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Summer 2023 Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was the final of the Women's World Cup held?

a)

Wellington

b)

Auckland

c)

Melbourne

d)

Sydney

2.

Which North African country was Mohamed Bazoum the President of until he was toppled in a coup in July?

a)

Mali

b)

Niger

c)

Senegal

d)

Mauritania

3.

Which Hawaiian island suffered from the worst of the fires this summer?

a)

Molokai

b)

Kahoʻolawe

c)

Maui

d)

Kauai

4.

Which band have cancelled shows in Indonesia and Taiwan after their gig in Malaysia was cut short when the singer criticised the country's anti-LGBT legislation?

a)

The XX

b)

The National

c)

The 1975

d)

The Proclaimers

5.

Amongst much criticism, Elon Musk rebranded the social media platform Twitter. What is its new name?

a)

Q

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

6.

Who became Wimbledon’s first unseeded women’s champion?

a)

Aryna Sabalenka


b)

Markéta Vondroušová

c)

Elina Svitolina


d)

Iga Świątek

7.

Which royal figure from the past had his face recreated using AI based on his death mask and various paintings of him?

a)

James VI/ James I

b)

'Bonnie' Prince Charlie

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Richard III

8.

Several hundred people were taken ill at the World Scout Jamboree due to a heatwave, and then hundreds more were evacuated due to the weather. But where was it being held?

a)

Seoul, South Korea

b)

Beijing, China

c)

Taipei, Taiwan

d)

Osaka, Japan

9.

Which joke was voted the funniest of the Edinburgh Fringe 2023?

a)
  1. I entered the 'How not to surrender' competition and I won hands down - Bennett Arron

b)
  1. Last year I had a great joke about inflation. But it's hardly worth it now - Amos Gill


c)
  1. Nationwide must have looked pretty silly when they opened their first branch - William Stone

d)
  1. I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah - Lorna Rose Treen

10.

Who pulled out of the Edinburgh Book Festival at the last minute in protest at their sponsors Bailllie Gifford?

a)

Alice Oseman

b)

Greta Thunberg

c)

David Walliams

d)

David Attenborough

11.

What was the best film of the summer?

a)

Barbie

b)

Oppenheimer

c)

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning

d)

Other

e)

None

12.

What was the song of the summer?

4 lines
13.

What books did you read this summer? Would you recommend them?

4 lines
14.

Choose three words which best describe your summer.

4 lines
15.

Draw a picture which represents your summer.

16.

What news story or event from the last month or two have you been interested in?

4 lines
17.

What newspapers, magazines or current affairs websites have you been reading recently?

4 lines
18.

Are there any podcasts, Youtube channels, TV shows, documentaries, radio shows or other media that you would recommend?

4 lines