singing about Nandi Bushell after being challenged to a drum-off online, "Savage Love" by Jason Derulo, Liverpool winning the Premier League title for the first time in 30 years, Lewis Hamilton breaking the record for the most Formular wins of all time, hardly any crowds at football games, South Korean football club FC Seoul fined $81,000 for filling stadium seats with adult dolls, Tyson Fury beating Deontay Wilder to the WBC Heavyweight crown and singing Don McLean's "American Pie" for 2 minutes to celebrate his victory, Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho jailed for 32 days for having a fake passport and winning a football game in prison with a suckling pig as a prize, line judge Laura Clark being hit in the neck with a tennis ball at high speed by Novak Djokovic who was disqualified, footballer Eric Dier posting an image of a toilet because he had to leave the pitch during a game for a toilet break, Edward Colston's statue taken down (during Black Lives Matter, as he was a slave trader), the government launching the scheme Eat Out to Help Out, the furlough scheme, Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott doing a virtual fashion show using puppets, Lily Allen releasing her Liberty vibrator (sex toy), Wayne Linekar (brother of Gary) on Instagram looking for a woman who is young, fit, outgoing and to be "intelligent but not boring" among other requirements, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle giving their property Frogmore Cottage to Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, celebrities doing TikTok challenges, and the end of Donald Trump's presidency and his many quotes. Other celebrity and special mystery guests in the show included the children of Mitchell Brook Primary School in Neasden who act out well known news stories, Jon Snow who reads news related to lyrics from songs of the year and dances to it, Charles Dance who reads passages from a celebrity autobiography of the year (Mariah Carey), Carole Baskin, Nicola Coughlan (Derry Girls), Craig David, KSI, Chris Kamara (who released a Christmas album), YouTube star LadBaby (Mark Ian Hoyle and his wife Roxanne), Keith Lemon (Leigh Francis), Bob Odenkirk, Laura Whitmore, Joe Wicks (who did online exercise videos during lockdown), and the mystery guest Billy McLean who posted a voice memo about a fake friendship with someone from the ministry of defence claiming that a giant lasagne was being made the size of Wembley Stadium to feed people in lockdown. The jokes and the questions are what make this show so much fun, they always choose the right celebrity panellists, and it works as a funny way to reminisce on the recent events you remember (although 2020 will go down as a year we'd rather forget!), a great comedy quiz show. Good!
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