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News Quiz

School year 2025-2026

Week 47

Which UK government department published a statement on November 17 outlining

"significant reforms" to the UK's asylum and returns policy?

Question 1

A

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

B

The Ministry of Justice

C

The Home Office

D

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and and Communities (DLUHC)

The COSLA Annual Conference & Exhibition took place in November to celebrate its 50th anniversary. COSLA represents local government in which part of the UK?

Question 2

A

Wales

B

Northern Ireland

C

The Greater London Authority (GLA) area

D

Scotland

New UK legislation aims to strengthen cyber defences for essential public services, including healthcare, transport, and which other critical sector?

Question 3

A

Education and schools

B

Drinking water providers

C

Retail and banking

D

Telecommunications

The Reform-led Kent County Council have been in the news again. What mistake emerged this week?

Question 4

A

Traffic safety lines were painted outside a school that closed in 2016

B

The council sent out wheelie bins with no wheels

C

They installed a cycle path mislabelled 'psychopath'

D

They spent a million pounds on a statue of Nigel Farage

Question 5

Why were relatives and interest groups angry about the removal of two information panels at the American military cemetery in Margraten?

A

Without these panels, families can’t locate the graves of their relatives

B

Removing them would make the contribution of Black American soldiers invisible

C

The design of the new panels would be too modern and colourful

D

The panels were paid for with donations from relatives, so they cannot simply be removed

Which Russian city was shaken by a massive explosion at a gas pipeline?

Question 6

A

Volgograd

B

Perm

C

Omsk

D

Ufa

Researchers at the University of Oxford investigated the origins of kissing.
When was the first mouth-to-mouth kiss already being given?

Question 7

A

Around 100 million years ago

B

More than 21 million years ago

C

Around 2500 BC

D

Around AD 25

Question 8

What will the satellite measure that was launched this week from a military base in the US state of California?

A

Rising temperatures on Earth

B

Rising water levels on the Moon

C

Rising life on the Moon

D

Rising sea levels on Earth

Which Caribbean country qualified for the World Cup today, for the first time in its history?

Question 9

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A

Suriname

B

Aruba

C

Curaçao

D

Bonaire

1. Unforgivable’: Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult is stoking more outrage than usual

2. Hold an ice cube – and shake like a dog: therapists on 16 simple, surprising ways to beat stress

3. Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests

4. Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots

5. Any Ukraine peace plan needs Kyiv and Europe ‘on board’, says EU

piggy

dog

nurses

lasers

Kyiv and Europe

fatty

Jew

bear

Appointed Officials

flashlight

United States and Russia

Fill in the blanks!

Question 10

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