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News Quiz

School year 2025-2026

Week 17

The UK government announced its intention this week to ban what in schools?

Question 1

A

PE teachers

B

Mobile phones

C

Chips

D

Video games

There have been growing demands that Prime Minister Keir Starmer should resign over vetting failures of which former US ambassador who had connections to Jeffrey Epstein?

Question 2

A

Peter Mandelson

B

Tony Blair

C

Alastair Campbell

D

Boris Johnson

Donald Trump has extended the deadline of the ceasefire with Iran again. What's the timeframe this time?

Question 3

A

48 hours

B

Three days

C

One week

D

There isn't one

What change to EU rules is proving expensive for British pet owners travelling in Europe?

Question 4

A

The end of the pet passport scheme

B

Animals are being confiscated

C

There is a tax on the number of legs the animal has

D

No animal to transported by air

Question 5

British standup comedian Russell Kane, 50, has been announced as playing the usually teenage male lead in an upcoming production of which Shakespeare play?

A

Hamlet

B

Measure for Measure

C

Romeo and Juliet

D

Henry V

Which tech company has announced they will track employees' clicks and keystrokes to train their AI?

Question 6

A

Google

B

Meta

C

Palantir

D

OpenAI

A rabbit called Herbie has been officially proclaimed the oldest rabbit in the world. How old is he?

Question 7

A

10

B

15

C

20

D

30

Question 8

Which football team, that won the English Premier League title ten years ago, has been relegated?

A

Leicester City

B

Tottenham Hotspur

C

Nottingham Forest

D

Sunderland

In California this week a bizarre luxury car insurance scam was busted - what was it?

Question 9

A

Claiming the cars were stolen by aliens

B

The cars were haunted

C

Someone dressed in a bear costume damaging the cars

D

The damage was caused by Bigfoot

1. Belfast based software company Cloudsmith has recieved a £50 million investment from American businesses.

2. The UK and France have struck a £662 million deal to co-operate in measures against illegal small boat crossings in the English Channel.

3. A BBC investigation has uncovered mini marts in the West Midlands selling illegal items under the counter.

4. President Trump has fired US Navy chief John Phelan with no specified reason.

5. An Englishman and a Canadian have set a world record driving a three wheeled car from London, England, to Cape Town, South Africa.

Belfast

small boat crossings

West Midlands

US Navy chief

three wheeled car

Welsh

fishing

North East of England

US Army General

double-decker bus

Fill in the blanks!

Question 10

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