QUIZ OF THE WEEK - 01 SEPTEMBER 2023
I hope you all had a great week. It's been a strange one for news headlines this week and a little depressing with so much bad news and sad news in the press. Here's hoping for a better new week and a nicer end to the year as we enter the Autumn!
Take care everyone and HAPPY QUIZZING.
QUESTIONS
1. What reason has been given by Government ministers for the immediate closure of 104 schools around the UK, which will affect 1000's of school-children who should be returning to their classes this month?
a. Possible collapse of buildings due to wood rot
b. Possible collapse of buildings due to corroded metalwork
c. Possible collapse of buildings due to unsafe concrete
d. Possible collapse of buildings due to possible subsidence
2. Which member of ABBA has relaunched a solo career this week with the single, ‘Where Do We Go From Here’?
a. Agnetha Faltskog
b. Benny Andersson
c. Bjorn Ulvaeus
d. Anni-Frid Lyngstad
3. Which SKY NEWS presenter broke down in tears during her final broadcast this week, after spending seven years with the news channel?
a. Jacquie Beltrao
b. Ali Fortescue
c. Jayne Secker
d. Kimberly Leonard
4. Jack Sonni died this week aged 68, with which classic UK band was he the guitar player with for much of his career?
a. Dire Straits
b. Marillion
c. Genesis
d. Mike and the Mechanics
5. The Rugby World Cup 2023 starts in France next week, but which country are currently Number One in the rankings?
a. New Zealand
b. South Africa
c. Ireland
d. England
6. In which South African city did at least 74 people tragically lose their lives when a fire broke out in a derelict building this week?
a. Cape Town
b. Johannesburg
c. Manguang
d. Durban
7. Which Republican senator ‘froze’ during an interview, the second time this happened on camera in a matter of weeks?
a. Dan Sullivan
b. Katie Britt
c. John Boozman
d. Mitch McConnell
8. What name was given to the hurricane which made landfall in Florida this week, causing billions of dollars of damage?
a. Idron
b. Idalia
c. Iffan
d. Irini
9. Five million what, caused chaos on the roads of Burlington, Ontario, when they fell off a truck this week?
a. Marbles
b. Ball Bearings
c. Bees
d. Locusts
10. Which European capital became the first to ban rented e-scooters from its city streets this week?
a. London
b. Copenhagen
c. Athens
d. Paris
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ANSWERS
1. What reason has been given by Government ministers for the immediate closure of 104 schools around the UK, which will affect 1000's of school-children who should be returning to their classes this month?
a. Possible collapse of buildings due to wood rot
b. Possible collapse of buildings due to corroded metalwork
c. Possible collapse of buildings due to unsafe concrete
d. Possible collapse of buildings due to possible subsidence
C. POSSIBLE COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS DUE TO UNSAFE COCRETE
2. Which member of ABBA has relaunched a solo career this week with the single, ‘Where Do We Go From Here’?
a. Agnetha Faltskog
b. Benny Andersson
c. Bjorn Ulvaeus
d. Anni-Frid Lyngstad
A. AGNETHA FALTSKOG
3. Which SKY NEWS presenter broke down in tears during her final broadcast this week, after spending seven years with the news channel?
a. Jacquie Beltrao
b. Ali Fortescue
c. Jayne Secker
d. Kimberly Leonard
D. KIMBERLY LEONARD
4. Jack Sonni died this week aged 68, with which classic UK band was he the guitar player with for much of his career?
a. Dire Straits
b. Marillion
c. Genesis
d. Mike and the Mechanics
A. DIRE STRAITS
5. The Rugby World Cup 2023 starts in France next week, but which country are currently Number One in the rankings?
a. New Zealand
b. South Africa
c. Ireland
d. England
C. IRELAND
6. In which South African city did at least 74 people tragically lose their lives when a fire broke out in a derelict building this week?
a. Cape Town
b. Johannesburg
c. Manguang
d. Durban
B. JOHANNESBURG
7. Which Republican senator ‘froze’ during an interview, the second time this happened on camera in a matter of weeks?
a. Dan Sullivan
b. Katie Britt
c. John Boozman
d. Mitch McConnell
D. MITCH MCCONNELL
8. What name was given to the hurricane which made landfall in Florida this week, causing billions of dollars of damage?
a. Idron
b. Idalia
c. Iffan
d. Irini
B. IDALIA
9. Five million what, caused chaos on the roads of Burlington, Ontario, when they fell off a truck this week?
a. Marbles
b. Ball Bearings
c. Bees
d. Locusts
C. BEES
10. Which European capital became the first to ban rented e-scooters from its city streets this week?
a. London
b. Copenhagen
c. Athens
d. Paris
D. PARIS