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Topical Quiz - 15 September, 2023
Try this family topical quiz to revisit the week’s big stories, from public events and science news to culture, politics, and everyday issues in the headlines.
1 .
What is the name given to the popular series of classical music concerts that takes place at the Royal Albert Hall each year?
Bombs
Pommes
Proms
Comms
The name given to these concerts was once "The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts" but over the years it has been gradually shortened to "Proms". It's sponsored by the BBC so they always refer to it as "The BBC Proms".
2 .
Who did England play in their opening game of The Rugby World Cup?
Argentina
Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
To the surprise of many sports commentators, England won by 27 to 10
3 .
The most popular news programme for children is Newsround. What time does their regular daily bulletin appear?
7:00am
8:00am
9:00am
10:00am
The programme has now be running for over 50 years and is still as popular as ever
4 .
A deadly earthquake recently occurred in Morocco. On which continent is Morocco?
Europe
Africa
South America
Australia
It is in Northern Africa, just 13 kilometers south of Gibralter
5 .
What gave state pensioners cause for celebration this week?
Three of them in Surrey won the National Lottery
They were told they would get a state bonus when they reached 110 years
They learned that pensions will rise by 8.5% next April
Two of them from Derbyshire climbed Mount Everest
The state pension each year is fixed by what is known as the "Triple Lock". This is the highest of three things - earnings, inflation or 2.5%
6 .
YouTube has started verifying which group of people?
Bankers
Accountants
Estate Agents
Healthcare Workers
Healthcare videos are viewed billions of times every year on YouTube and it is feared that many of the videos have been made by people who are not medically competent
7 .
Scientists believe they may have detected evidence of a sign of life on a faraway planet. How far away is the planet?
One million miles
One billion miles
One trillion miles
120 light years
Here at Education Quizzes we calculate that it is 703,883,520,000,000 miles away so we are not likely to meet it very soon!
8 .
Which artist was responsible for the painting, worth several million £'s, that re-surfaced in Holland this week
Vincent van Gogh
Leonardo da Vinci
Pablo Picasso
Andy Warhol
The anonymous man who returned the painting said it had become a headache to keep holding on to it
9 .
Where have Apple iPhones been banned this week
France
Germany
Indonesia
China
Shares in Apple fell by £160 billion after the news was announced
10 .
A privately-owned herd of white rhino were purchased this week. How many were in the herd?
10
20
200
2,000
This represents more that 10% of the entire world population. The intention is to re-wild them in secret locations over the next 10 years
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