Lev Sixth Form Quiz Week 11

True or false, the Duchess of Sussex recently won a legal judgement against the Mail on Sunday?

• True

• False

Which of these is a new rule imposed by the Taliban government in Afghanistan?

• Nobody is allowed to play cricket on Sundays

• Men are not allowed to wear sunglasses

• Women are not allowed to appear in television dramas

What is the purpose of an ambitious NASA mission that launched recently?

• They are trying to change the path of an asteroid

• They are trying to take a rock sample from a comet

• They are trying to send a satellite into a black hole

On what island did a dramatic volcanic eruption occur at the weekend?

• Honshu, Japan

• Java, Indonesia

• North Island, New Zealand

Sadly, Sir Frank Williams passed away last week. In which sport was he a famous toplevel manager?

• Horse Racing

• Formula 1

• Premier League Football

What disrupted train services in Hampshire at the weekend?

• A World War II bomb

• A family of ducks

• A bag of rubbish

Which European country did England's women's football team beat 20 - nil recently?

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Slovenia

The Turner Prize was awarded to an Northern Irish entry this year. What is the Turner Prize awarded for?

• music

• art

• writing

Which Caribbean country left the British Commonwealth and became a republic in an official ceremony last week?

• Jamaica

• Bermuda

• Barbados

Some Inuit people who live in Greenland are seeking compensation from the government that removed them from their families in the 1950s. Which country owns and runs Greenland?

• Denmark

• Norway

• Canada