News Quiz: 17/03/2023

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NEWSQUIZ

17/03/2023

What country wants a ban on social media for its youth?

1. Belgium
2. Germany
3. France
4. the Netherlands

Where did a recent train accident happen that cost a lot of lives??

1. China
2. Greece
3. Peru
4. Spain

Where did the first race of Formule 1 take place, last weekend?

1. Australia
2. Abu Dhabi
3. Bahrein
4. Saudi Arabia

In what city was a stabbing, in which the victims were a 9 year old girl and her grandma?

1. Berlin
2. London
3. Gothenburg
4. Paris

Where did archaeologists find a mysterious new tunnel?

1. In the piramid of Cheops, near Caïro
2. under the Inca-city Machu Picchu, in the Andes
3. In het grave of Tutankhamon, near Luxor
4. Under the Colosseum in Rome

Why did the public laugh at the Russian minister of foreign affairs during an interview?

1. His zipper was down
2. He stated that Ukraine started the war
3. He told a good joke about Russians
4. He wanted Putin to get the Nobel Peace Prize

What topic did the United Nations agree about, after 38 hours of meetings?

1. About the war between Ukraine and Russia
2. About the conflict between Israel and Palestine
3. About how to handle future pandemics
4. About the further protection of oceans

What chocolate brand can no longer depict the Von Matterhorn mountain on the packaging, because it is no longer completely made in Switzerland?

1. Milka
2. Toblerone
3. KitKat
4. Daim

In what German city a deadly shooting happen in a prayer house of Jehova's witnesses?

1. Berlin
2. Frankfurt
3. Hamburg
4. Münster

What did the UN buy to prevent a environmental disaster?

1. An old oil tanker
2. A nuclear power plant
3. A system of oil pipelines
4. Part of the South Pole

What movie won the Oscar for best film?

1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. Tár
4. The Banshees of Inisherin

Which former footballer and reporter was temporarily suspended by the BBC after a critical tweet?

1. Paul Cascoigne
2. Gary Lineker
3. Alan Shearer
4. Ian Wright

Why did the rivers in Chicago turn green last Saturday?

1. This is an annual natural phenomenon
2. They were filming part of the latest Joker movie
3. There was a leak at a chemical factory
4. It was St. Patrick's Day, an Irish holiday

Around which Ukrainian city has there been a battle lasting for months that has completely destroyed the city and its surroundings?

1. Bachmoet
2. Charkiv
3. Kiev
4. Odessa

A US drone crashed after a collision. What was this collision with?

1. An American rocket
2. A Chinese air balloon
3. A Ukrainian drone
4. A Russian fighter jet