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Goldsmiths Quiz for Journalism Students
Goldsmiths Quiz for Journalism Students
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1
Who won the last general election?
Labour Party
Liberal Democrats
Conservative Party
No one - it was a hung parliament
2
What is the population of Greater London?
5.3 million
9.5 million
990,000
20.4 million
3
How many functioning stations are there on the London Underground?
180
450
230
272
4
Which of these artists who studied at Goldsmiths has NOT won the Turner Prize?
Angela de la Cruz
Steve McQueen
Laure Provoust
Damien Hirst
5
Who is the leader of the Liberal Democrats?
Tim Farron
Jo Swinson
Sir Ed Davey
No one
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Who won the Best British album at the Brit Awards in 2021?
Celeste (Not Your Muse)
Dua Lipa (Future Nostalgia)
Arlo Parks (Collapsed in Sunbeams)
Jessie Ware (What's Your Pleasure?)
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Who owns Instagram?
Jeff Bezos
Apple
Rupert Murdoch
Mark Zuckerberg
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Who is the Home Secretary?
Suella Braverman
Priti Patel
Sajid Javid
Amber Rudd
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In which year did the BA Journalism and History programme begin?
1988
2015
2010
2017
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Who is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Keir Starmer
Nigel Farage
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Of the four listed below which is the worst-selling print daily newspaper in the UK?
The Express
The Daily Mirror
The Guardian
The Times
12
What percentage of the UK population voted to leave the EU in the referendum?
53.2
48.1
51.9
60
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What was the turnout (ie percentage of the voting public who cast a vote)?
51.4 per cent
75.3 per cent
89.3 per cent
67.3 per cent
14
What is the best-selling daily newspaper in the UK (figures available)
The Times
The Daily Mail
The Telegraph
The Guardian
15
What is the deadline for Introduction to multimedia journalism?
December 22
January 5
December 16
December 14
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Which London borough is Goldsmiths in?
Deptford
Lewisham
New Cross
Tower Hamlets
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In what year did the BA Journalism programme begin?
2016
2013
2000
1995
18
How much does it cost to visit the Natural History Museum in Kensington, London?
Nothing
£2
£5
£8
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How much does a litre of non-organic cows milk cost at Tesco?
£1.50
90p
£1
80p
20
Who is the Shadow Home Secretary?
Tom Watson
Emily Thornberry
Yvette Cooper
Diane Abbott
21
In 2018 average sales for the Sun were...
200,000
7 million
3 million
1.4 million
22
Which piece of music is traditionally played last at Last Night of the Proms?
Yesterday
Knees up Mother Brown
Land of Hope and Glory
You'll Never Walk Alone
23
Who is the Shadow Foreign Secretary?
Nick Clegg
David Lammy
Jess Phillips
Emily Thornberry
24
Who won the Booker prize in 2021?
Damon Galgut (The Promise)
Nadifa Mohamed (The Fortune Men)
Anuk Arudpragasam (A Passage North)
Richard Powers (Bewilderment)
25
What percentage of the population identified as lesbian, gay or bi in the UK census in 2015?
1.7 per cent
5.6 per cent
30.1 per cent
18.2 per cent
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And who won Best Actor at the Oscars 2021?
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
27
When was the last general election?
12 December 2019
8 July 2017
1 May 2015
8 June 2017
28
How many boroughs is London divided into?
21
50
32
15
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Who is the leader of the Labour Party?
Tony Blair
Keir Starmer
Emily Thornberry
Jeremy Corbyn
30
What is the average house price in Lewisham in June 2022
£332,000
£1.23 million
£665,000
£455,005
31
Who is the President of the European Commission?
Donald Tusk
Jean-Claude Juncker
Michel Barnier
Ursula von der Leyen
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Which film won the Best Film Bafta in 2021?
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Nomadland
The Father
Promising Young Woman
33
Who is the Foreign Secretary?
Philip Hammond
Priti Patel
Dominic Raab
James Cleverly
34
What is the population of the United Kingdon?
I billion
55.6 million
67.4 million
30 million
35
How many Muslims live in the UK?
20.2 million
3.3 million
12.3 million
8.1 million
36
How many students are there at Goldsmiths?
3000
7000
9000
10,000
37
Which is the most read online news site in the UK - excluding the BBC?
Mail online
Independent
Guardian
The Sun
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Who owns Facebook?
Rupert Murdoch
Mark Zuckerberg
the US government
Donald Trump
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In the 1990s sales of the Sun peaked. At what figure (daily sales)?
8 million
4.8 million
1 million
3 million
