2. Natural gas is what type of resource?

3. Commuters in which Australian state capital are

to get free public transport for 12 days in April?

4. Thousands of people fled their homes near the

Taal volcano, in which Southeast Asian country,

after an eruption sent ash and steam hundreds of

metres into the sky?

5. Meteorologists have said that which weather

system, that brought torrential rains to

Australia’s east coast this summer, is likely to

extend well into autumn?

6. Which ride-sharing company has been granted a

two-and-a-half year licence to operate private hire

vehicles in London?

7. Ride-sharing apps and food delivery apps that

use digital platforms to connect freelancers with

customers to provide short-term services form

part of what type of economy?

8. A UN-sponsored index has named which

Scandinavian country as the world’s happiest

country for the fifth year in a row?

9. Which was the only non-European country to

feature in the top 10 in the happiness index?

10.The northern rivers region of New South Wales

has once again been hit with torrential rains

flooding towns including which town, Australia’s

most easterly?

11.Which Australian state capital was affected by its

second earthquake in a month?

12.Archaeologists are using a four-legged robotic

dog called Spot to safely inspect the streets and

tunnels of which ancient city destroyed by a

volcano in 79 AD?

13.Firefighters have been struggling to extinguish a

fire at one of India’s largest landfill sites that is

sending choking smoke across which inland city?

14.A surge in Covid cases has led to lockdowns in

which city of 25 million, China’s financial capital?

15.The UK’s Met Office* has redefined a heatwave

across a number of English counties as when an

area experiences daily maximum temperatures

reaching or exceeding what temperature for three

days in a row?