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

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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

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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?

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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?

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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

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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

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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?

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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?

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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’