Quiz of the Year 2017: Round 4

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1. What online distinction is enjoyed by “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee (above)?

2. Why did Birmingham City Council come in for sustained criticism in late 1998? The Bishop of Birmingham wrote that when he heard about their announcement, “I confess I laughed out loud.”

3. In 1923, how did PC George Scorey and Billie achieve lasting fame?

4. How many letters of the alphabet are used for hurricane names?

5. With which subculture is drill music most closely associated?

6. Which famous trial took place at Lancaster Assizes in 1612?

7. What is subduction?

8. At the Australian Open in 1998, the German tennis player Karsten Braasch, ranked No 203 in the world at the time, agreed to play a set each against two players out of competition. He beat one of them 6-1, the other 6-2. Who were they?

9. The figure of Father Christmas first gained wide usage in the aftermath of which war? He was adopted by supporters of the losing side when the winning side legislated to abolish Christmas and its traditions.

10. Five countries feature in both the top 10 of countries by population and the top 10 of countries by area: China, India, US, Brazil and Russia. Which other five countries make up the population top 10? And which five the area top 10?

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1 It’s the most-viewed video on YouTube; 2 They had announced that their programme of festive family events over Christmas and the New Year would be called “Winterval”; 3 They were the policeman and horse caught up in the FA Cup final, known as “the White Horse Final”; 4 21 (q, u, x, y and z are not used); 5 Gang culture; 6 The trial of the “witches” of Pendle; 7 The process of one tectonic plate moving under another, often causing earthquakes; 8 Serena and Venus Williams; 9 The English Civil War; 10 Population: Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Mexico. Area: Canada, Australia, Argentina, Kazakhstan and Algeria