IF you are fed up of the festive fare of television Christmas specials and granny monopolising the Monopoly board and cheating at charades, why not take a few minutes to show off about just how well you know Abergavenny and what’s happened in the town over the past year by trying your hand at our unseasonably tricky Christmas quiz.

Each day over the holiday we’ll be putting a new set of questions online along with the answers of the previous day’s puzzlers.

We kick off today with a set of questions about local politics and the politicians who made the headlines in Abergavenny last year - good luck!

1. Which party won the majority at May’s County Council election?

2. Which party took the majority at May’s Abergavenny Town Council election?

3. How many candidates contested the Monmouth seat in the June General Election?

4. Who won the Monmouth seat in the June General Election?

5. Who won the Brecon and Radnorshire seat in the June General Election?

6. Who became Mayor of Abergavenny in June?

7. What controversial TV channel did David Davies appear on?

8. By how much did council tax in Monmouthshire increase in 2017?

9. Which former Abergavenny resident found herself at the heart of a French political scandal?

10. What well known comedian found himself embroiled in a social media battle with MP David Davies?