Ultimate New Year's 2023 quiz – 50 questions and answers to test your knowledge

The year is almost over and what better way to recap on the events of the past 12 months than with some trivia?

Whether you want to test the knowledge of your friends and family, or yourself, you’re in the right place.

These 46 quickfire questions will put your memory up against the clock as we recount current affairs from 2023. On your marks, get set, quiz!

Questions

1. Celebrations tubs saw a big change earlier this year with limited batches of the chocolates sold without one flavour – but what was it?

2. Sweden won their sixth Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, but in which year did the country gain its first victory?

3. What month was Twitter rebranded to X?

4. On what date was the Coronation of King Charles?

5. Which British city hosted Eurovision this year?

6. Who is the author of the book “Endgame” that was released this year?

7. Which member of the British Royal Family welcomed a new baby this year?

8. Irish singer Sinead O’Connor died aged 56, but who wrote her massive hit single Nothing Compares 2 U?

9. Who was crowned the Queen or King of the Jungle in I’m A Celebrity this year?

10. Which popular British retailer went into administration this year but has since made a comeback?

11. What was the highest-grossing film of 2023?

12. Which famous pop band announced a return tour for 2024?

13. Which daytime TV programme saw two of its main presenters step down this year?

14. Who was the famous doctor that made a return in 2023?

15. Who won the 2023 Wimbledon Men’s Singles title?

16. Can you express the year 2023 in Roman numerals?

17. What was branded Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2023 & where did it come from?

18. Which television presenter made their debut on the British Bake Off this year?

19. What happened this season for the first time in Premier League football history?

20. Name the England cricketer who announced his retirement from the sport this year

21. American pop singer Britney Spears released her memoir this year – what is it called?

22. Which two Premier League football teams scored the same number of goals this season?

23. What became the fastest-growing app in history by gaining over 100 million users in less than one week in 2023?

24. What month did Boris Johnson resign as an MP?

25. Which singer will bring their ‘Eras Tour’ to the UK in 2024?

26. Who did England play in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final?

27. What was the title of Prince Harry’s memoir?

28. Who won the Great British Bake Off 2023?

29. Who was the music legend that headlined Glastonbury?

30. Which film won the Best Picture Award at the 2023 Oscars?

31. According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2023 was the year of which animal?

32. When is the next leap year?

33. What is the most-watched Netflix Original show in 2023?

34. The films Barbie and Oppenheimer opened while being paired as a major internet and cultural event called what?

35. Which country defeated India to win the 2023 Cricket World Cup?

36. How many wickets did the Cricket World Cup winners beat India by?

37. It was the fifth anniversary of the first statue of a woman in London’s Parliament Square, who is she?

38. Max Verstappen won the F1 2023 Driver’s Championship – but which constructor does he compete for?

39. What was the most-streamed song of 2023?

40. Queen Elizabeth II was the longest reigning monarch in history, but what is significant about King Charles’s coronation?

41. Which two songs topped the charts this Christmas?

42. Which series won the Spotify podcast of the year for the fourth time in a row?

43. What award did Jodie Comer win for ‘Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play’?

44. NASA astronauts dropped what into orbit on November 1?

45. Who was the famous jockey who went into the celebrity jungle this year?

46. More than 50 years after The Beatles broke up, the band released their “last song”. What is it called?

47. Which Premier League football team stayed up after being bottom of the table on Christmas Day?

48. What is the average global life expectancy in 2023?

49. The King gave Queen Camilla Scotland’s highest royal honour, the Order of the….?

50. Who was sacked as home secretary, after she defied No 10 over an article accusing the Metropolitan Police of bias in the policing of protests?

Answers

1. Bounty bars
2. 1974
3. July
4. Saturday, May 6 2023
5. Liverpool
6. Omid Scobie
7. Princess Eugenie
8. Prince
9. Sam Thompson
10. Wilko
11. Barbie
12. Girls Aloud
13. This Morning
14. David Tenant, Doctor Who
15. Carlos Alcaraz
16. MMXIII
17. ‘Rizz’, a shortened version of the word ‘charisma’ coined by Gen-Z
18. Alison Hammond
19. The 10 teams in the top half had a positive goal difference and the 10 in the bottom half had a negative goal difference
20. Stuart Broad
21. The Woman in Me
22. Aston Villa and Leicester
23. Threads
24. June
25. Taylor Swift
26. Spain
27. Spare
28. Matty Edgell
29. Elton John
30. Everything Everywhere All at Once
31. The year of the rabbit
32. 2023
33. The Night Agent
34. Barbenheimer
35. Australia
36. Six wickets
37. Millicent Fawcett
38. Red Bull
39. Flowers by Mile Cyrus
40. He is the oldest monarch to be crowned in British history
41. Wham! – ‘Last Christmas’, Sam Ryder – ‘You’re Christmas To Me’
42. The Joe Rogan Experience
43. Tony Award
44. A tool bag
45. Frankie Dettori
46. Now and Then
47. Wolves
48. 73
49. Thistle
50. Suella Braverman