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WorksheetsWHS Weekly Quiz 21
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
By which date has the government pledged to vaccinate all adults in Britain against Covid-19?
July 31st 2021
December 31st 2021
July 31st 2022
China’s President Xi Jinping, has announced a ‘complete victory’ in a campaign to end rural poverty. China defines extreme rural poverty as anyone earning less than …?
$20.20 a day
$10.58 a day
$2.12 a day
Prince Philip has spent a number of days in hospital fighting an infection. How old is the Duke of Edinburgh?
95 years old
99 years old
100 years old
Ghana has become the first country in the world to …?
To experience a record breaking low temperature on the same week as a record breaking high temperature
Fully ban petrol cars
Receive COVID-19 vaccine for free from a global initiative
Which city has been announced as the preferred host for 2032 Summer Olympic Games?
Brisbane
Montreal
Berlin
Why were hundreds of university students evacuated from 12 halls of residence in Exeter last week?
an unexploded World War Two bomb had been found
there was a cloud of toxic fumes when a science experiment went wrong
a large sink hole was discovered on the university grounds
Which Commonwealth country recently observed the 10th anniversary of a devastating earthquake that took the lives of 185 people in the city of Christchurch?
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
In which sport do British teams like the London Pulse, Manchester Thu
Rugby
Netball
Basketball
Archaeologists in Pompeii have found a ceremonial chariot at the site of an illegal dig. Why is Pompeii so important to archaeologists?
It was the site of an ancient volcanic eruption
It was the site of an ancient famous battle
It was the site of an ancient landslide
What is being called one of Israel’s worst ecological disasters?
A massive oil spill off their coastline
A meltdown in a nuclear power plant
A massive rubbish dump fire
The Hasbro toy Mr Potato Head has been in the news lately, why?
They won’t be making the toy anymore because of a choking hazard
Mr Potato Head is being renamed Potato Head
The toy is celebrating is 40th birthday
More than 70 Australian baby black bats, who were on the brink of starvation three months ago, are now being released into the wild after being rescued by animal care groups. What is a baby bat known as?
A cub
A pup
A kit
True or False, Australian news is back on Facebook after they agreed to reverse a block on Australian content?
True
False
What is the most populated settlement in Staffordshire?
Stafford
Stoke-on-Trent
Lichfield
What action has the environmental organisation Greenpeace been taking recently to stop fishing boats trawling the sea floor near Brighton?
Circling fishing boats and filming them 24 hours a day
Dropping huge boulders into the sea
Sailing hundreds of fishing boats themselves to overcrowd the area
What is the name of the artist responsible for this artwork?
(a)
What hit this man's house in Denver, making international headlines last week?
his neighbour's spa pool
part of an aircraft
it still remains unidentified
Which famous sportsman was lucky to survive this situation last week?
Roger Federer
LeBron James
Tiger Woods
Which Asian country has this flag?
Vietnam
Thailand
Indonesia
What is the first name of this woman?
(a)
