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.