WOMEN

1: Who did more than stand by her man when he came under attack in July?

2: Which actress was at the centre of a real life drama on a tropical island in August?

3: Who became a footballer's wife after wedding Peter Crouch in June

4: Who raised Parliamentary eyebrows when she appeared in a newspaper in February clad in nothing but a bedsheet?

5: Who flew down under after her man was pictured in a scrum with an ex in September?

6: Whose rear view became an internet sensation in April?

7: MP John Hemming's wife Christine was found guilty in September of stealing what from his lover?

8: Who announced she was pregnant in November with cage fighter Alex Reid's baby?

9: Who dumped her party-loving toyboy in November?

10: Who became the first band with the x-factor in December?

MEN

1: Which Hollywood star had a walk-on part on a royal red carpet in February?

2: Who took the plunge for Sport Relief in September and ended up with gippy tum?

3: Which veteran broadcaster admitted in September that he tried cocaine and cannabis in his youth?

4: Who were ruled offside in January after they made sexist remarks about an assistant referee?

5: Nice to Sir you. Who was finally knighted in October?

6: Who netted TV presenter Christine Bleakley in June?

7: Who was laid in state in a Leeds hotel after his death in October?

8: How many names did X-Factor reject Frankie Cocozza have tattooed on his backside when he mooned on stage in August?

9: Who was said to be delighted about a girl in November after becoming a father at 51?

10: Who went into reverse over attempts to put a silencer on his ex in October?

POLITICS

1: What did voters say no to in May?

2: Whose best man cost him his job in October?

3: Which Cabinet minister apologised in October over his rubbish way of dealing with official documents?

4: Who described British railways as a ``rich man's toy'' in September?

5: Who got in a catfight in October over a Bolivian immigrant's pet?

6 : Who finally said arrivederci in November?

7: Who was told to 'calm down dear' by David Cameron in April?

8: Where did some unhappy campers cause a schism in October?

9: Labour leader Ed Miliband had an operation in July to deal with what condition?

10: Who became Ireland's new taoiseach (prime minister) in March?

GENERAL

1: Name the dog who became an internet hit chasing deer across a park in November.

2: Why did an old see-through dress sell for £78,000 in March?

3: How did BBC1's Question Time make history in May?

4: Whose old handbag sold for £25,000 in June?

5: What kept signwriters busy in Wootton Bassett in October?

6: The BBC apologised to the ambassador of which country in February over remarks made on Top Gear?

7: Who said bienvenue to baby Giulia in October?

8: Where did Sweetie and Sunlight move to in December?

9: Who joined team Posh & Becks in July?

10: Who had his royal wedding invite withdrawn in April?

SHOWBIZ

1: Who had a Sense Of An Ending when he finally won the Man Booker Prize in October?

2: Which Nineties pop outfit jumped straight to the top of the album chart in October after a decade-long break?

3: Which ITV detective series was itself killed off after 28 years in May?

4: The King's Speech won four Oscars in February, but which other movie - also directed by a Brit - matched that number?

5: Who married for the third time in October at the same register office as his first wedding 32 years earlier?

6: Name the Gardener's World presenter who returned in March.

7: Members of which band took part in I'm A Celebrity and Strictly Come Dancing?

8: Which Archers character came down to earth in a storyline which ``shocked Ambridge to the core'' in January?

9: Who left US comedy Two And Half Men in May after going into meltdown?

10: Name the boyband who announced in October they are to call it a day after 14 years and 14 UK number ones.

SPORT

1: How many players have captained the England cricket team in all forms of the game in 2011?

2: Who displayed a new side to his character by quoting Nietzsche, George Orwell and The Smiths on Twitter?

3: Who landed in hot water after jumping off a ferry in October?

4: Sebastien Loeb won his eighth World Rally Championship this year. But who has been his co-driver on each occasion?

5: For what on-field activity were a number of England players fined at the Rugby World Cup?

6: Which rugby league player turned out for the Barbarians against the Wallabies at Twickenham, just a week after playing against Australia's rugby league team?

7: Which horse won the Grand National in April?

8: Sebastian Vettel set a new Formula One record for number of pole positions in a season with 15 this year. Who was the previous record holder?

9: The United States qualified for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, which team claimed the 14th and final spot through qualifying?

10: Which Bath player made his Rugby World Cup debut in the final and scored what proved to be the winning points in New Zealand's 8-7 victory over France?

ANSWERS

WOMEN

1: Wendy Murdoch, who slapped a foam pie wielding comic when he splattered her media mogul husband Rupert.

2: Kate Winslet, who was staying at Sir Richard Branson's luxury Caribbean hideaway when it caught fire.

3: Model Abbey Clancy.

4: Speaker John Bercow's wife Sally.

5: Zara Phillips.

6: Pippa Middleton, who wore a figure-hugging dress to sister Kate's wedding.

7: A cat called Beauty.

8: Chantelle Houghton.

9: Demi Moore, 49, who announced her divorce from Ashton Kutcher, 33, amid rumours about his infidelity.

10: Winners Little Mix.

MEN

1: Michael Douglas, who was with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones when she collected a CBE from Prince Charles.

2: David Walliams, who fell ill swimming the length of the Thames.

3: Jonathan Dimbleby.

4: Sky Sports presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys.

5: Bruce Forsyth.

6: Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard, who proposed on a holiday in LA.

7: Sir Jimmy Savile.

8: Seven.

9: Hugh Grant.

10: Jeremy Clarkson.

POLITICS

1: Voting reform.

2: Defence Secretary Liam Fox.

3: Oliver Letwin, who was photographed throwing them in a park bin.

4: Former Transport Secretary Philip Hammond.

5: Justice Secretary Ken Clarke and Home Secretary Theresa May.

6: Silvio Berlusconi.

7: Labour MP Angela Eagle.

8: St Paul's Cathedral.

9: Sleep apnoea.

10: Enda Kenny.

GENERAL

1: Benton/Fenton.

2: It was once modelled by Kate Middleton.

3: It was filmed in a prison - Wormwood Scrubs- for the first time.

4: Margaret Thatcher's.

5: The town became Royal Wootton Bassett.

6: Mexico.

7: Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy.

8: Edinburgh Zoo.

9: Baby Harper.

10: The Syrian ambassador (Dr Sami Khiyami) because of his country's pro-democracy crackdown

SHOWBIZ

1: Julian Barnes.

2: Steps.

3: Taggart.

4: Inception.

5: Sir Paul McCartney.

6: Monty Don.

7: McFly.

8: Nigel Pargeter, who died after falling from a roof.

9: Charlie Sheen.

10: Westlife.

SPORT

1: Six. Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann.

2: Joey Barton.

3: England rugby star Manu Tuilagi.

4: Daniel Elena.

5: Using branded gum-shields.

6: Sam Tomkins.

7: Ballabriggs.

8: Nigel Mansell.

9: Italy.

10: Stephen Donald.