Which priest escaped from the Cradle using a rope to cross the moat, before joining two of the gunpowder plotters? Sign for Montpelier House, where Horatio Nelson, then captain of HMS Boreas, married Frances Herbert Nisbet on 11 March 1787. Photograph: Frances Howorth/Alamy 5 Former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo left the club with 'immediate effect' after having a TV interview with which host? What was later shown to have been passed from free-flying troglodytes via Paguma as a dietary intermediary? Fortnum and Mason ran a Platinum Pudding competition for the Queen's Jubilee. Which show-stopping dessert was crowned the winner in May by Mary Berry and Camilla?

what little place is noted for the making of lace, for drunkenness, for freedom of language and for unparallel political discussion? Emperor Napoleon III’s (his son Louis Napoleon was killed fighting for the British in the Zulu war, 1879)Prince William's second annual Earthshot Prize Ceremony was held this year. Where did it take place? after an epic Manhattan swim, which Olympian made a trail-blazing crossing of the English channel the following year? He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognised who it was? Jeremy Paxman announced he would be stepping down as host of TV quiz University Challenge after more than 28 years. Who is taking over his role from 2023? The UK experienced record-breaking heatwaves in the summer - what was the highest temperature recorded? 39.3 degrees, 40.3 degrees or 41.3 degrees?

unless we are very much mistaken, we have said “Goodbye” to which master’s “crash, bang wallop” approach? 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. The Queen shared afternoon tea with a very famous bear during her Jubilee celebrations. Who was her special guest? 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?Timothy Dalton and Vanessa Redgrave as Archibald and Agatha Christie in the 1979 film Agatha. Photograph: AA Film Archive/Alamy romance was an ancient, beached schooner, used as an arsenal, fired by the old Norwegian “caretaker”, enabling the escape of the hostages? Where is the “auto-epitaph” urging “Abi Viator Et imitare, si poteris, Strenuum pro virili Libertatis vindicatorem”? whose unnatural death is perhaps recalled by airline passengers changing trains when heading for the Tafelhalle?

Sergei Rachmaninoff as pianist for a concerto performance in Lucerne (see question 14:8). Photograph: The Art Archive/Alamy 15 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 11King Arthur (Nigel Terry) draws Excalibur in the 1981 film of that name (see question 6:1). Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros 6 Where:

Where did Sir Henry and his colleagues disembark prior to their search for a white race beyond Mt Kenya?Kate received a brand new royal title this year - Princess of Wales. Who was the last royal to hold the title? following a disagreement, from where did the Levite sail with Mark for his home country, while his erstwhile companion travelled through Syria and Cilicia with Silvanus?