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Weekly news quiz 10th June 2022
Weekly news quiz 10th June 2022
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1
'Running Up That Hill' by Kate Bush has surged in the charts after featuring in which hit TV show?
Obi Wan Kenobi
Brooklyn 99
Heartstopper
Stranger Things
2
Ukraine’s band won the Eurovision song contest this year. What did the band do with their trophy?
They gave it as a gift to their president, Zelenskiy
They melted it down to make bullets
They gave it to a refugee centre in Poland
They sold it to raise money for the war
3
A new Guinness World Record has been set for the biggest wave ever surfed. How big was the wave?
19.84m
22.36m
31.90m
26.21m
4
Tonga's recent volcanic eruption has been confirmed as...?
Longest eruption since 1883
Largest explosion recorded since 1883
The most destructive eruption in the last 1000 years
The most expensive damage caused in the last 100 years
5
This is the flag of which country, which will controversially host the football world cup later this year?
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Yemen
UAE
6
Iman Vellani stars in which new Marvel TV series, the first to feature a Muslim as the lead character?
She-hulk
Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Hawkeye
Ms Marvel
7
In which coastal town did this happen to a superyacht this week?
Plymouth
Blackpool
Torquay
Brighton
8
What type of triangle is this?
Equilateral
Right angled
Scalene
Isosceles
9
Which country is introducing laws that will put a freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns?
Canada
France
United Kingdom
United States of America
10
What is the name of this actor, who stars in a film that is breaking box office rules around the world?
Tom Hanks
Jason Statham
Tom Cruise
Matthew McConaughey
11
A special edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has been sold. What is special about this particular book?
It is impossible to burn it
The text is written in invisible ink
Atwood illustrated it herself
The cover is pure gold
12
China's population has shrunk for the first time in 60 years, but it still makes up what proportion of the world?
One sixth
One quarter
One third
One fifth
13
Elon Musk recently told his staff at Tesla …?
They now have to call him E
They all have to set up twitter accounts and follow his account
They must drive electronic vehicles
They can no longer work from home
14
1000s of images and documents related to Uyghur muslims being held in camps, have been leaked. This is in which country?
India
China
Russia
Kazakhstan
15
Turkey will be known as Türkiye at the United Nations from now on. Türkiye's capital city is?
Ankara
Side
Istanbul
Budapest
16
English cricket fans have paid tribute to cricket legend Shane Warne during a test match at Lord’s, in which city?
Birmingham
Leeds
Manchester
London
17
Frances Quinn, a former Bake-Off winner, has baked the world's largest jaffa cake, which weighs how much?
8kg
80kg
8000kg
800kg
18
The UK has been celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee, which celebrates how many years on the throne?
50
75
70
60