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June marks which month, celebrating the LGBT community?

• Diversity Month

• Pride Month

• LGBT Month

• Rainbow Month

HMS Gloucester, a wrecked warship, has been discovered off the coast of England. The ship sank in 1682 carrying who?

• King Henry VIII

• Queen Elizabeth II

• King James II

• Queen Victoria

New research has revealed that which animal may not be extinct as previously thought?

• The dodo

• The Tasmanian tiger

• The Irish elk

  A species of

• Galápagos giant tortoise

A Google employee working on an AI (artificial intelligence) has claimed that the system has feelings.

• True

• False

Why has an art exhibition in Slovenia been cancelled just hours before its opening?

• Because some of its artworks might be fake

• Because some of its artworks were stolen

• Because there was a flood in the gallery

• Because a group of foxes were found wandering the gallery

What unique plan has New Zealand come up with to tackle global warming?

• Encouraging everyone to use public transport in towns and cities

• Making everyone go vegan

• Taxing cow and sheep burps

• Installing solar panels on every home in the country

What do researchers from Southampton believe they have found the fossilised remains of on the Isle of Wight, UK?

• An Ice Age bear

• A caveman

• A baby mammoth

• The largest predatory dinosaur ever found in Europe

Why have two tourists been banned from the famous Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy?

• One of them threw an e-scooter down the steps, causing damage

• They wrote graffiti on the steps

• They hosted a water fight there

• They slid down the banister of the steps on skateboards

Scientists in Japan have made ‘edible cement’ entirely from food waste.

• True

• False

Which celebrity scored the winning penalty for Soccer Aid this year?

• Singer Tom Grennan

• Runner Sir Mo Farah

• Comedian Lee Mack

• Footballer Jamie Carragher