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Weekly Quiz. 02/05/11. Question. 1. The planned HS2 high speed rail link will transport people between London and Birmingham. Where does HS1 already travel between?. a. London and Manchester b. London and Glasgow c. London and the Channel Tunnel. Question. 2.

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  1. Weekly Quiz 02/05/11

  2. Question 1 The planned HS2 high speed rail link will transport people between London and Birmingham. Where does HS1 already travel between? • a. London and Manchester • b. London and Glasgow • c. London and the Channel Tunnel

  3. Question 2 Which actress has been in the news for her portrayal of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher? • a. Helen Mirren • b. Meryl Streep • c. Judy Dench

  4. Question 3 In what country did a hot air balloon tragedy take place last week? • a. Australia • b. Canada • c. New Zealand

  5. 4 What Commonwealth country has this flag?

  6. Question 5 Organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games admitted they have sold too many tickets to which event? • a. track cycling • b. synchronised swimming • c. boxing

  7. Question 6 What was the cause of more than 50 fires around Los Angeles last week? • a. a major lightning storm • b. their hottest heatwave in a century • c. an arsonist

  8. Question 7 Why has Stepping Hill Hospital been in the news this week? • a. a nurse has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning patients there • b. there was a successful operation to separate conjoined twins there • c. the buildings are unstable and need to be demolished

  9. 8 What is this man’s job?

  10. Question 9 How many gold medals did Great Britain win in the 2008 Beijing Olympics? • a. 6 • b. 10 • c. 19

  11. Question 10 Which European country has been experiencing unusually heavy snow causing travel chaos on their roads and railways? • a. Austria • b. Germany • c. Hungary

  12. Question 11 Thousands of workers at Unilever are to stage 24-hour strikes over pensions. What does the Unilever company do? • a. produce food, cleaners and toiletries • b. refine chemicals and fuel • c. provide insurance and finance

  13. 12 In what country was this photo taken in recently?

  14. Question 13 Mount Etna - Europe's tallest and most active volcano, has erupted, spewing lava and volcanic ash into the sky. What country is it in? • a. Spain • b. Italy • c. Greece

  15. Question 14 Why was Prince Edward’s wife - The Countess of Wessex, in the news last week? • a. she has been selected to compete in the Olympic show jumping team • b. she has announced her third pregnancy • c. she received expensive jewelry from the royal family of Bahrain

  16. Question 15 True or False, Americans will be voting for their president later this month?

  17. 16 What country was this photo taken in last week? a. India b. Singapore c. Burma

  18. Question 17 What war is the Treaty of Versailles associated with? • a. World War 1 • b. World War 2 • c. The Korean War

  19. Question 18 There are major concerns about the safety of some French-made implants used in cosmetic surgery. What substance are these implants made from?

  20. Question 19 What is the capital city of Portugal?

  21. 20 Name this sportsman.

  22. Answers

  23. 1 The planned HS2 high speed rail link will transport people between London and Birmingham. Where does HS1 already travel between? • c. London and the Channel Tunnel - The link helps passengers travel from London to Paris in 2hrs 15mins at speeds of up to 300km per hour.

  24. 2 Which actress has been in the news for her portrayal of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher? • b. Meryl Streep - there has been criticism of how Margaret Thatcher is portrayed in the film. Some critics think it is unfair that the movie highlights the effects of dementia on the former Prime Minister.

  25. 3 In what country did a hot air balloon tragedy take place last week? • c. New Zealand - 11 people lost theirs lives when a sight-seeing balloon hit power lines igniting the fuel tanks onboard.

  26. 4 What Commonwealth country has this flag? • Kenya

  27. 5 Organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games admitted they have sold too many tickets to which event? • b. synchronised swimming - Thousands of people who bought the tickets have been asked to return them, after the organisers discovered that they had sold 10,000 too many.

  28. 6 What was the cause of more than 50 fires around Los Angeles last week? • c. an arsonist - police have arrested a 24-year-old German man after he started more than 50 fires mainly in car ports and vehicles parked on streets.

  29. 7 Why has Stepping Hill Hospital been in the news this week? • a. a nurse has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning patients there - It is believed patients had their saline drips tampered with.

  30. 8 What is this man’s job? • Mayor of London (Boris Johnson)

  31. 9 How many gold medals did Great Britain win in the 2008 Beijing Olympics? • c. 19 - Results were particularly strong in cycling (8) and sailing (4).

  32. 10 Which European country has been experiencing unusually heavy snow causing travel chaos on their roads and railways? • a. Austria - Up to 1.2 metres (4ft) of fresh snow has been recorded in some areas since Thursday. Major rail lines have closed and around 15000 tourists have been snowed in at ski resorts.

  33. 11 Thousands of workers at Unilever are to stage 24-hour strikes over pensions. What does the Unilever company do? • a. produce food, cleaners and toiletries - the Birtish and Dutch multinational is the world’s third largest consumer goods company. Last year it sold £36 billion of products

  34. 12 In what country was this photo taken in recently? • North Korea (funeral for Kim Jong Il)

  35. 13 Mount Etna - Europe's tallest and most active volcano, has erupted, spewing lava and volcanic ash into the sky. What country is it in? • b. Italy - the Sicilian volcano sent out out a 5000-metre-high column of volcanic ash.

  36. 14 Why was Prince Edward’s wife - The Countess of Wessex, in the news last week? • c. she received expensive jewelry from the royal family of Bahrain - her acceptance of the jewels has been criticised amid reports of human rights abuses under that country’s regime.

  37. 15 True or False, Americans will be voting for their president later this month? • False - The elections are not until November. The Republican Party is currently trying to decide who will contest the election against Barack Obama.

  38. 16 What country was this photo taken in last week? a. India b. Singapore c. Burma • c. Burma (William Hague meeting Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi as part of his visit there)

  39. 17 What war is the Treaty of Versailles associated with? • a. World War 1 - it was a peace treaty that ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919

  40. 18 There are major concerns about the safety of some French-made implants used in cosmetic surgery. What substance are these implants made from? • Silicon - The implants are deemed to be unsafe. Women given PIP breast implants should be able to have them removed by whoever fitted them, according to the government.

  41. 19 What is the capital city of Portugal? • Lisbon

  42. 20 Name this sportsman. • Andy Murray

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