Q.1
Which social network saw the fastest growth in 2014?
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Instagram
Twitter
Tumblr
Facebook
Q.2
Complete the headline from The Times: German universities scrap all _______ ____
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student halls
cheap beer
tuition fees
printing facilities
Q.3
What percentage of people voted in favour of Scotland becoming an independent country in the September referendum?
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28.60 per cent
32.40 per cent
44.70 per cent
50.10 per cent
Q.4
Which one of the below did *not* launch an official Twitter account this year?
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Monica Lewinsky
Morrissey
Brooklyn Beckham
The CIA
Q.5
Complete this headline from The Independent: Girl, 7, gets Tesco to remove 'stupid' sign suggesting ___________ are 'for boys'
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superheroes
action figures
Lego
remote-control cars
Q.6
Which app has seen the biggest growth this year?
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Instagram
Snapchat
Facebook Messanger
WhatsApp
Q.7
Which news app did *not* make it into Apple's top 20 apps of 2014?
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BuzzFeed
The Guardian
NYT Now
Yahoo News Digest
Q.8
Who made it to number one in this year's MediaGuardian 100?
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Larry Page, co-founder and chief executive, Google
Tim Cook, chief executive, Apple
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive, Facebook
Kim Kardashian, celebrity
Q.9
Complete this headline from the Guardian: Turkish women defy PM with ________
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dancing
laughter
falafel
fire
Q.10
Which new words *didn't* make it into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2014?
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fact-check
high muckety-muck
emoji
selfie
Q.11
Complete the headline from the Daily Mail: _____ is 'good for women's health and helps fight depression'
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cleaning
shopping
orange juice
semen
Q.12
What big name wrote for Vice this year?
Jeremy Paxman
John Pilger
Irvine Welsh
All of the above
None of the above
Q.13
Which UK news outlet saw the largest increase in web traffic in 2014? (According to ABC figures Jan-Nov)
theguardian.com
mirror.co.uk
theindependent.co.k
thetelegraph.co.uk
dailymail.co.uk
Q.14
Which of the below was a quiz published by BuzzFeed in 2014?
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How hipster are you?
Who said it: an "Adventure Time" character or Barack Obama?
Which character from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" are you?
They all were