<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>Which of these European commissioners did not step away from Ursula von der Leyen’s top team this year?</span></strong></p>
- Jutta Urpilainen
- Ylva Johansson
- Mariya Gabriel
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>Von der Leyen joined Mark Rutte and Giorgia Meloni on a trip to which country to strike a deal to limit migrant departures?</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>A European Parliament staffer says he suffered a near-death experience after eating soup containing which unadvertised ingredient bought at a canteen in Strasbourg?</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>National capitals dashed EU plans for a new residence for its ambassador in which city because the apartment was too fancy?</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>A train carrying MEPs bound for Strasbourg accidentally ended up at which destination? </span></strong></p>
- Disneyland Paris
- St. Pancras
- Frankfurt airport
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>France’s armed forces minister was furious at the depiction of French troops in which movie?</span></strong></p>
- Napoleon
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Oppenheimer
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>Paris has a bedbug problem that has caused uproar (and itchiness). What’s the Latin name for bedbugs?</span></strong></p>
- Cimex lectularius
- Coleoptera
- Lutetia Parisiorum
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s trip to which Pacific island caused a storm in France? </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>Bernard Arnault, one of the world’s most powerful CEOs, lobbied Emmanuel Macron to replace Elisabeth Borne as PM. But who did Arnault want in the role?</span></strong></p>
- Himself
- Gérald Darmanin
- Bruno Le Maire
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Which French politician appeared on the cover of Playboy in April?</span></strong></p>
- Emmanuel Macron
- Marlène Schiappa
- Marine Le Pen
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>It was revealed that the German government splashed out almost €55,000 on what for ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel since she left office in 2021?</span></strong></p>
- Trouser suits
- Soup
- Hair and makeup
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Chancellor Olaf Scholz suffered a sporting accident this year that led to him wearing what?</span></strong></p>
- A cast on his arm
- An eye patch
- A bandage around his head
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Finance Minister Christian Lindner came under fire for flaunting his wealth after putting on what at the end of a TV talk show?</span></strong></p>
- A Rolex watch
- A diamond ring
- An Armani jacket
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Which constitutional spending law has caused consternation for the governing coalition? </span></strong></p>
- Debt accelerator
- Debt brake
- Debt clutch
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>A man high on drugs made his way into Olaf Scholz’s official convoy in May, hugged the chancellor and asked him to do what? </span></strong></p>
- Save the world
- Help Ukraine
- Play some music
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>David Cameron made a shock return to front-line politics after years hiding in a shed. How many British prime ministers have there been since he left office in 2016?</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Labour leader Keir Starmer met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and gave him a football club T-shirt. But from which club?</span></strong></p>
- Tottenham
- Manchester United
- Arsenal
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Which American rock star turned up to watch Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons?</span></strong></p>
- Gene Simmons
- Dave Grohl
- Axl Rose
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>A senior Scottish government minister blamed an £11,000 data roaming charge, incurred on a parliamentary iPad, on what? </span></strong></p>
- His wife FaceTiming her friends while abroad
- His sons watching football
- His dog accidentally downloading a movie
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>In March, King Charles took his first trip since becoming monarch. Where did he go?</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Geert Wilders’ party won the Dutch election in November. But who led the grouping in second place?</span></strong></p>
- Frans Timmermans
- Pieter Omtzigt
- Dilan Yeşilgöz
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>What did controversial former Romanian socialist leader Liviu Dragnea launch?</span></strong></p>
- His own social media site
- A cooking show
- A fleet of luxury yachts
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Norwegian left-wing party leader Bjørnar Moxnes resigned in July after being caught stealing which item? </span></strong></p>
- An electric scooter
- A pair of sunglasses
- A laptop
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won reelection in May with what percentage of the runoff vote?</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Sanna Marin was ousted as Finnish prime minister after a spring election. Which global organization did she join after being voted out? </span></strong></p>
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- World Economic Forum
- The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Nikki Haley called which fellow Republican presidential candidate “scum”?</span></strong></p>
- Donald Trump
- Ron DeSantis
- Vivek Ramaswamy
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Who was elected as the new speaker of the House of Representatives in October? </span></strong></p>
- Dave Smith
- Mike Johnson
- Steve Jones
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>The Biden family’s dog, Commander, was moved out of the White House after he repeatedly did what?</span></strong></p>
- Urinated on the floor
- Interrupted Oval Office meetings
- Bit people
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Mitt Romney announced he would retire from politics in 2024. But which state is the former Republican presidential candidate a senator for?</span></strong></p>
- Massachusetts
- Utah
- Oregon
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Enrique Tarrio, the former top leader of the Proud Boys, was sentenced to how long in prison for his role in the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection?</span></strong></p>
- 2 years
- 12 years
- 22 years
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Whose teeth did Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin threaten to pull out?</span></strong></p>
- Emmanuel Macron
- Olaf Scholz
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Which southern Russian city did Prigozhin’s mercenaries capture with no resistance during his mutiny against the Kremlin?</span></strong></p>
- Krasnodar
- Rostov-on-Don
- Volgograd
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>What did Prigozhin say the temperature was during a video shot in Africa days before his death?</span></strong></p>
- 30 degrees Celsius
- 40 degrees Celsius
- 50 degrees Celsius
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>What did Vladimir Putin say could have caused the plane crash in which Prigozhin died?</span></strong></p>
- Passengers were high on cocaine and playing with grenades
- A missile strike
- Pilot error
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>Where was Prigozhin buried?</span></strong></p>
- St. Petersburg
- Bamako
- Voronezh
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>“Anyone who has had anything to do with Ukraine knows that this is a country that is corrupt at all levels of society.”</span></strong></p>
- Viktor Orbán
- Jean-Claude Juncker
- Vladimir Putin
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>“President Xi is a brilliant man: If you went all over Hollywood to look for somebody to play the role of President Xi, you couldn’t find him.”</span></strong></p>
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Donald Trump
- Elon Musk
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>“This is a witch hunt by the opposition.”</span></strong></p>
- Kaja Kallas
- António Costa
- Donald Trump
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>“Perhaps the less junk, the better. There is less of a chance of bedbugs coming here from large European cities.”</span></strong></p>
- Ebrahim Raisi
- Kim Jong Un
- Vladimir Putin
<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt”>“For me, Silvio [Berlusconi] was a dear person, a true friend. I have always sincerely admired his wisdom, his ability to make balanced, far-sighted decisions even in the most difficult situations. During each of our meetings, I was literally charged with his incredible vitality, optimism and sense of humor. His death is an irreparable loss and great sorrow.”</span></strong></p>
- Giorgia Meloni
- Vladimir Putin
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
