First News Quiz – 20 June 2022

Question 1

Scientists in Japan have made ‘edible cement’ entirely from food waste.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Which celebrity scored the winning penalty for Soccer Aid this year?

Accepted Answer

Comedian Lee Mack

Question 3

Why have two tourists been banned from the famous Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy?

Accepted Answer

One of them threw an e-scooter down the steps, causing damage

Question 4

Why has an art exhibition in Slovenia been cancelled just hours before its opening?

Accepted Answer

Because some of its artworks might be fake

Question 5

A Google employee working on an AI (artificial intelligence) has claimed that the system has feelings.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What unique plan has New Zealand come up with to tackle global warming?

Accepted Answer

Taxing cow and sheep burps

Question 7

HMS Gloucester, a wrecked warship, has been discovered off the coast of England. The ship sank in 1682 carrying who?

Accepted Answer

King James II

Question 8

What do researchers from Southampton believe they have found the fossilised remains of on the Isle of Wight, UK?

Accepted Answer

The largest predatory dinosaur ever found in Europe

Question 9

June marks which month, celebrating the LGBT community?

Accepted Answer

Pride Month

Question 10

New research has revealed that which animal may not be extinct as previously thought?

Accepted Answer

A species of Galápagos giant tortoise

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