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WorksheetsWeekly Quiz 9th Feb 2023
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
In the UK, workers are using the rising price of a chocolate frog to explain how their wages are falling in real terms. They are calling it the Freddo Index.
But the idea of using food as an economic index is nothing new. Which one of these is used by economists worldwide to compare the cost of living in different countries?
McFlurry Index
Potato Index
Lollipop Index
Big Mac Index
Boeing delivered its final 747 after a 54-year production run - what is the aircraft popularly known as?
Prince of the Skies
Princess of the Skies
Queen of the Skies
King of the Skies
Which Dubai eatery topped Mena's 50 Best Restaurants list for 2023?
Tresind Studio
Kinoya
Orfali Bros Bistro
Moonrise
A UK study revealed the discovery of which substance in human veins?
Dust
Microplastics
Salt
Pesticides
NFL great Tom Brady announced his retirement (again) - how many Super Bowl titles has he won?
Four
Five
Six
Seven
What is the name of the new Samsung Galaxy smartphone series?
23G
SG23
23SG
S23
A team of explorers completed the four-week Heart of Arabia trek across Saudi Arabia - how many kilometres did they cover?
1,300km
1,700km
2,100km
2,500km
What golfer won the Hero Dubai Desert Classic for a record-equalling third time?
Patrick Reed
Rory McIlroy
Henrik Stenson
Ian Poulter
What colour was the comet that appeared in skies around the world?
Green
Blue
Yellow
Red
Which hazardous object fell off a lorry and was finally found after a huge search mission in the Australian outback?
Unexploded grenade
vat of acid
radioactive capsule
vial of poison
A Japanese astraunaut on board the ISS shared this night-time image of which capital city in the Middle East?
Doha
Riyadh
Abu Dhabi
Amman
Melting micro-robots built by scientists. What could they one day be used for?
Locating earthquake victims
Searching for aliens
fighting disease
running supermarkets
According to the IMF, the UK will be the only advanced economy to shrink in 2023.
True
False
How many plant species is the island of Borneo home to?
1,000
5,000
10,000
15,000
In Japan, one YouTuber wanted to help his fish play Pokemon. But what else did the fish do?
Use his credit card
Fall in love with a goldfish on an aquarium livefeed
Become a chess grandmaster
Apply to university
In Dominica, Elvis Francois was washed out to sea while repairing his boat. For 24 days, what food did he survive on?
Watermelon
Cornflakes
Ketchup
Fish
William Golding's Lord of the Flies is about a great of small boys stranded on a deserted island. They become terrified by "the beast". But is the beast a real-life creature?
Yes
No
In Aspen, Colorado, a yearly competition for extreme winter sports is taking place. What is it called?
Snow Games
Winter Warrior Games
Winter Olympics
X Games
News broke this week about scientists' plan to bring one extinct animal back to life. Which animal is it?
Aurochs
Wooly Mammoth
T-Rex
Dodo
In Britain, some are discussing whether the country needs entirely new systems after one of the biggest days of strike action in recent history.
But which word best describes this system: "A society ruled by a single person or group with absolute power."
Autocracy
Democracy
Capitalism
Oligarchy
Maxwell Frost has become the first Gen Z member of the US Congress, sparking a debate about the right age for a politician. But when do most Britons think youth ends?
18
25
30
40
How many times a day does the average American have their location tracked by Big Tech firms?
105
376
747
919
