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Topical Quiz - 06 October, 2023
What major sporting event started this week?
What annoyed the authorities about Dish Network?
What is the name of the BBC royal correspondent?
What is a nebula?
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1.
What major sporting event started on 5th October?
The Football World Cup
The Men’s Cricket World Cup
The Netball World Cup
The Rugby World Cup
The cup is played for once every 4 years. England are the current holders.
2.
Dish Network were fined for what this week?
Illegal use of immigrant workers
Leaving space junk orbiting the Earth
Tax irregularities
Unauthorized dumping of waste into rivers
They were fined $150,000 dollars for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from Earth.
3.
The James Webb Space Telescope has recently found “planets” free-floating in space in which nebula?
Eagle Nebula
Horsehead Nebula
Orion Nebula
Trifid Nebula
Although it is about 1,344 light years away, the nebula is visible with the naked eye and becomes clear with binoculars.
4.
What would you find in a Nebula?
Dust
Gas
Developing Stars
All of the above
A nebula is often referred to as “The birthplace of new stars”
5.
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to Karikó and Drew Weissman this week for their work on what?
Antibiotics
Bacteria
Vaccines
X-Rays
Their ideas about mRNA were a huge scientific breakthrough, and saved millions of lives during the coronavirus pandemic.
6.
Which US politician has been toppled from his position as the US House of Representatives Speaker?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Kevin McCarthy
When Mr. McCarthy lost a vote of no confidence, he became the first speaker ever to be demoted in this way.
7.
The Prime Minister announced the scrapping of part of the HS2 high speed rail line. Which two cities would have been connected by this?
London to Birmingham
London to Bristol
Birmingham to Cardiff
Birmingham to Manchester
The London to Birmingham leg of HS2 is already being built and will continue.
8.
Why is the UK’s largest lake (Lough Neagh, near Belfast) turning green?
Blue-green algal bloom
Decaying dead fish
Floating aquatic plants
Accumulation of minerals
Although it is called an “algal bloom” it isn’t actually an algae – it is a bacteria.
9.
What is the name of the BBC royal correspondent who announced that he will retire next year?
Nicholas Witchell
John Simpson
Frank Gardner
Clive Myrie
Nicholas Witchell joined the BBC nearly 50 years ago and has covered the Royal Family for the last 25 years.
10.
TikTok is trying out a monthly subscription that eliminates adverts on its platform. Where is it being trialled?
England
France
USA
The company declined to say
Given that there are 1.6 billion (1,600,000,000) users of TikTok, the trial area is not likely to be kept secret for very long!
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