1. In January, which leader and now-boyfriend of Katy Perry resigned as prime minister of his country?
2. The same month, whose mug graced the front page of the Socialist, under the headline ‘Capitalism’s future’, as he re-entered office?
3. At the start of his second term, President Trump tasked Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, with sacking thousands of federal workers and cutting millions of dollars in government ‘waste’. What was it called?
4. Who, it was revealed, received freebies including Taylor Swift tickets and VIP access to the World Darts Championship?
5. A mass student movement forced the resignation of the prime minister of which European country?
6. What is “not just interesting, but a vital tool” according to a writer in the Socialist?
7. Supporters of which Premier League football club have featured in the pages of the Socialist in their successful fight to keep concessionary tickets?
8. Socialist Party member Marco Tesei was elected to the EC of which union in March?
9. “I hate musicals!” wrote one reviewer in the Socialist. But a production of which piece of theatre, starring a Socialist Party member, changed his mind?
10. April marked the 40th anniversary of school students’ strikes led by Labour Party Young Socialists, in which young Militant (the Socialist Party’s predecessor) supporters played the leading role. How many took to the streets in 1985?
11. Issue 1319 of the Socialist was a bumper one. We featured the obituary of Peter Taaffe, international Trotskyist theoretician and fighter for socialism, who we sadly lost this year. And showing the reach and authority of the newspaper and party he helped build, we once again featured a 12-page May Day Greetings pullout. How much did we raise from the movement to support the workers’ press?
12. How many people were enthused by the call by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana and signed up to ‘Your Party’ in the summer?
13. What month did Donald Trump arrive on a state visit to be greeted by Socialist Students organised walkouts and other protests against him?
14. A worker from which car plant, left in limbo following a cyberattack, spoke to the Socialist?
15. A new mural has been painted in Plumstead, south London, with Socialist Party members at its unveiling, what does it commemorate?
16. ‘Privatisation leeches £____ off us – we need socialist nationalisation’
was a headline in the Socialist in September. Fill in the blank.
17. Workers in which country went on strike in solidarity with the struggle against the war in Gaza?
18. The Socialist Party’s longest-standing member turned 90 this year and was interviewed in the Socialist saying: “Ideas! They keep the mind working. That’s what keeps you alive and working with like-minded, selfsacrificing comrades in a disciplined, well-organised revolutionary group or party”. Who is it?
19. A trade union conference pledged to support only candidates and parties that will stand up for the working class in October, where?
20. The Socialist defended Friedrich Engels, socialist and co-thinker of Karl Marx, from attack by?
21. Socialism 2025 showed that “armed with socialist ideas, we can change the world!” A fantastic weekend of discussion and debate culminated in an electric rally that raised how much money for the Socialist Party’s fighting fund?
22. Zohran Mamdani became the mayor of which city, showing the popularity of socialist ideas?
23. What is the name of the AI actress who was revealed this year that prompted a heavy backlash from the acting community including one actor writing in the Socialist?
24. What name has been given to the multiple youth-led protests around the world this year?
25. Which group of workers have been on strike for most of 2025, fighting a Labour council over pay and job cuts?
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1. Justin Trudeau
2. Donald Trump
3. Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE for short
4. MPs. As Jim Bowen used to say, you can’t beat a bit of Bully!
5. Serbia. The movement sparked by a collapsed roof at a railway station continues
6. The Socialist newspaper itself!
7. West Ham United
8. The University and College Union (UCU), joining Duncan Moore who was elected last year
9. Made in Dagenham
10. A quarter of a million
11. Over £9,500. Onwards to £10k in 2026!
12. 800,000
13. September. Apparently the spread at the banquet at Windsor Castle was nice
14. Jaguar Land Rover. We call for nationalisation
15. The successful, Militant-led fight against Thatcher’s poll tax
16. £200 billion!
17. Italy
18. Keith Dickinson
19. Wales
20. The Guardian
21. Over £66,765.25. Thanks to all who donated and remember to get your pledges in!
22. New York
23. Tilly Norwood
24. Gen Z protests
25. Birmingham refuse workers. Victory to the Brum bin workers!
