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Warrior Weekly Quiz wk30

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which country recently launched part of its

first permanent space station?

a)

China

b)

Russia

c)

India

2.

Riders of the tallest rollercoaster in the

United Kingdom faced a terrifying climb

down after it came to a stop at its highest

point last week. What is the name of the

tallest rollercoaster in the United Kingdom?

a)

The Big One, Blackpool Pleasure

Beach

b)

The Odyssey, Fantasy Island

c)

Stealth, Thorpe Park

3.

What do Indonesian authorities suspect

caused the KRI Nanggala 402 submarine, to

sink last week?

a)

Underwater current

b)

A lightning strike

c)

A terrorist attack

4.

What have researchers discovered on the sea floor, off the

coast of Los Angeles?

a)

An active underwater volcano

b)

A sunken ship containing over $50

million in gold bars

c)

Thousands of barrels of a banned insecticide

5.

Whose wedding dress will be put on public

display at Kensington Palace?

a)

Queen Elizabeth II

b)

Princess Diana

c)

Duchess of Cambridge

6.

Why has multinational technology company

Amazon, been in the news recently?

a)

They are facing financial difficulties

b)

They are being accused of treating

workers badly

c)

They are buying Facebook

7.

What have Australian astronomers

discovered recently?

a)

A watery planet

b)

A really hot planet

c)

A planet containing signs of plant life

8.

Which of the following singers has become

the oldest man to top the UK album charts?

a)

Tom Jones

b)

Paul McCartney

c)

Cliff Richard

9.

What is a team of researchers in the US

using to prevent birds from flying into tall

buildings?

a)

Drones

b)

Sound waves

c)

Trained pigeons

10.

A group of French volunteers have emerged

from a cave after participating in a study

exploring the limits of human adaptability to

isolation. How long had they been in the

cave?

a)

40 days

b)

90 days

c)

285 days

11.

For how long have Premier League clubs carried out a boycott

of social media?

a)

48 hours

b)

4 days

c)

1 week

12.

In which Middle Eastern country were over

four dozen lives claimed in a tragic

stampede last week?

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Jordan

c)

Israel

13.

Which of the following was true of the United

Kingdom's weather in April?

a)

It was the windiest April for 60 years

b)

It was the sunniest April for 60 years

c)

It was the frostiest April for 60 years

14.

In which body of water would you find the

island and UK dependency of Jersey?

a)

The North Sea

b)

The English Channel

c)

The Irish Sea

15.

Who won the Best Actor Award at the

Oscars?

a)

Anthony Hopkins

b)

Sacha Baron Cohen

c)

Chadwick Boseman

16.

What name of this 21

tower that has been

undergoing a

5-year restoration?

a)

Elizabeth Tower

b)

Big Ben

c)

Victoria Spire

17.



(a)  

18.

a)

Toronto, Canada

b)

Milan, Italy

c)

Sydney, Australia

19.



(a)  

20.

a)

Labour

b)

Greens

c)

DUP