Weekly quiz 1/3

By which date has the government pledged

to vaccinate all adults in Britain against

Covid-19?

• July 31st 2021

• December 31st 2021

• July 31st 2022

China’s President Xi Jinping, has announced

a ‘complete victory’ in a campaign to end

rural poverty. China defines extreme rural

poverty as anyone earning less than …?

• $20.20 a day

• $10.58 a day

• $2.12 a day

Prince Philip has spent a number of days in

hospital fighting an infection. How old is the

Duke of Edinburgh?

• 95 years old

• 99 years old

• 101 years old

Ghana has become the first country in the

world to …?

• To experience a record breaking low

  temperature on the same week as a

  record breaking high temperature

• Fully ban petrol cars

• Receive COVID-19 vaccine for free from

  a global initiative

Which city has been announced as the

preferred host for 2032 Summer Olympic

Games?

• Brisbane

• Montreal

• Berlin

Why were hundreds of university students

evacuated from 12 halls of residence in

Exeter last week?

• an unexploded World War Two bomb

  had been found

• there was a cloud of toxic fumes when a

  science experiment went wrong

• a large sink hole was discovered on the

  university grounds

Which Commonwealth country recently

observed the 10th anniversary of a

devastating earthquake that took the lives of

185 people in the city of Christchurch?

• Australia

• New Zealand

• South Africa

In which sport do British teams like the

London Pulse, Manchester Thunder and

Celtic Dragons complete in the Superleague?

• Rugby

• Netball

• Basketball

Archaeologists in Pompeii have found a

ceremonial chariot at the site of an illegal dig.

Why is Pompeii so important to

archeologists?

• It was the site of an ancient volcanic eruption

• it was the site of an ancient famous battle

• it was the site of an ancient landslide

What is being called one of Israel’s worst

ecological disasters?

• A massive oil spill off their coastline

• A meltdown in a nuclear power plant

• A massive rubbish dump fire