the current events quiz

THE

CURRENT EVENTS

QUIZ

8th May 2020

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• For the time being I am aiming to keep the quiz going despite UK schools being technically shut.

• A number of users have asked that I continue so they can use it for the kids that are coming to school and for home school over the internet!

• I will try and keep it going but we will have to see how I get on.

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Current Events Quiz:Question 1Q1) Which multinational business tried to claim ownership of #May the 4 th?

Current Events Quiz:Question 2Q2) Carrie Symonds announced the birth her son at a London hospital on

the 29th April, who is the father of her baby?

Current Events Quiz:Question 3Q3) Captain Tom, who raised over £30 million for the NHS has received an

honorary promotion in the Army to what rank?

Current Events Quiz:Question 4Q4) Although there is no official lockdown in Sweden the city of Lund spread

what substance in its central park in an effort to deter crowds gathering for a

festival to celebrate Walpurgis Night on 30th April?

Current Events Quiz:Question 5Q5) Actor Irrfan Khan died, last week from a rare cancer, which of his films won

best picture at the Oscars in 2009?

Current Events Quiz:Question 6Q6) NASA has selected Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Elon Musk's SpaceX and Alabama-

based Dynetics to work on space craft under the space agency’s plans to do what

in 2024?

Current Events Quiz:Question 7Q7) Australia have returned to the top of the cricket Test rankings for the

first time in four years and the Black Caps have moved up to second, which

country are the Black Caps?

Current Events Quiz:Question 8Q8) The duchess of Sussex is suing which newspaper for breach of privacy and

copyright infringement after articles reproduced parts of a letter she sent to her

father, Thomas Markle?

Current Events Quiz:Question 9

Q9) According to US officials There is "clear-cut" evidence that a drug called

Remdesivir can help people recover from the coronavirus after clinical trials

showed it can cut the duration of symptoms from 15 days down to 11. What

illness was it originally developed to treat?

Current Events Quiz:Question 10Q10) Which leading British aerospace manufacturer is considering cutting up to

15% of its workforce, (about 8,000 people) because of Corona virus?

Current Events Quiz:

The Answers


Disney

Q1) Which multinational business tried to claim ownership of #May the 4 th?


Boris Johnson

Q2) Carrie Symonds announced the birth her son at a London hospital on

the 29th April, who is the father of her baby?


Colonel

Q3) Captain Tom, who raised over £30 million for the NHS has received an

honorary promotion in the Army to what rank?

Current Events Quiz:Question 4Q4) Although there is no official lockdown in Sweden the city of Lund spread

what substance in its central park in an effort to deter crowds gathering for a

festival to celebrate Walpurgis Night on 30th April?

Chicken Manure


Slumdog Millionaire

Q5) Actor Irrfan Khan died, last week from a rare cancer, which of his films won

best picture at the Oscars in 2009?


Put a man or woman on the moon

Q6) NASA has selected Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Elon Musk's SpaceX and Alabama-

based Dynetics to work on space craft under the space agency’s plans to do what

in 2024?


New Zealand

Q7) Australia have returned to the top of the cricket Test rankings for the

first time in four years and the Black Caps have moved up to second, which

country are the Black Caps?

(a baby or “new” seal, definitely my worst clue in months!)


Mail on Sunday

Q8) The duchess of Sussex is suing which newspaper for breach of privacy and

copyright infringement after articles reproduced parts of a letter she sent to her

father, Thomas Markle?


Ebola

Q9) According to US officials There is "clear-cut" evidence that a drug called

Remdesivir can help people recover from the coronavirus after clinical trials

showed it can cut the duration of symptoms from 15 days down to 11. What

illness was it originally developed to treat?


Rolls-Royce

Q10) Which leading British aerospace manufacturer is considering cutting up to

15% of its workforce, (about 8,000 people) because of Corona virus?

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