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First News 835

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

June marks which month, celebrating the LGBT community?

a)

Diversity Month

b)

Pride Month

c)

LGBT Month

d)

Rainbow Month

2.

HMS Gloucester, a wrecked warship, has been discovered off the coast of England. The ship sank in 1682 carrying who?

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

Queen Elizabeth II

c)

King James II

d)

Queen Victoria

3.

New research has revealed that which animal may not be extinct as previously thought?

a)

The dodo

b)

The Tasmanian tiger

c)

The Irish elk

A species of

d)

Galápagos giant tortoise

4.

A Google employee working on an AI (artificial intelligence) has claimed that the system has feelings.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Why has an art exhibition in Slovenia been cancelled just hours before its opening?

a)

Because some of its artworks might be fake

b)

Because some of its artworks were stolen

c)

Because there was a flood in the gallery

d)

Because a group of foxes were found wandering the gallery

6.

What unique plan has New Zealand come up with to tackle global warming?

a)

Encouraging everyone to use public transport in towns and cities

b)

Making everyone go vegan

c)

Taxing cow and sheep burps

d)

Installing solar panels on every home in the country

7.

What do researchers from Southampton believe they have found the fossilised remains of on the Isle of Wight, UK?

a)

An Ice Age bear

b)

A caveman

c)

A baby mammoth

d)

The largest predatory dinosaur ever found in Europe

8.

Why have two tourists been banned from the famous Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy?

a)

One of them threw an e-scooter down the steps, causing damage

b)

They wrote graffiti on the steps

c)

They hosted a water fight there

d)

They slid down the banister of the steps on skateboards

9.

Scientists in Japan have made ‘edible cement’ entirely from food waste.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which celebrity scored the winning penalty for Soccer Aid this year?

a)

Singer Tom Grennan

b)

Runner Sir Mo Farah

c)

Comedian Lee Mack

d)

Footballer Jamie Carragher