Mr Zammit's Quiz of the Week 19/04/21

A neighbourhood in Krakow, Poland was locked down by police for 48 hours last week after residents reported an ‘unusual, threatening animal’ lurking in a tree. When specialist animal control officers did arrive, what did the mysterious ‘animal’ turn out to be?

• A teddy bear panda

• A croissant

• Fairy lights

Which Caribbean Island nation was forced to evacuate its people last week after the major eruption of the ‘La Soufrière’ volcano?

• Jamaica

• Haiti

• St. Vincent

Which of these pictures won the World Press Photo of the Year?

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A new ‘Christ the Redeemer’ statue is being built in Brazil. Standing at 43m, this new statue in the Southern city of Encantado, will be taller that the famous one in Rio de Janeiro. Where though is the tallest Jesus Christ statue in the world ?

• Poland

• Nigeria

• Indonesia

A rare edition of ‘Action Comics: Issue 1’ from 1938 was sold at auction last week for a record fee of $3.25million. Which superhero made their first appearance in this comic book?

• Superman

• Spiderman

• Wonder Woman

Scientists have found 'strong evidence' for new force of nature. Currently the ‘4 fundamental forces of Nature’ include gravity, the weak nuclear force, electromagnetism, and the strong nuclear force – but what is the 5th force called that scientists believe they have now found evidence of?

• Super-fluid turbulence

• Matter-Antimatter asymmetry

• Muons

The important Islamic holy time of Ramadan started this week, but how long does it last for?

• 14 days

• 30 days

• 66 days

The most expensive pair of shoes in history were sold at auction last week for $1 million. Who did the shoes once belong to?

• Kanye West

• Cristiano Ronaldo

• Genghis Khan

The 60th anniversary of a famous mission to Space was marked last week – what ‘first’ took place on 12th April 1961?

• Laika, the first animal, was put into space onboard Sputnik 2

• Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space – orbiting Earth onboard Vostock 1

• Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon – the Apollo 11 mission

Italian Police have captured a major mafia criminal boss who has been on the run for many years. How did they manage to track down his location though?

• The mafia boss was unloading cookery videos on YouTube and accidently mentioned local shops and businesses

• The police used an online dating app to find him and set up a ‘date’ to arrest him

• A policeman was collecting his cat from a cattery after a holiday, and noticed that the ‘owner details’ of the cat next to his was the mafia boss