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Quiz whizz or news novice? Test your knowledge of 2017

From the sublime to the downright ridiculous, this year was bursting with explosive news. But have you been paying attention? Do you know the name of the exoplanet which is home to a vital sunscreen ingredient? Prove your mettle with RT's jumbo quiz of the year..

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On Dec 27, 2017
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Who was US President Donald Trump's first White House press secretary?

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Name the NASA spacecraft which ended its mission in September by plummeting into Saturn's atmosphere.

3 / 22

Which luxury music festival saw revelers stranded in the Bahamas?

4 / 22

What is the title of Hillary Rodham Clinton's post-US presidential election book?

5 / 22

How many retweets did Carter Wilkerson require for a year's supply of free Wendy's chicken nuggets?

6 / 22

A worldwide cyber attack took place in May this year, targeting computer systems including the NHS. What was it called?

7 / 22

Can you name the US island territory threatened with a missile strike by North Korea?

8 / 22

For how long was Anthony Scaramucci the White House communications director?

9 / 22

Billionaire banker David Rockefeller died in March. How old was he?

10 / 22

What was US President Donald Trump's first executive order about?

11 / 22

Floyd Mayweather came out of boxing retirement to fight which opponent?

12 / 22

Why was the football match between Barcelona and Las Palmas played behind closed doors?

13 / 22

Houston, Texas was severely damaged by this hurricane in 2017. Can you name it?

14 / 22

Who won the French presidential election this year?

15 / 22

Wayne Rooney broke the all-time scoring record for which football club?

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Name the sizzling exoplanet which is home to a key ingredient of the sunscreen we use.

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Which organization won the Nobel Peace Prize this year?

18 / 22

Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union was triggered by the UK. What does this relate to?

19 / 22

Where was America's 21,000 pound 'mother of all bombs' dropped?

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What new 'breakthrough' discovery was made inside the Great Pyramid of Giza?

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Robert Mugabe stepped down as the president of which African nation?

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US whistleblower Chelsea Manning served how long of her 35 year prison sentence?

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