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Current Affairs News Quiz w/c 12 June 2023
Current Affairs News Quiz w/c 12 June 2023
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1
What percentage of people in the UK have a strong interest in the news, according to a new study?
71 %
51 %
26 %
43 %
2
Which British actress married American actor Billy Crudup in the US?
Kate Beckinsale
Kate Winslet
Naomi Watts
Emma Watson
3
Which US author is pulling a novel set in Russia from publication?
Rachel Cusk
Helen DeWitt
Elizabeth Gilbert
Sue Monk Kidd
4
Which athlete set a new British women's running record in 800 metres at the Paris Diamond League?
Mary Earps
Bronte Law
Keely Hodgkinson
Sophie Ecclestone
5
Which renowned chef landed a Guinness World Record for the largest-ever beef wellington?
Gordon Ramsey
Marco Pierre White
Heston Blumenthal
Jamie Oliver
6
Poland’s bus route 666 will now be known as what?
999
111
660
699
7
Which author recently received a knighthood at Buckingham Palace?
Val McDermid
Denise Mina
Ian Rankin
J K Rowley
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Activists from Just Stop Oil halted an opera performance at Glyndebourne by doing what?
Setting off a confetti bomb and blasting air horns
Loudly singing songs from “Phantom of the Opera”
Spraying the performers with champagne
Doing cartwheels across the stage while naked
9
Who has been nominated by the SNP as its candidate for the potential by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton?
Nicola Sturgeon
Katy Louden
Hamza Yousaf
Margaret Ferrier
10
Who won the 2023 Tony Award for best leading actress?
Laura Linney
Jessica Chastain
Sheridan Smith
Jodie Comer
11
The Department for Education is looking at introducing a new exam subject for GCSEs, but can you remember what it is?
British Sign Language
Kite making
Surfing
Braille
12
Novak Djokovic’s victory in the French Open final on Sunday takes his total tally of grand slam wins to how many?
22
24
23
21
13
The European Space Agency has released an image that shows which planet looking more colourful than once thought
Saturn
Neptune
Venus
Mars
14
It was a very hot week last week, how did a group of Sumatran tigers cooled off?
Cold Shower
Using a fan
Ice Lollies
Swimming
15
China has reportedly reached a secret deal to build a spy base in which country?
Nicaragua
Cuba
Honduras
Venezuela
16
What subject was 9-year-old Angie getting help with from 90-year-old Diana at school?
Maths
Reading
French
Writing
17
Revellers pelted each other with more than 10,000kg of what food at a festival in the Colombian town of Sutamarchán?
Cooked pasta
Bananas
Tomatoes
Rice
18
Real Madrid of Spain have recently signed a new footballer, but can you remember who it was?
Lionel Messi
Jack Grealish
Harry kane
Jude Bellingham
19
What is the title of the new Banksy exhibition opening at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art this weekend?
Home & Dry
Graffiti & Go
Spray & Spring
Cut & Run
20
The Commons privileges committee would have suspended Boris Johnson from Parliament for how long if he were still an MP?
10 Days
120 Days
30 Days
90 Days