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Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which footballer convinced the government to provide free school meals for children over the summer?

a)

Lionel Messi

b)

Harry Kane

c)

Raheem Sterling

d)

Marcus Rashford

2.

Which insects have scientists found make "quacking" and "tooting" sounds?

a)

Bees

b)

Daddy long-legs (crane flies)

c)

Greenflies

d)

Dragonflies

3.

A new type of spider has been found in Africa. Who has it been named after?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Greta Thunberg

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

Dina Asher Smith

4.

Scientists have created a robot elephant made out of which food?

a)

Cake

b)

Spaghetti

c)

Gelatine

d)

Lettuce

5.

According to a new book, which of the following is Donald Trump reported to have done?

a)

Said it would be "cool" to invade Venezuela

b)

Asked if Finland was part of Russia

c)

Suggested journalists should be executed

d)

All of these answers

6.

Poland accidentally invaded a neighbouring country last month by setting up a Covid-19 checkpoint on the wrong side of the border. Which country did they invade?

a)

Slovakia

b)

Czech Republic

c)

Lithuania

d)

Germany

7.

A furloughed retail worker passed her time during lockdown by incredibly managing to hatch three ducklings from one box of eggs bought from a supermarket. Which supermarket did the eggs come from?

a)

Sainsbury's

b)

Tesco

c)

Waitrose

d)

M&S

8.

Europe's Solar Orbiter probe made its first "close" pass of the Sun, at a mere 50 million miles (77 million km) from the star. But where was it orbiting?

a)

Between the Sun and Mercury

b)

Between Mercury and Venus

c)

Between Venus and Earth

d)

Between Earth and Mars

9.

Police in the Austrian capital, Vienna, defended a decision to fine a man €500 (about £450) for "violating public decency", saying the perpetrator "had already behaved in a provocative and uncooperative manner" before doing what towards officers?

a)

Flicking a huge ball of nasal mucus

b)

Letting out an enormous belch

c)

Releasing a massive intestinal wind

10.

Which British tennis player has organised the Battle of the Brits tournament (currently taking place) to give the players some lockdown match practice?

a)

Andy Murray

b)

Kyle Edmund

c)

Dan Evans

d)

Jamie Murray

11.

Republic Records, one of the most powerful record labels in the US and the stable of Drake and Ariana Grande, announced it would stop using an "antiquated term" which carries negative connotations to describe music by black artists. But which was it?

a)

Drill

b)

R&B

c)

Urban

12.

An unforeseen consequence of UK breweries scaling back production while pubs are temporarily closed has been a shortage of which of the following?

a)

Fish food

b)

Marmite

c)

Nutritional supplements

13.

A 60-year-old Italian woman who recently underwent brain surgery made headlines after the operating team revealed she had done what during a procedure to remove a tumour from her left temporal lobe?

a)

Watched cartoons

b)

Stuffed olives

c)

Played the violin

d)

Knitted a scarf

14.

Scientists have discovered an astronomical object that has never been seen before. What is it?

a)

A black neutron star

b)

A blue giant

c)

A brown dwarf

d)

A red supergiant