Weekly Quiz 9th March 2023

UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi blasted off to space for a historic mission - how long will he spend on board the ISS?

• Three months

• Six months

• One year

• 18 months

Which of these items was NOT an ingredient used to make the first book?

• Fish

• Mulberries

• Potatoes

• Bark

How long (in metres) was the world's biggest dinosaur?

(a)  

conservationist Cedric Fogwan from Cameroon is trying to save the biggest member of which species?

• Frog

• Lizard

• Spider

• Turtle

The director of which organisation declared this week that Covid-19 was most likely the result of a leak from a lab in China?

• CIA

• FBI

• WHO

• MI5

Britain is facing a tomato shortage? Which of these things has NOT been blamed for the empty shelves?

• The war in Ukraine

• Brexit

• Bad Weather

• Bird Flu

Countries worldwide are preparing for the possibility of a bird flu outbreak. What is bird flu's scientific name?

• H5N1

• SARS-CoV-2

• HHV-3

• MeV

Why does Britain's National Health Service buy maggots?

• To harvest their saliva for medicines

• To eat food waste

• To clean people's wounds

• Due to an unbreakable contract, first signed in 1843

What championship did 23-year-old Andrea Muzii win?

• Mobile Phone Throwing Championship

• International Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship

• International Association of Memory World Memory Champion

• World Peashooting Championships

Britain's government has decided to set up a new body to regulate men's football. It is two years after fans protested outside major clubs over plans to form a "super league".

 

Chelsea is pictured protesting here. But where does the club play? 

• Emirates Stadium

• Stamford Bridge

• Anfield

• Old Trafford