Current Events Quiz 05/05/23

Microsoft's $68.7bn (£55bn) deal to buy which US video game company has been blocked in the UK by the Competition and Markets Authority?

• Activision

• Nintendo

• EA

• Bioware

Peru has become the world’s largest exporter of which fruit going from having virtually no plantations of this fruit only a decade ago?

• Dragon Fruit

• Strawberries

• Blueberries

• Apples

The Aslef Union has announced three more days of strikes by its members, including the day of the FA Cup final and Eurovision, what do ASLEF workers actually do?

• Work in the NHS

• Teach

• Passport Control

• Drive Trains

Several gardens in West Yorkshire were flooded with sewage after two what were flushed into the sewage system causing a blockage?

• Mannequin Heads

• Wigs

• Dolls

• Hair Extensions

Which British comedy actor has competed the last edition of his US talk show, The Late Late Show” after eight years?

• James Corden

• Hugh Grant

• Tom Hardy

• James McAvoy

Which English international footballer has launched a scholarship fund to assist black students to attend university?

• Phil Foden

• Harry Kane

• Raheem Sterling

• Marcus Rashford

Who did the Red Roses beat to seal a Six Nations Grand Slam in front of a record women's crowd of 58,498 at Twickenham?

• Wales

• Germany

• France

• Italy

Which US Oil giant has announced record profits of $11.4 billion for the first three months of this year?

• X-app

• ExxonMobil

• Exaphon

• CrossLand

Which Labour MP for Hackney has been suspended from the Labour party for antisemitism after suggesting in a letter to the Guardian that Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism “all their lives”?

• Karl Pilkington

• Diane Abbott

• Dianna Abrobot

• Karl Turner

Which National park in Wales has been rebranded with its name being changed to Bannau Brycheiniog (pronounced ban-aye bruch-ay-nee-og?

• Pembrokeshire

• Glyderau

• Eryi

• Brecon Beacons