Weekly Quiz 17th March 2023

Toblerone announced that it will remove an image of which mountain peak from its logo?

• Mount Everest

• Matterhorn

• K2

• Mount Fuji

Golden Retriever Rudy is in the dog house. What did he eat?

• A new passport

• Carabao Cup tickets

• GCSE coursework

• A cheque for £1000

In the last month, Syria has been devastated once again — this time by a huge earthquake. What is the capital city of Syria?

• Izmir

• Homs

• Damascus

• Aleppo

How many hours does a sloth sleep per day (on average)?

(a)  

In which sport did Maddie Ripley, 16, beat a boy to become Maine State Champion?

• Wrestling

• Tennis

• Boxing

• 100m sprint

Which war is at the centre of the 1993 novel Birdsong?

• World War 1

• The Falklands War

• The Vietnam War

• World War 2

Last Wednesday was International Women's Day. Which British novelist said: "A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life"?

• Virginia Woolf

• George Eliot

• Jane Austin

• Terry Pratchett

The UN has put forward a new agreement, the High Seas Treaty, to protect the oceans.

What percentage of international waters will be made into protected areas? 

• 15%

• 30%

• 50%

• 60%

A group of scientists are using human hair to protect the planet. What are they doing with the hair?

• Making energy

• Clean water

• Insulate houses

• Block out the sun

What is the Forer effect?

• The probability of finding something in a place you have already looked

• The feeling of dissatisfaction when you hear about someone else's success

• The innate tendency to link everything back to our lives

• The instinctive pull humans feel towards cute animals