Christopher Howse

The Spectator’s 2022 Christmas quiz

Set by Christopher Howse. Illustrated by Castro

issue 17 December 2022

Verbals

In 2022, who said:

1. Them’s the breaks.

2. I know that we will deliver, we will deliver, we will deliver. 

3. Dear, oh dear.

4. Excessive consumption of alcohol is not appropriate in a professional workplace.

5. For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.

6. I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood.

7. The British people deserve to know which party is serious about stopping the invasion on our southern coast.

8. Dio, Patria e Famiglia non è uno slogan politico ma il più bel manifesto d’amore.

9. The jury’s still out.

10. Nous aussi on t’emmerde.

Royal prerogatives

In 2022:

1. For her Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth was filmed taking a sandwich out of her handbag. Who was her guest for tea at the time?

2. In July to whom did Queen Elizabeth award the George Cross in a ceremony at Windsor Castle?

3. Gaston Browne, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, declared: ‘I should say we aspire at some point to become a republic.’

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