Hi, welcome to Refugee Action’s quiz that will hopefully ignite your curiosity about Refugee Week and refugee issues.Have a go and maybe win a prize!!

Refugee Week Quiz 2014

Name this singer songwriter who is the daughter of Kosovo/ Albanian refugees and had a UK No 1 hit with “How do we party?”

Number 1

Number 2Who is this British born daughter of Zimbabwean refugees, singer and songwriter for indie rockers “The Noisettes?

Number 3Which French Poet and author of ‘Les Miserables’, sought refuge in the British Crown dependency in Guernsey from Napoleon 111?

Number 4Name this Revolutionary refugee from continental Europe who moved to London in 1848 and wrote ‘Das Kapital’?

Born Mathangi Arulpragasam this UK rapper and singer is a refugee from the civil war in Sri Lanka. Can you name her?

Number 5

Number 6Name the talk show host born in London to Polish/Jewish refugees who became a Cincinnati City councillor and has hosted his self-titled T.V show since 1991?

Number 7Who is this former Norwich F.C., (currently at Middlesborough), footballer who is a refugee from the civil war in Sierras Leon?

Number 8

How much money per day does the Home Office allocate to a destitute single asylum seeker?

a) £10.00 b) £5.23 c) £8.50 

Number 9Name the supermodel, (pictured), who came to the UK aged 14 as a refugee from the Sudanese civil war?

Number 10

What percentage of the world’s refugees live in the UK?

a) 2% b) 12% c) 33%

Number 11Name this reggae superstar who sought Refuge in the UK in 1978 after an assassination attempt in Jamaica?

Number 12Name these two sons of refugees whose mothers fled persecution in Germany and Iran respectively?

Number 13

Which of these three groups of countries hosts the greatest number of refugees?

Is it:

a) Pakistan Syria Iran

b) U.S.A Canada Mexico

c) U.K France Italy

Number 14

Place these EU countries in order of highest amount of refugees accepted: Germany, UK and France (according to the UNHCR 2011)

 1)…………………………………….

2)…………………………………….

3)…………………………………….

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