Big 2020 Quiz – 20 Questions! Plus FREE 2020 Calendar!

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Complete each gap using one of the words or phrases below.

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2020 Copa América  |  2020s  |  29^th February  |  31^st January 2020  |  366  |  3^rd November

century  |  deforestation  |  FA Cup Final  |  Grand National  |  Hepatitis C  |  ICC T20 World Cup

leap  |  Mars  |  Mayflower  |  millennium  |  MMXX  |  movies  |  normal  |  Olympic Games

once  |  Rat  |  Eurovision Song Contest 2020  |  Tokyo  |  UEFA Euro 2020  |  Wednesday

1. The first day of 2020 is a a) ____________.

2. A year with repeating double digits – like 1818, 1919, and 2020 – occurs only b) ____________ in every c) ____________.

3. 2020 is a d) ____________ year, which means it has e) ____________ days rather than 365. The extra day occurs on f) ____________.

4. 2020 is the twentieth year of the third g) ____________.

5. The years from 2020 to 2029 will probably be known as the h) ____________.

6. The United Kingdom is due to officially leave the European Union on i) ____________.

7. The j) ____________ will be staged in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 12^th May 2020.

8. In 2020 two important football tournaments will take centre stage: k) ____________ – held in twelve European countries – and the l) ____________ – held in Argentina and Colombia.

9. NASA’s Mars 2020 mission to study the habitability of m) ____________ is due to launch on 17^th July .

10. The 2020 Summer n) ____________ will be held in o) ____________ from 24^th July to 9^th August.

Big 2020 Quiz – 20 Questions!

11. Cricket fans will be looking forward to watching the 2020 p) ____________ in Australia in October 2020.

12. On q) ____________ Americans will go to the polls to elect their president in the United States Presidential Election.

13. Egypt expects to have completely eradicated r) ____________ in 2020 after an extensive nationwide campaign against the disease.

14. Liberia will become the first nation in the world to completely stop s) ____________ in 2020, in a deal with Norway which will see them receive aid in return for protecting their natural resources.

15. 2020 is the Chinese Year of the t) ____________.

16. In Roman numerals 2020 is written u) ____________.

17. If somebody has ‘2020 vision’ it means that the clarity and sharpness of their vision at a distance of 20 feet is v) ____________.

18. Highly-anticipated w) ____________ in 2020 include: Top Gun: Maverick; Tenet, directed by Christopher Nolan; the 25^th Bond film No Time to Die, starring Daniel Craig; and Bill & Ted Face the Music, which is a belated sequel to the original Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

19. Traditional sporting events in the British calendar will include: the x) ____________ on 4^th April at Aintree; the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, from 18^th April to 4^th May; the y) ____________ on 23^rd May at Wembley Stadium in London, and the Wimbledon Championships between 29^th June and 6^th

20. As with every year there are, of course, some notable anniversaries. 2020 marks the 75^th anniversary of the end of the Second World War; the 2,500th Anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae; the 400^th anniversary of the z) ____________’s voyage to America; the 10^th anniversary of the debut of the iPad; and the 25^th anniversary of the premiere of Toy Story – to name but a few!

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Big 2020 Quiz – 20 Questions! – Answers

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020

https://www.topendsports.com/events/calendar-2020.htm

https://www.cfr.org/blog/ten-anniversaries-note-2020

https://www.aoa.org/patients-and-public/eye-and-vision-problems/glossary-of-eye-and-vision-conditions/visual-acuity

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