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WorksheetsAgnes' leaving - the big quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which events happened in the year Agnes' was born (1982) (select 2)
Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data
Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
Eurythmics release their breakthrough second studio album "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
"Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," is released in the US
How many days has Agnes been employed at the University? Agnes started in 2013. (Values rounded to nearest 100 days)
4,000
5000
3500
2750
On this day (April 17, any year) what other major event happened?
Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
Longest game in Professional Baseball: Pawtucket Red Sox tie Rochester Red Wings 2-2 in 32 innings
Sally Ride is named the 1st American woman astronaut
27th Eurovision Song Contest: Nicole for Germany wins singing "Ein bißchen Frieden" in Harrogate
The world record for the most skydives completed on a calendar day is held by Jay Stokes. But how many skydives did they perform?
(a)
Can you pick out the facts about Hull? Select three.
England's smallest window - The window is about 10” x 1” and is said to have been used by the gatekeeper of the Hotel to look out for stagecoaches and customers.
Cream telephone boxes - Hull is the only place in the country not to have BT provide its telephone services.
Amy Johnson CBE was born in Kingston-Upon-Hull. She was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.
The UK’s oldest pub is based right here - it dates back more than 1,000 years from when Vikings were conquering the country.
The world record for longest bunting was set in Hull - The city made their best effort to create a seven-mile stretch of bunting along the Tour de France route.
What is the highest sky dive ever performed (in feet)?
(a)
Match the polish dish/food (image) with its name
Bigos
Golabki
Placki Ziemniaczane
Pączki
Makowiec
What is the capital of Poland?
Warsaw
Kraków
Wrocław
Gdańsk
Poland is the (Blank) largest country in Europe.
4th
6th
7th
9th
Felix Baumgartner, widely known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere, holds the top speed record for skydiving at what speed?
1,357 km/h
1,262 km/h
817 km/h
1849 km/h
1017 km/h
