20/10/14

1. Weekly Quiz Wk 8 20/10/14

2. Question 1 In which country have over 100 trekkers been stranded, including many Britons, due to severe blizzards? • a. Pakistan • b. Switzerland • c. Nepal 

3. Question 2 Which of the following football issues has been discussed a lot in the news recently? • a. the distance of seating from the pitch • b. the performance of referees • c. the price of tickets to football matches

4. Question 3 Which UK city suffered from flooding after heavy rain last week? • a. Edinburgh • b. Cardiff • c. Belfast

5. 4 This musician has been in the news a lot recently. What name is he known by?

6. Question 5 Why was a cruise ship unable to dock as planned in Mexico last week? • a. a passenger was suspected to have Ebola so the ship was denied clearance to dock • b. they got stuck on rocks • c. they lost all power to their engines

7. Question 6 Which fictional character is turning 40 this year? • a. Peppa Pig • b. Hello Kitty • c. Mickey Mouse

8. Question 7 What is the main reason that tens of thousands of union members have been marching in towns and cities around the UK? • a. they want an increase in pay • b. they want an increase in holiday leave • c. they want a decrease in union fees

9. 8 Which famous city is shown in this photo?

10. Question 9 Of which country is Tony Abbott the leader? • a. Ireland • b. Canada • c. Australia

11. Question 10 Should people put their clocks forwards or backwards when British Summer Time (BST) finishes this weekend?

12. Question 11 Controversial athlete Justin Gatlin did not make the short list for the IAAF World Athlete of the Year. What discipline does the American compete in? • a. sprinting • b. javelin • c. decathlon

13. 12 Which famous landmark is shown in this photo from last week?

14. Question 13 Which country has been suffering the effects of Cyclone Hudhud? • a. India • b. Bermuda • c. Japan

15. Question 14 A historian believes that King Harold may have survived the Battle of Hastings against William the Conqueror and is conducting underground scans to prove his theory. When did the Battle of Hastings occur? • a. 1066 • b. 1366 • c. 1666

16. Question 15 Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel set up the Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Peace and Literature (amongst others) in 1895. What is his most famous invention? • a. the microscope • b. the telephone • c. dynamite

17. 16 Which country has this flag?

18. Question 17 Why was the football match between Serbia and Albania abandoned last week? • a. the Albanian team refused to play and did not turn up to the match • b. somebody had dug holes in the pitch the night before • c. somebody used a drone to fly an Albanian flag and it caused a brawl amongst the players

19. Question 18 How has Jeremy Clarkson got himself into trouble this time!? • a. he was caught speeding • b. he has made disrespectful remarks about the Prime Minister • c. he tweeted a photo of himself cleaning a car engine with Argentina's flag

20. Question 19 What type of environmental threat are authorities in Canada responding to? • a. a fast spreading virus amongst their walrus colonies • b. a potential spill from an oil tanker that has lost engine power • c. heavy rain that may overflow a lake at a toxic waste site

21. 20 Name the woman on the right of this photo.

22. Answers

23. 1 In which country have over 100 trekkers been stranded, including many Britons, due to severe blizzards? • c. Nepal - The blizzard, which struck the Annapurna ranges in Nepal last week causing avalanches. After a fourth day of searches, 384 people have been rescued from the Annapurna trail, 216 of them foreigners, in the country's worst-ever trekking disaster.

24. 2 Which of the following football issues has been discussed a lot in the news recently? • c. the price of tickets to football matches - The average price of the cheapest tickets in English football have risen at nearly three times the rate of inflation in the last year.

25. 3 Which UK city suffered from flooding after heavy rain last week? • c. Belfast - Properties across the city experienced "internal flooding" following the heavy rain. Transport NI responded to 138 incidents as a result of the weather and disinfectant clean-up operations had to be carried out where sewage flooding occurred.

26. 4 This musician has been in the news a lot recently. What name is he known by? • Bono - revealed that the reason he wears sunglasses is because he suffers from glaucoma.

27. 5 Why was a cruise ship unable to dock as planned in Mexico last week? • a. a passenger was suspected to have Ebola so the ship was denied clearance to dock - The ship, Carnival Magic, left from Galveston in Texas with a Dallas health worker who may have had contact with specimens from the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. A Mexican port official said they decided against the ship's docking as a preventive measure against Ebola.

28. 6 Which fictional character is turning 40 this year? • b. Hello Kitty - Merchandise from the Japanese character earns $7 billion a year, all without any advertising.

29. 7 What is the main reason that tens of thousands of union members have been marching in towns and cities around the UK? • a. they want an increase in pay - The Trades Union Congress (TUC) organised the protests under the theme of "Britain Needs a Pay Rise". They say average wages have fallen by £50 a week in real terms since 2008. The government says that pay restraint has safeguarded jobs and services.

30. 8 Which famous city is shown in this photo? • Venice - The 'floating' Italian city attracts millions of international tourists each year.

31. 9 Of which country is Tony Abbott the leader? • c. Australia - The outspoken PM wants to confront Putin over Australians killed in July's MH17 plane crash. It's believed Russian backed militants fired a missile at the plane.

32. 10 Should people put their clocks forwards or backwards when British Summer Time (BST) finishes this weekend? • Backwards - The easiest way to remember is 'Spring forward, Fall back' (fall means autumn in the US)

33. 11 Controversial athlete Justin Gatlin did not make the short list for the IAAF World Athlete of the Year. What discipline does the American compete in? • a. sprinting - He did not make the final three despite earlier making the top 10 list of nominations. Some thought he should not be nominated at all because he served two doping bans in 2001 and 2006. Gatlin has this year run the fastest 100m and 200m by a man in his thirties.

34. 12 Which famous landmark is shown in this photo from last week? • The Tower of London - the art installation is called Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red. Each poppy commemorates a fallen WW1 serviceman

35. 13 Which country has been suffering the effects of Cyclone Hudhud? • a. India - The cyclone wrecked homes, uprooted trees and power lines, blocked roads and damaged crops in the two states. As many as 400,000 people have been forced to flee from the eastern coast.

36. 14 A historian believes that King Harold may have survived the Battle of Hastings against William the Conqueror and is conducting underground scans to prove his theory. When did the Battle of Hastings occur? • a. 1066 - Novelist and amateur historian Peter Burke wants to test his theory that the king recovered and lived for 40 years after the battle in 1066. An underground scan is being carried out at Waltham Abbey in Essex.

37. 15 Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel set up the Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Peace and Literature (amongst others) in 1895. What is his most famous invention? • c. dynamite - Nobel amassed a fortune during his lifetime, with most of his wealth from his 355 inventions, of which dynamite is the most famous. In his will he gifted 95% of his fortune be used to create a series of prizes for those who contribute the "greatest benefit on mankind".

38. 16 Which country has this flag? • Turkey

39. 17 Why was the football match between Serbia and Albania abandoned last week? • c. somebody used a drone to fly an Albanian flag and it caused a brawl amongst the players - A brother of Albanian PM Edi Rama denied being detained in Serbia on suspicion of controlling the drone. Ordinary Albanian fans had been banned from attending the game between the two Balkan nations, which have a long and bitter history of rivalry.

40. 18 How has Jeremy Clarkson got into trouble this time!? • a. he was caught speeding - The Top Gear host , says he will have points on his licence for the first time in 30 years after he was caught speeding between Whitby and London. Last month he wrote an article complaining about the amount of speed cameras on the same route.

41. 19 What type of environmental threat are authorities in Canada responding to? • b. a potential spill from an oil tanker that has lost engine power - A Russian container ship with hundreds of tons of fuel on board is drifting without power in rough seas near British Columbia. The Canadian Coast Guard is trying to use a towline to move the ship away from the coastline. However, there are fears it could run aground as storms and heavy seas are forecast.

42. 20 Name the woman on the right of this photo. • Samantha Cameron - she is a businesswoman and the wife of PM David Cameron