2021 Christmas quiz

Rather odd

1. On which planet did Nasa fly a small helicopter called Ingenuity, bearing a fragment of the Wright brothers’ first aeroplane?
2. A pair of trainers worn by which US basketball star during his first season with the Chicago Bulls in 1984 went for $1.47 million at auction?
3. Which bridge got stuck with its bascules up after opening to let a sailing ship through?
4. Twelve women became drivers on which capital city’s metro after a ban imposed in the 1980s was lifted?
5. What killed 16 people taking selfies on top of a watch-tower in Jaipur?
6. Who had painted a picture sold by Angelina Jolie for £7 million at auction in London?
7. In which country must sparkling wine sold as champagne, Shampanskoye, be produced, according to a law brought into force by President Vladimir Putin?
8. Which department store in Princes Street, Edinburgh, founded in 1838, was vacated this year?
9. In which country was a cluster of star sapphires, weighing more than half a ton and valued at $100 million, found when a well was being dug in a backyard?
10. In September, which country became the first to make bitcoin legal tender?

Don’t quote me

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