50 Fun Facts About 2017
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Take the 50-question quizWhich film was wrongly announced as Best Picture at the February 2017 Oscars?
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway had been handed the Best Actress envelope; Moonlight was declared the real winner minutes later.
How many Oscar nominations did La La Land receive, tying the all-time record?
It matched All About Eve and Titanic, then set a record for most nominations without winning Best Picture.
Who won Best Actor at the 2017 Oscars for Manchester by the Sea?
He and brother Ben became the 16th pair of siblings to win Academy Awards.
Who hosted the Oscars for the first time in 2017?
He returned the following year for the 90th ceremony.
Who won Best Actress at the 2017 Oscars?
Damien Chazelle took Best Director the same night, one of La La Land's six wins.
What deficit did the Patriots overcome to win Super Bowl LI in February 2017?
It was the largest comeback in Super Bowl history and the first Super Bowl decided in overtime.
Which team lost Super Bowl LI to the Patriots?
Matt Ryan, the league MVP, led the Falcons to an 11-5 season and a 28-3 lead before the collapse.
Which team won its first World Series in franchise history in 2017?
They beat the Dodgers in seven games; a sign-stealing scandal later tainted the title.
Who was named 2017 World Series MVP after hitting five home runs?
The two teams combined for a record 25 homers in the series.
Who was unanimous MVP of the 2017 NBA Finals?
The Warriors beat Cleveland 4-1 and finished the playoffs 16-1, the best postseason record ever.
Which team did the Pittsburgh Penguins beat to repeat as Stanley Cup champions in 2017?
They were the first back-to-back winners since the salary cap was introduced.
Who won the Conn Smythe Trophy for a second straight year in 2017?
The Penguins captain was playoff MVP in both 2016 and 2017.
Who did Roger Federer beat in five sets to win the 2017 Australian Open?
It was his first major since Wimbledon 2012 and, at 35, made him the oldest men's major champion since 1972.
Who won the 2017 Masters in a playoff for his first major, at the 74th attempt?
He beat Justin Rose in sudden death after both finished nine under.
Who won his fourth Tour de France in 2017?
The Team Sky rider's third straight win came on a route that started in Dusseldorf.
Whose remix helped "Despacito" become the first Spanish-language US number one in 21 years?
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's hit tied the record 16 weeks at number one.
How many weeks did "Despacito" spend at number one on the Hot 100?
Its video was the most-viewed on YouTube from August 2017 until Baby Shark overtook it in 2020.
Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" came from which 2017 album?
The album was the world's best-selling of 2017 and Sheeran its best-selling artist.
"Bodak Yellow" made Cardi B the first female rapper to top the Hot 100 solo since whom?
Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" had done it in 1998.
Which Taylor Swift album, released November 2017, was led by "Look What You Made Me Do"?
It followed a year of online feuds in which detractors branded her a snake.
Which Kendrick Lamar album from April 2017 later won the Pulitzer Prize for Music?
It was the first Pulitzer for music outside classical and jazz; "Humble" became his first solo number one.
In Get Out, what does Missy call the void Chris falls into when hypnotised?
Daniel Kaluuya's paralysed stare from it became one of the year's defining images.
Who directed 2017's Wonder Woman?
The film had been in development since 1996 before she was hired in 2015.
What was the highest-grossing film of 2017 worldwide?
Rian Johnson's film took $1.334 billion; Beauty and the Beast was second with $1.27 billion.
Who played Belle in Disney's 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast?
Bill Condon's remake grossed $1.27 billion, second only to The Last Jedi that year.
Which 2017 release became the highest-grossing horror film of all time?
Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise helped it past The Exorcist's domestic record.
Who directed Thor: Ragnarok?
Cate Blanchett played Hela, Odin's firstborn, freed by his death.
Which 2017 film won the Golden Lion at Venice before taking Best Picture?
Guillermo del Toro's tale of a mute cleaner and an amphibian creature is set in 1962 Baltimore.
How many episodes did Game of Thrones' seventh season, aired in summer 2017, have?
Every earlier season had ten; the Night King killed and raised the dragon Viserion in the penultimate episode.
What are the adolescent Demogorgons in Stranger Things' 2017 second season nicknamed?
The season, set in autumn 1984, also introduced Max Mayfield and the Mind Flayer.
The Handmaid's Tale, which premiered in April 2017, made history as the first what?
Its first season won eight Emmys from 13 nominations.
Big Little Lies, HBO's 2017 hit, is set in which California town?
Based on Liane Moriarty's novel, it won eight Emmys including acting awards for Kidman, Skarsgard and Dern.
Which console launched on March 3, 2017 alongside The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild?
Breath of the Wild was also the last Nintendo-published Wii U game and won Game of the Year.
Which Epic Games title launched its free battle royale mode on September 26, 2017?
Epic's mode arrived as an early-access title and became a global phenomenon within months.
What was the name of the failed luxury music event on Great Exuma in April 2017?
Organiser Billy McFarland was later sentenced to six years for fraud; Ja Rule was his partner.
What toy became a worldwide craze in 2017, marketed as a stress reliever?
It works on a ball bearing and weighted lobes; schools started banning it within months.
The August 2017 total eclipse was the first visible across the whole US since which year?
Its 70-mile-wide path of totality ran from Oregon to South Carolina across 14 states.
Which hurricane dropped a US-record 60 inches of rain on Texas in August 2017?
Its $125 billion in damage tied Katrina as the costliest US tropical cyclone on record.
Which hurricane devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017, two weeks after Irma?
It made landfall on Dominica as a Category 5 and caused more than 3,000 deaths.
Which actress's October 15, 2017 tweet turned #MeToo into a global movement?
Activist Tarana Burke had first used the phrase on Myspace around 2006.
Which two publications broke the Weinstein story in October 2017?
They shared the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for the coverage.
Emmanuel Macron became France's youngest president in May 2017 at what age?
He won 66 percent of the second-round vote against Marine Le Pen.
Which spacecraft ended 13 years at Saturn by plunging into the planet in September 2017?
It had launched in 1997 and was the first probe ever to orbit Saturn.
Which Leonardo da Vinci painting sold for a record $450 million in November 2017?
Prince Badr bin Abdullah was the buyer at Christie's, reportedly on behalf of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature?
The Remains of the Day author was the 12th British laureate in literature.
Which global cyberattack hit computers in at least 150 countries in May 2017?
The ransomware crippled parts of Britain's National Health Service among many others.
Who became New Zealand's prime minister in October 2017 at 37?
New Zealand First chose to form a coalition with her Labour Party, supported by the Greens.
Which Spanish region declared independence on October 27, 2017, recognised by no one?
Madrid responded by imposing direct rule.
The 2017 Women's March on January 21 was, at the time, the largest what?
It was held the day after Donald Trump's inauguration, with 420 marches in the US and 168 abroad.
Which singer's Manchester concert was bombed on May 22, 2017?
She returned two weeks later to host the One Love Manchester benefit, raising 17 million pounds.