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Warrior Weekly Quiz 12

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the storm that wreaked havoc across the United Kingdom recently?

a)

Storm Andrew

b)

Storm Arwen

c)

Storm Alwyn

2.

What is the name of the new Covid-19 variant causing concern amongst global health authorities?

a)

Omicron

b)

Sigma

c)

Kappa

3.

Which fictional character did UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, create an impromptu speech about when he lost his speaking notes during a major event last week?

a)

Peppa Pig

b)

Bob the Builder

c)

Pingu

4.

What change has Youtube recently made to its service?

a)

The site will soon be known as ‘Utube’

b)

videos are now limited to 2 minutes

c)

the dislike count on videos has been removed

5.

There was some controversy recently when MPs were told they couldn't bring what into parliament?

a)

mobile phones

b)

babies

c)

sportsshoes

6.

What change has Emanuel Macron made to flyingtheFrenchflagongovernment buildings?

a)

it is now always flown with the red section closest to the flag pole

b)

the flags all use a darker shade of blue than usual

c)

theflagisnowalwaysflownontop,with the European Union flag always lower

7.

Which of the following is NOT true of Swedish Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson?

a)

SheisthefirstfemalePrimeMinisterfor Sweden

b)

SheresignedonherfirstdayasPM

c)

ShehasbeenremovedasPrimeMinisterafteritwasconfirmedshewas notborninSweden

8.

A pair of cufflinks belonging to author Ian Fleming and engraved with an unsolved code sold for almost £6,000 at auction recently. WhichcharacterisIanFlemingfamousfor creating?

a)

SherlockHolmes

b)

JamesBond

c)

Superman

9.

WhichofthefollowingdoesNOTappearon theUKRoyalCoatofArms?

a)

Lion

b)

Bear

c)

Unicorn

10.

Former US President Donald Trump, was recently presented with ...?

a)

AdegreefromHarvardUniversity

b)

AblackbeltinTaekwondo

c)

Apatchedleatherjacketfroma

motorcyclegang

11.

Ambitious plans to build a bridge from Northern Ireland to Scotland were scrapped last week. What is the shortest distance between the countries?

a)

12 miles

b)

36 miles

c)

62 miles

12.

The coronavirus pandemic has left the Mediterranean island of Cyprus with a 6 million kilogram stockpile of halloumi after a decline in demand. What is halloumi?

a)

A type of cheese

b)

A type of grain

c)

Atypeoffabric

13.

What change has Spotify made to its playlist selections at the request of Adele?

a)

listenersmustnowaddatleasttwo songs from an album when making playlists

b)

theyhavehiddentheshufflebuttonfor albums

c)

herpreviousalbumshavebeentaken offthesitetemporarilytomakefans concentrate on her latest album

14.

Within which city would you find the Forbidden City?

a)

Istanbul

b)

Beijing

c)

Jerusalem

15.

What feature must all newly built homes in Englandhavefromnextyear?

a)

electricvehiclechargingpoints

b)

solarpanels

c)

light-colouredroofs

16.
a)

North America

b)

Australia

c)

South East Asia

17.

a)

left

b)

centre

c)

right

18.



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19.



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20.



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