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Weekly Quiz Wk 10. 10/11/14. Question. 1. New York ' s tallest building has just opened for business. What is its name?. a. Liberty Tower b. Peace Tower c. Freedom Tower. Question. 2.

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  1. Weekly Quiz Wk 10 10/11/14

  2. Question 1 New York's tallest building has just opened for business. What is its name? • a. Liberty Tower • b. Peace Tower • c. Freedom Tower

  3. Question 2 What type of flower is being used at the popular art installation Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red, currently on display at the Tower of London.

  4. Question 3 Violence broke out last week when 100,000 workers gathered to protest in which country? • a. Belgium • b. France  • c. India

  5. 4 In which country did this extraordinary scene take place last week?

  6. Question 5 The future of Britain in the EU has been an ongoing story in the news. In what year did Britain join the European Community? • a. 1921 • b. 1945 • c. 1973 • d. 1999

  7. Question 6 Which famous rock bands' drummer is appearing in New Zealand courts on serious charges? • a. Guns n Roses • b. AC/DC • c. Metallica

  8. Question 7 True of false, Antarctica is considered to be a desert?

  9. 8 Name this team that played in a match against England on the weekend?

  10. Question 9 What date is Guy Fawkes Night held on each year?

  11. Question 10 Studio giant Disney has revealed the title of the latest film in the Star Wars collection. How many films have there been including this one? • a. three • b. five • c. seven

  12. Question 11 Which international horse race attracted criticism after two of the competing horses died after the event? • a. The Melbourne Cup • b. The Kentucky Derby • c. The Hong Kong Cup

  13. 12 In which European city are people celebrating the 25th anniversary of this event? a. Berlin b. Paris c. Rome

  14. Question 13 Which political party won the majority of votes in the US mid-term elections? • a. The Republican Party • b. The Democratic Party • c. The UK Independence Party

  15. Question 14 Which UK car and jet engine manufacturer has announced that 2600 workers will be losing their jobs at the company? • a. Jaguar • b. Bentley • c. Rolls Royce

  16. Question 15 What is the most spoken language in the city of Stockholm?

  17. 16 Which country has this flag?

  18. Question 17 A recent survey has found 45% of seven- to 11-year-olds in the United Kingdom are unable to do which of the following? • a. tie their own shoe laces • b. swim the length of an average sized pool • c. locate their town on a map of the United Kingdom

  19. Question 18 The world's largest annual marathon was held on the 3rd of November in which city? • a. London • b. New York • c. Boston

  20. Question 19 What is the approximate population of Northern Ireland? • a. 1.8 million • b. 3.8 million • c. 5.8 million

  21. 20 Who is shown in this close-up photo?

  22. Answers

  23. 1 New York's tallest building has just opened for business. What is its name? • c. Freedom Tower - 13 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the first tenants moved their belongings into the new 104-storey building that stands on the site of the attacks.

  24. 2 What type of flower is being used at the popular art installation Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red, currently on display at the Tower of London. • Poppy - Up to four million people are expected to have visited before 12 November, when there will be 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British and Commonwealth death during WW1.

  25. 3 Violence broke out last week when 100,000 workers gathered to protest in which country? • a. Belgium - Violence has broken out across Brussels as 100,000 workers set fire to cars and threw cobblestones at police during a protest of government's free-market reforms and austerity measures.

  26. 4 In which country did this extraordinary scene take place last week? • United States - daredevil tightrope walker Nik Wallenda notched up two new world records (including a blindfolded walk) in Chicago last week.

  27. 5 The future of Britain in the EU has been an ongoing story in the news. In what year did Britain join the European Community? • c. 1973 - In 1975 PM Harold Wilson held a referendum on Britain's membership – the last national referendum the country has had. 66% voted yes – to stay in the European Community

  28. 6 Which famous rock bands' drummer is appearing in a New Zealand court on serious charges? • b. AC/DC - AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been charged with drug offences but has had charges of hiring a hitman dropped. The 60 year old moved to New Zealand in 1983.

  29. 7 True of false, Antarctica is considered to be a desert? • True - Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. It is considered a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland.

  30. 8 Name this team that played in a match against England on the weekend? • New Zealand (or The All Blacks) - Unfortunately England lost the close match 24 - 21

  31. 9 What date is Guy Fawkes Night held on each year? • 5th of November - It's based 1605 on the actions of Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, who was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords.

  32. 10 Studio giant Disney has revealed the title of the latest film in the Star Wars collection. How many films have there been including this one? • c. seven - filming for The Force AwakensIS over. It will be released in December 2015 as editing now has to take place. Star Wars has attracted generations of loyal fans ever since the first film arrived in 1977.

  33. 11 Which international horse race attracted criticism after two of the competing horses died after the event? • a. The Melbourne Cup - Japanese-trained favourite Admire Rakti collapsed after finishing last in the race won by German challenger Protectionist. Another competitor, Araldo, was put down after suffering a serious leg injury in a freak accident. Animal Welfare groups in Australia are calling for bans or restrictions on certain horse races in the wake of the event.

  34. 12 In which European city are people celebrating the 25th anniversary of this event? a. Berlin b. Paris c. Rome • a. Berlin - in 1989 residents dismantled the wall that had physically and symbolically divided the two sides of the city during the communist era.

  35. 13 Which political party won the majority of votes in the US mid-term elections? • a. The Republican Party - They have won control of the Senate, increasing their power in the final two years of Democrat President Barack Obama's presidency.

  36. 14 Which UK car and jet engine manufacturer has announced that 2600 workers will be losing their jobs at the company? • c. Rolls Royce - Engineering group Rolls-Royce has said it is planning to cut 2,600 jobs over the next 18 months. Most of the jobs would go in its aerospace division.

  37. 15 What is the most spoken language in Stockholm? • Swedish

  38. 16 Which country has this flag? • Jamaica

  39. 17 A recent survey has found 45% of seven- to 11-year-olds in the United Kingdom are unable to do which of the following? • b. swim the length of an average sized pool - The Amateur Swimming Association report says more than 1,000 primaries do not offer swim lessons, even though it is a skill on the national curriculum. The research also suggests 40% of parents are unaware of their child's progress in water safety and swimming.

  40. 18 The world's largest annual marathon was held on the 3rd of November in which city? • b. New York - The New York Marathon is the world's largest marathon with 50,000 finishers. Kenyan runner Wilson Kipsang won the US$600,000 first place prize.

  41. 19 What is the approximate population of Northern Ireland? • a. 1.8 million - The country is the smallest in the United Kingdom. England has 53m, Scotland 5.3m and Wales has 3m people

  42. 20 Who is shown in this close-up photo? • Ed Sheeran

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