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Weekly Quiz 23 May 2025
Weekly Quiz 23 May 2025
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1
Wildlife presenter David Attenborough celebrated his birthday by releasing a documentary called Ocean. How old is he?
80
98
99
88
2
In which sport did the Dallas Mavericks win the Draft Lottery despite having just a 1.8% chance?
Baseball
American football
Basketball
Ice Hockey
3
Where was the United Kingdom placed in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest?
19th
11th
5th
9th
4
Which tech company does this man lead?
Microsoft
Motorola
Apple
Amazon
5
How many countries have managed to send people to walk on the Moon?
Two
Four
Three
One
6
More than 1,000 Starbucks workers in the United States went on strike last week. What were they protesting?
A change in the company logo
A new stricter dress code
A change in the company’s coffee bean suppliers
A reduction of staff break times
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Ukrainian President Zelensky & Russian President Putin met in Turkey for their first face-to-face peace talks last week?
False
True
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A Magna Carta document owned by Harvard has recently been confirmed as a lost original. What is the Magna Carta?
A play written by William Shakespeare
A medieval agreement that limited the powers of the English king
An early census of the population of the UK
The first book ever printed in the English language
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What is this building known as?
The Capitol
The Washington Monument
The White House
The Congress
10
Which country has this flag?
Laos
Mongolia
China
Vietnam
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Why has the word ‘Bayesian’ been in the news?
It’s a new AI model released by Google
It’s a new UK government cyber security programme
It’s the name of a luxury yacht that sank near Sicily
It's a form of statistical analysis recently banned by UK courts
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There are plans to return this animal to the wild in Britain. What type of animal is it?
Yak
Reindeer
Elk
Moose
13
Which act won the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest?
JJ, Austria
KAJ, Sweden
Yuval Raphael, Israel
Remember Monday, UK
14
What discovery made in Australia last week has changed scientists' understanding of when reptiles first lived on land?
A fossilised egg containing a baby reptile found in Tasmania
A new fossilised reptile found in the Northern Territories
A fossilised fish with legs discovered near the Great Barrier Reef
Fossilised footprints found in Melbourne
15
This item got stuck under a bridge in Australia last week. What is it?
A large petrol storage tank
A section of a wind turbine tower
A section of tunnel to be used on the connection from Melbourne to Sydney
A rocket booster
16
Last week, Donald Trump signed a $219B arms deal with Saudi Arabia. What was included in this major military agreement?
A $20 billion investment in AI
Deployment of US troops to the Saudi-Yemen border
The construction of a new US military base in the Arabian peninsula
The purchase of 10 US made nuclear submarines
17
The UK’s longest direct train service had its final 775 mile journey last week. Which two places did it connect?
Aberdeen and Penzance
Glasgow and Dover
Edinburgh and Plymouth
Inverness and Poole
18
Donald Trump has been offered what controversial gift from the government of Qatar?
A private island in the Persian Gulf
A luxury Boeing 747 jet to be used as his presidential plane
A new oil pipeline connecting the Middle East to the Americas
A fleet of armoured vehicles for his security detail
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According to the list published last week of the richest people in the UK, where does King Charles III rank in the list?
238th
50th
13th
196th
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Where are the Shetland Islands located?
North of Scotland
East of England
West of Wales
East of Northern Ireland
