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06/03/17
Weekly Quiz
Current Events
March 20th 2017
1
Which television programme has announced that Noel
Fielding, Sandi Toksvig and Prue Leith will join as
presenters in the new series?
a. Top Gear
b. Strictly Come Dancing
c. The Great British Bake Off
2
A decision to strip Durban city of the 2022 Commonwealth
Games was made last week. In which country is Durban?
a. South Africa
b. Egypt
c. Spain
3
True or false, Donald Trump’s revised travel ban has
been put on hold by a federal judge?
Who is hiding in this moving box?
4
5
Which long-running golf club has finally voted to allow
women to join as members?
a. Muirfield
b. St Andrew’s
c. Royal Aberdeen
6
What happened to a document that outlined the Prime
Minister's schedule for a trip to Cheshire and contained
details about the private location where she would attend
dinner that evening?
a. it was stolen from her official car
b. it was accidentally shared through Google Docs with a
member of the public
c. it was left on a train
7
Over 113 people lost their lives in Ethiopia
last week when …?
a. an apartment building collapsed
b. a flooded river burst its banks
c. a rubbish pile collapsed on top of homes
Which sporting event does this image relate to?
a. The Football World Cup
b. The Commonwealth Games
c. The Olympic Games
8
9
Which rugby team ended England’s winning run and
prevented them from setting a new record for most
consecutive test match wins?
a. Wales
b. Ireland
c. South Africa
10
Which fast food chain had negative comments about
Donald Trump posted on their twitter account when it was
hacked last week?
a. KFC
b. McDonald’s
c. Domino's Pizza
11
A BBC live interview with Professor Rob Kelly, an expert
on South Korea, went viral on the internet after...?
a. the President of South Korea rung his mobile phone to
complain about what he was saying
b. a fly kept landing on his lips and he accidentally
swallowed it
c. his young children barged into his office and his wife
desperately tried to take them back out
What caused this scene in Chicago last week?
a. a chemical spill
b. a Greenpeace protest
c. St Patrick’s Day
12
13
To which eastern European nation are 800 British troops
going to be deployed to help NATO deter “Russian
aggression”?
a. Turkey
b. Estonia
c. Bulgaria
14
Which Hollywood movie star recently delivered their first
lecture at the London School of Economics?
a. George Clooney
b. Tom Cruise
c. Angelina Jolie
15
What caused the biggest timed bicycle race in the world
to be called off last week?
a. smoke from fires in the area were causing breathing
issues
b. gale force winds were knocking riders off their bikes
c. a freak hailstorm knocked several riders unconscious and
left others bruised
Which country has this flag?
16
17
Around 22,000 participants took part in Crufts last week.
What is Crufts?
a. a fashion show
b. a famous marathon
c. a dog show
18
Which UK city is furthest west?
a. Cardiff
b. Glasgow
c. Liverpool
19
Which of the following will become new playing pieces in
the latest version of Monopoly after a world-wide vote?
a. a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a penguin and a rubber ducky
b. a helicopter, a rooster and a rabbit
c. a horse, a roller skate and a mobile phone
What is the name of the woman on the right?
20
Answers
1
Which television programme has announced that Noel Fielding, Sandi
Toksvig and Prue Leith will join as presenters in the new series?
a. Top Gear
b. Strictly Come Dancing
c. The Great British Bake Off
c. The Great British Bake Off - Broadcaster Sandi Toksvig, food
writer Prue Leith and comedian Noel Fielding will join Paul
Hollywood when The Great British Bake Off returns in the
autumn. Channel 4 announced the show's new line-up ahead of
its first series since leaving the BBC.
2
A decision to strip Durban city of the 2022 Commonwealth
Games was made last week. In which country is Durban?
a. South Africa b. Egypt c. Spain
a. South Africa - The chief executive of the Commonwealth
Games Federation, said the city did not meet the criteria set
by his organisation, and the search for a new host city had
already begun.
3
True or false, Donald Trump’s revised travel ban has been put
on hold by a federal judge?
True - Hours before it was to take effect, a federal judge in
Hawaii has put the travel ban on hold on the basis that the
order discriminates on the basis of nationality.
Who is hiding in this moving box?
4
Adele - It has been revealed that Adele is wheeled through the
crowd in an equipment box, in order for her to mysteriously
appear on stage. In many of the venues, the stages are in the
centre of huge arenas, which have no tunnel underneath.
5
Which long-running golf club has finally voted to allow women
to join as members?
a. Muirfield
b. St Andrew’s
c. Royal Aberdeen
a. Muirfield - Muirfield has voted to admit female members for
the first time in its 273-year history, clearing the Scottish golf
club to return to the list of 10 courses that can host the British
Open.
6
What happened to a document that outlined the Prime Minister's schedule for a
trip to Cheshire and contained details about the private location where she would
attend dinner that evening?
a. it was stolen from her official car
b. it was accidentally shared through Google Docs with a member of the public
c. it was left on a train
c. it was left on a train - The briefing note was found by a
member of the public on the floor of a first-class carriage on a
train heading from Manchester to Edinburgh in January. It was
considered a serious security breach as it also contained
information about the hotel where Theresa May had planned
to spend several hours working on papers and making phone
calls.
7
Over 113 people lost their lives in Ethiopia last week when …?
a. an apartment building collapsed
b. a flooded river burst its banks
c. a rubbish pile collapsed on top of homes
c. a rubbish pile collapsed on top of homes - The collapse of a
giant mountain of garbage buried makeshift mud-and-stick
homes inside a landfill on the outskirts of the Ethiopia’s capital
city Addis Ababa. A lot of the people living at the landfill were
waste-pickers who salvaged items to make a living.
Which sporting event does this image
relate to?
a. The Football World Cup
b. The Commonwealth Games
c. The Olympic Games
8
b. The Commonwealth Games - The Queen’s Baton Relay has
officially been launched with a ceremony and concert in front
of Buckingham Palace before the torch heads off on a 388-day,
230,000km journey to the Gold Coast carrying a special
message from the Queen.
9
Which rugby team ended England’s winning run and prevented
them from setting a new record for most consecutive test
match wins?
a. Wales b. Ireland c. South Africa
b. Ireland - Just as they did to the All Blacks in Chicago,
Ireland has again stopped a world record streak. Ireland
defeated England 13-9 in a bruising Six Nations match to deny
the English rare consecutive Grand Slams and a record 19th
straight test rugby win on Saturday.
10
Which fast food chain had negative comments about
Donald Trump posted on their twitter account when it
was hacked last week?
a. KFC b. McDonald’s c. Domino’s Pizza
b. McDonald’s - The company said in a tweet that they had
been notified by Twitter that their account had been
compromised. "We deleted the tweet, secured our account
and are now investigating this," the company said.
11 A BBC live interview with Professor Rob Kelly, an expert on South Korea, went viral
on the internet after...?
a. the President of South Korea rung his mobile phone to complain about what he was
saying
b. a fly kept landing on his lips and he accidentally swallowed it
c. his young children barged into his office and his wife desperately tried to take
them back out
c. his young children barged into his office and his wife
desperately tried to take them back out - His children crashed
his live TV interview to the amusement of millions of people.
Later in the week, Prof Robert E Kelly got to return to BBC
News with his whole family to talk about his unexpected viral
fame. Click here to see the ‘Interrupted Interview’ video
What caused this scene in Chicago last
week?
a. a chemical spill
b. a Greenpeace protest
c. St Patrick’s Day
12
c. St Patrick’s Day - The Chicago River has been turned green in
honour of St Patrick's Day for more than 50 years. A harmless
orange vegetable dye is used to get the desired green hue Click here to see a Time Lapse video of the
‘Greening of the River’
13
To which eastern European nation are 800 British troops going
to be deployed to help NATO deter “Russian aggression”?
a. Turkey b. Estonia c. Bulgaria
b. Estonia - The UK is taking a leading role in Nato's "enhanced
forward presence" operation, aimed at reinforcing the
alliance's eastern border next to Russia.
14
Which Hollywood movie star recently delivered their first
lecture at the London School of Economics?
a. George Clooney b. Tom Cruise c. Angelina Jolie
c. Angelina Jolie - The actor and director spoke to students
taking the postgraduate course Women, Peace and Security.
The university said she talked about her experience and what
motivated her work as UN special envoy. She was praised by
students after the lecture.
15 What caused the biggest timed bicycle race in the world to be called
off last week?
a. smoke from fires in the area were causing breathing issues
b. gale force winds were knocking riders off their bikes
c. a freak hailstorm knocked several riders unconscious and left
others bruised
b. gale force winds were knocking riders off their bikes - The
Cape Town Cycle Tour was rendered impossible by gale-force
winds. Gusts of wind picked up bikes and knocked many
cyclists and spectators to the ground.
Which country has this flag?
16
Nigeria
17
Around 22,000 participants took part in Crufts last week. What
is Crufts?
a. a fashion show b. a famous marathon c. a dog show
c. a dog show - Now in its 126th year, the British competition
is host to hundreds of breeds and crossbreeds from around the
world who are ranked by their agility, obedience and heelwork
to music ability, among other competitions.
18
Which UK city is furthest west?
a. Cardiff b. Glasgow c. Liverpool
b. Glasgow - At a longitude of 4.250W, Glasgow is further west
than Liverpool (2.990W) and Cardiff (3.170W).
19
Which of the following will become new playing pieces in the
latest version of Monopoly after a world-wide vote?
a. a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a penguin and a rubber ducky
a. a helicopter, a rooster and a rabbit
c. a horse, a roller skate and a mobile phone
a. a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a penguin and a rubber ducky - The
boot, wheelbarrow and thimble have all been retired. These
original pieces have been a staple of Monopoly boards around
the world since the game was launched in 1935.
What is the name of the woman on the
right?
20
Nicola Sturgeon - She is the First Minister of Scotland and has
called for a second referendum about Scotland’s membership
of the United Kingdom
The End
Click here to see the ‘Interrupted Interview’ video Click here to see a Time Lapse video of the
‘Greening of the River’
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