Have You Been Paying Attention? The 2020 TV Quiz

A lot happened on and off the screen in 2020. Try this quiz to test if you were paying attention.

1. In 2020, who made their debut as the new host of Q&A?

2. Emmy-winning Schitt’s Creek writer-star Daniel Levy is also the host of what reality show?

3. Name the shock jock who hung up the headphones earlier this year after more than three decades on air?

4. Which former champion returned to win January’s Jeopardy! The Greatest Tournament of All Time?

5. Yvonne Strahovski starred in which ABC drama in 2020?

6. Which of these shows did not end in 2020?

A) Bojack Horseman
B) Arrow
C) A Discovery of Witches
D) Ink Master

7. What crippling fear did Tom Williams face on I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here?

8. Who won MasterChef Australia: Back to Win?

9. Who was the Aussie star in HBO’s crime series The Outsider?

10. Who heroically stepped up to fill Freddy Flintoff’s shoes after his COVID-induced exit from Australian Ninja Warrior?

11. Who was the 2020 Gold Logie winner?

12. Who said, “I Am Gay As A Three Dollar Bill, And I’m Standing In A Cage With Five Full-Grown Tigers And Lions”?

13. Which ABC series won best drama at this year’s AACTA Awards?

14. What new series from Josh Thomas made a promise that 2020 made seem quite dishonest?

15. What legendary sleuth was rebooted in noir style in 2020?

A) Hercule Poirot

B) Sherlock Holmes

C) Miss Fisher

D) Perry Mason.

16. In what show did we spend time with Pissface, Pusface, Milson and Horrible Grandma?

17. Name the legendary co-creator of Get Smart who passed away in January?

18. Which Amazon Prime TV series did Rebel Wilson host this year?

19. An Australian comedy trio released a Netflix show this year. What is the group’s name?

20. Who won an Oscar for playing a Queen last year and an Emmy for playing one this year?

21. What Netflix hit was based on a novel by Walter Tevis?

22. Which famous American became president in The Plot Against America?

A) Billy The Kid

B) Charles Lindbergh

C) Buster Keaton

D) Jackie Kennedy.

23. What show is this quote from? “Stories are like people: loving them doesn’t make them perfect. You just try to cherish them, overlook their flaws.”

24. Who replaced Marty Sheargold on Nova’s national radio drive program?

25. Who will be taking over from SBS Insight host Jenny Brockie?

26. Who filled-in for Lindsay Lohan on this year’s season of The Masked Singer Australia?

27. Name one or more of the people who successfully completed the course on Seven’s extreme bootcamp series SAS: Australia.

28. On Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell, who does Brion Pegmatite speak for?

29. What show caused the British Minister of Culture to demand a disclaimer specifying that it was a work of fiction?

30. What is the name of the artist formerly known as Baby Yoda?

31. Network Seven was meant to film its quirky miniature golf series Holey Moley in the United States. But then COVID-19 hit. Which Australian state did it film in instead?

32. Who won season 16 of The Block?

33. How many Emmys did RuPaul’s Drag Race win this year?

34. What comedy ended its run in 2020 with most of the main characters ceasing to exist?

35. In a ripped-from-the-headlines Underbelly spin-off, Ella Scott Lynch played which number informer?

36. In which show did A Tropical Mess prove crucial?

37. Who are the new judges on The Voice Australia and on which channel will it air in 2021?

38. Who played former FBI director James Comey in the 2020 political mini-series The Comey Rule?

39. Radio star Dave Hughes is moving from Melbourne to which city in 2021?

40. What did Amazing Race contestants have to sing in German to receive a clue?

A) “I wish I were a chicken”

B) “I’m walking backwards to Christmas”

C) "Smoke on the Water”

D) “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”.

41. Was it AM or FM stations that recorded a huge surge in listenership this year due to COVID-19?

42. Who was the first-ever winner of Australian Ninja Warrior?

43. Who was going to be Australia’s representative at Eurovision this year?

44. Name the winner and runner-up of The Bachelor Australia.

45. Who wrote the screenplay of the historic comedy/drama The Great?

46. Who is the eponymous star of the short-lived police series Tommy?

47. How many episodes of Survivor All Stars did the 2019 season winner Shane Gould last?

48. Name the same-sex couple who appeared in the 2020 season of Married At First Sight and did they decide to stay together?

49. Who played Charles Ingram in Quiz?

50. Who is top dog in the current season of Wentworth and who plays her?

Answers

1. Hamish McDonald

2. The Great Canadian Baking Show

3. Alan Jones

4. Ken Jennings

5. Stateless

6. C, A Discovery of Witches

7. Snakes

8. Emelia Jackson

9. Ben Mendelsohn

10. Shane Crawford

11. Nobody, the ceremony was cancelled

12. Joe Exotic in Tiger King

13. Mystery Road

14. Everything’s Gonna Be Okay

15. D, Perry Mason

16. Friday Night Dinner

17. Buck Henry

18. LOL: Last One Laughing Australia

19. Aunty Donna

20. Olivia Colman

21. The Queen’s Gambit

22. Charles Lindbergh

23. Lovecraft Country

24. Joel Creasey

25. Kumi Taguchi

26. Comedian Urzila Carlson

27. Former Bachelor Nick Cummins, comedian Merrick Watts or AFLW player Sabrina Frederick

28. Peter Dutton

29. The Crown

30. Grogu

31. Queensland

32. Jimmy and Tam from Queensland

33. Six

34. The Good Place

35. 3838

36. Junior MasterChef

37. Keith Urban, Rita Ora, Guy Sebastian and Jessica Mauboy; Channel Seven

38. Jeff Daniels

39. Sydney

40. A, “I wish I were a chicken”.

41. AM

42. Ben Polson

43. Montaigne

44. Irena Srbinovska and Bella Valeris

45. Tony McNamara

46. Edie Falco

47. One

48. Amanda and Tash; no, they separated

49. Matthew Macfadyen

50. Allie Novak, played by Kate Jenkinson