First News Quiz – 16 May 2022

Question 1

After winning the Championship, which Fulham football player has broken a record by scoring 43 goals this season?

Accepted Answer

Aleksandar Mitrović

Question 2

What have researchers at Cambridge University taught a robot chef to do?

Accepted Answer

Chew and taste food

Question 3

Why has Europe’s mission to find life on Mars been set back for several years?

Accepted Answer

Because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Question 4

Which game console, sent to the Queen in 2009 to promote the launch of Big Family Games, has been put up for auction?

Accepted Answer

A gold-plated Nintendo Wii

Question 5

A Canadian couple who ran a restaurant in the 1970s might make thousands from a painting they swapped for what?

Accepted Answer

Grilled cheese sandwiches

Question 6

Why are people in parts of Rome, Italy, no longer allowed to go for a picnic?

Accepted Answer

Due to the city’s growing population of wild boar

Question 7

A British-built aircraft powered by magnetic energy has successfully made its first flight.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Cow burps have been seen from space for the first time.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

The Australian island of Tasmania has become one of the first parts of the world to be recognised as what?

Accepted Answer

Carbon negative

Question 10

A dog has won a medal after saving many lives in the war in Ukraine.

Accepted Answer

True

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