where was the portable guillotine put to good use in the town square following its transfer from Sophia? A US artist used TikTok as a way of revealing song titles and glimpses into some of the songs, making it her biggest year yet on the platform. Who was it? who lampooned the archbishop when pronouncing the grace “Great praise to God and little laud to the devil”? following whose death did the king ensure that masses were said in the Auld Kirk in gratitude for the parishioners’ treatment of her mortal remains? A Latin phrase is always printed at the top of the quiz: “Scire ubi aliquid invenire possis ea demum maxima pars eruditionis est”. Freely translated, this means ‘The greatest part of knowledge is knowing where to find something’. However, be warned – using Google or a similar search engine may not always deliver the expected results!

Laura Whitmore announced she would be stepping down as host of Love Island, who will be taking over?is Peter the Great, who destroyed the holly hedge at John Evelyn's house in Deptford by having himself driven through it in a wheelbarrow.

Which app, which was actually founded in 2020, surged in popularity this year, which asks users to post unfiltered photos of themselves once a day? which native antipodean was named after a colleague by an émigré botany graduate from Kiel University? unless we are very much mistaken, we have said “Goodbye” to which master’s “crash, bang wallop” approach?Which Hollywood couple rekindled their relationship in 2021 and got married in July 2022? They began dating in 2002 and split after postponing their wedding for which popular princess was court mourning interrupted by celebrations of the marriage of her niece? Masquerade … Leah Whitaker, Matthew Horne and Ellie Beaven in Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas at Menier Chocolate Factory, London, in 2012. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian 11 where was there an uproar as craftsmen, supplying the Temple of Artemis, objected to the erosion of their business?

Who prayed before battle: “O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not forget me”? whose unnatural death is perhaps recalled by airline passengers changing trains when heading for the Tafelhalle? He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together; and waited, allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance? The quiz has been published in The Guardian Newspaper just before Christmas since 1951 and has quite a devoted following. Answers are published in the same newspaper towards the end of January. romance was an ancient, beached schooner, used as an arsenal, fired by the old Norwegian “caretaker”, enabling the escape of the hostages?confession was it supposed that the ship’s entire supply of quinine had been sold in Haiphong for about 15 pounds? who was accorded full military honours when he arrived in Paris in 1976, centuries after his death? Where is the “auto-epitaph” urging “Abi Viator Et imitare, si poteris, Strenuum pro virili Libertatis vindicatorem”? In May 2022 a new Doctor Who was announced – who will take control of the Tardis after David Tennant? where, thinking of dinner, did Christy-Pallière anticipate Hébert’s fish soup followed by langouste in court-bouillon?

Following the Queen's death in September, her corgis were passed to another member of the royal family - who?Timothy Dalton and Vanessa Redgrave as Archibald and Agatha Christie in the 1979 film Agatha. Photograph: AA Film Archive/Alamy