Summer Quiz 2024-2025

• Citizenship
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• BTEC, GCSE

Introduction

Use this fun Summer Quiz to wrap up this school year and welcome summer!

Instructions

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Rounds

1. Holiday anticipation

2. Sunshine

3. Ice cream

4. Waves of news

5. Summer hits

Holiday anticipation

Round 1

Where are you going this summer?

Which holiday destination do

most people from the UK travel

to for their summer holiday?

1. France
2. Greece
3. Italy
4. Spain

For summer holidays, most Britons typically travel to Spain. Other popular destinations include France, Italy, and Greece. More recently, Turkey has also seen a surge in popularity among British travelers

Imagine you're going to France on holiday...

How do you ask for the bill?

1. Payer, s'il vous plaît
2. L'addition, s'il vous plaît
3. Bancaire, s'il vous plaît
4. Le menu, s'il vous plaît

What is the longest summer holiday in Europe?

1. 10 weeks in Spain
2. 11 weeks in Portugal
3. 12 weeks in Italy
4. 13 weeks in Sweden

In Italy, schoolchildren have the longest summer holidays at over 12 weeks.

Bron

Which activity are you most looking

forward to this summer holiday?

Sleeping in

Going on holiday

Chilling with friends

All-day(s) gaming

Going to the beach

Swimming in the pool

Going to festivals or concerts

Other...

Sunny

Round 2

Do you get burnt easily?

How often is it recommended

to apply sunscreen?

1. every two hours
2. every four hours
3. twice a day
4. once a day

It is a myth that smearing once a day is enough. The Queen Wilhelmina Fund for the Dutch Cancer Society recommends re-lubricating every two hours. Even after swimming!

It is recommended that between ..... and

..... in the afternoon to stay out of the sun.

1. 11 am and 1 pm
2. 12 am and 1 pm
3. 12 am and 2 pm
4. 12 am and 3 pm

You are most likely to get sunburnt between 12 and 3. The ultraviolet B rays are the highest then.

How many degrees can the sand

on a sunny beach get?

1. 20°C
2. 30°C
3. 40°C
4. 50°C

Sand on the beach can get raging hot: up to 50°C! Even when it's not even 20°C outside.

Ice

Round 3

Which type of ice cream

is more popular in the UK?

1. Scoop ice cream
2. Soft serve ice cream

In a 2021 survey of UK consumers, 59% said vanilla soft‑serve was their favourite summer ice cream—compared to 31% for scoop-style ice cream

What would you choose?

Which ice cream flavour is the most popular?

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2. 
3. 
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A 2021 YouGov poll found vanilla as the UK's favourite ice cream flavour, ahead of chocolate and strawberry.

Which ice cream melts faster?

1. ice lolly
2. Scoop ice cream

Due to the lack of fats and proteins and lower stability, water ice melts faster than ice cream.

Waves of news

Round 4

Did this really happen this school year?

This really happened.

This is fake news.

Someone sticks googly eyes on public artworks in Oregon

House of Marici launches jeans with plant bags for residents without gardens

Scientist

trains parrots

to control Alexa

Police in Peru carry out Christmas action dressed as the Grinch

Dorset Museum invited naked visitors to explore its galleries during a private event.

This really happened:

• Someone sticks googly eyes on public artworks in Oregon. Source
• Police in Peru carry out Christmas action dressed as the Grinch. Source
• On 17 September, Dorset Museum invited naked visitors to explore its galleries during a private after-hours event. Source

These well-known individuals sadly passed away

this school year. What were they known for?

Killing Me Softly with His Song

BBC presenter

Grandpa Pig in Peppa Pig

Actress

(Voice)actor

Drag and drop events from this

school year from old to new.

5 November 2024

16 April

2025

21 April

2025

17 May

2025

14 June to

13 July 2025

Temporary truce Israel-Gaza

Pope Francis died, age 88

Eurovision Song Contest final in Basel

US presidential election

FIFA world championship

What did you think was the biggest

news of this school year?

Summer hits

Round 5

What is the title of this summer hit?          

Who sings this song
          called 'Triple Lavada'?         

What is the name of this song by           
Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas?             

Who sings this song called

'End of the World'?

Which song will you be blasting

out this summer?

Happy summer

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