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Quiz Of The Week (A1, W2)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which animal, found in the River Thames, has doubled its numbers in the last six years?

a)

Seagull

b)

Shark

c)

Salmon

d)

Seal

2.

How many Test cricket matches make up the 2019 Ashes series?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

3.

In which sport has 11 year old Freia Challis become a world champion?

a)

BMX

b)

Skiing

c)

Skateboarding

d)

Horseback Riding

4.

In order to call a general election, the Fixed Term Parliament Act states that Boris Johnson would need the support of what proportion of MPs?

a)

1/4

b)

1/2

c)

2/3

d)

3/4

5.

What is the name of the European Space Agency (ESA) satellite that had to be moved to avoid a collision with space junk?

a)

Aeolus

b)

CryoSat

c)

Envisat

d)

Swarm

6.

At an animal shelter in Pennsylvania, a mini horse and goose have formed the most unlikeliest of friendships. What have they named the goose?

a)

Austen

b)

Dickens

c)

Orwell

d)

Hemingway

7.

Ariana Grande is suing the fashion brand Forever 21 for what sum after they allegedly used a lookalike model in their advertising campaign?

a)

$1 million

b)

$10 million

c)

$19 million

d)

$100 million

8.

In the past 15 years, the Sermilik glacier in Southern Greenland has thinned by how many metres?

a)

1

b)

10

c)

100

d)

1000

9.

How are Hollywood actors Will Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio trying to raise money to help save the Amazon rainforest from fires?

a)

A film

b)

Selling trainers

c)

A festival

d)

A new TV show

10.

What is the name of the private school in Battersea that is being attended by both Prince George and Princess Charlotte?

a)

James's

b)

Nicholas's

c)

Charles's

d)

Thomas's

11.

Hurricane Dorian, which hit the Caribbean island of the Bahamas last week, experienced record winds of what speed?

a)

40 mph

b)

80 mph

c)

140 mph

d)

180 mph

12.

What was the name of the former Zimbabwean president who died earlier this week aged 95?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Robert Mugabe

c)

Filipe Nyusi

d)

Cyril Ramaphosa

13.

Which Made In Chelsea star has had to pull out of the 17th series of Strictly Come Dancing (2019) after suffering from a foot injury?

a)

Spencer Matthews

b)

Ollie Locke

c)

Jamie Laing

d)

Mark Francis

14.

What anniversary is the computer game The Sims TM celebrating this week?

a)

9

b)

12

c)

19

d)

28

15.

Four circus elephants called Ramboline, Lara, Djunga and Jenny were bought by which European government in order to give them a proper retirement?

a)

Denmark

b)

Norway

c)

Sweden

d)

Iceland

16.

Victor Vescovo has become the first explorer to dive to the deepest points of the five oceans of the world, but which ocean is considered to be the deepest?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

17.

The Met Office have released their 2019 - 2020 list of storm names, but how many of the letters of the alphabet are not used to make names?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

18.

M&S have vowed to remove what item(s) from their Christmas celebration range this year to help promote recycling?

a)

Glitter

b)

Paper

c)

Ribbon

d)

All of the above

19.

What was the final score in UEFA Euro Qualifier between England and Kosovo?

a)

5 - 0

b)

5 - 1

c)

5 - 2

d)

5 - 3

20.

US movie giant Disney has signed a deal with Pinewood Studios to film more blockbuster movies in the UK. In which county is Pinewood Studios located?

a)

Bedfordshire

b)

Buckinghamshire

c)

Oxfordshire

d)

Hertfordshire