News Quiz - Week 50

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News Quiz

School year 2025-2026

Week 50

A rare first-edition manuscript by the famous British writer George Orwell was sold at auction this week for a record-breaking £1.5 million. Which classic novel was the manuscript for?

Question 1

A

Nineteen Eighty-Four

B

A Clergyman's Daughter

C

Down and Out in Paris and London

D

Animal Farm

A major UK city council declared itself effectively bankrupt this week, citing an inability to balance its budget due to historic equal pay claims and rising social care costs. Which city council was it?

Question 2

A

Sheffield

B

Birmingham

C

Liverpool

D

Leeds

Donald Trump announces plans that visitors entering the United States will have to.......

Question 3

A

Pledge allegiance to Donald Trump at border control

B

Name all 50 American States

C

Reveal five years of social media activity

D

Answer ten questions based on 'The Art of the Deal'

Which major London airport controversially received approval this week for a £1.8 billion expansion, involving a new taxiway and apron stands?

Question 4

A

London Stansted Airport

B

London Gatwick Airport

C

London Heathrow Airport

D

London Luton Airport

Question 5

Police in New Zealand reclaimed a rare Fabergé egg pendant....what was unusual about the recovery of the stolen item?

A

The thief had swallowed it and police had to wait for it to pass through....

B

The thief used a trained gibbon but it dropped the pendant when it saw a banana

C

The pendant was found hanging on a Christmas tree in a shopping mall

D

It was found on eBay actually listed as 'stolen'

Tensions escalated significantly this week in the South China Sea following multiple aggressive manoeuvres and collisions between vessels from the Philippines and the coast guard of which powerful neighbour?

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Question 6

A

Japan

B

Vietnam

C

China

D

North Korea

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a major warning this week regarding the global spread of a deadly type of ___________?

Question 7

A

Flesh-eating Bacteria

B

Parasite

C

Corona Virus

D

Fungal Infection

Question 8

A major debate emerged this week regarding the future use of the historic Battersea Power Station in London, which has recently been redeveloped. What specific kind of cultural project is now proposed to occupy a large portion of the site?

A

A new satellite campus for the Royal Academy of Arts

B

A permanent museum dedicated to British music history

C

A large-scale indoor tropical botanical garden

D

A national digital archives center

In San Francisco, a woman gave birth in an unusual place....it was.....

Question 9

A

In a streetcar

B

In the back of a Waymo self-driving taxi

C

On an inflatable Labubu being towed around Fisherman's Wharf

D

At the top of the Golden Gate Bridge

1. Among the highly unusual additions to the English Heritage List this week were a 19th-century submarine cable hauler in Greenwich and a garden in Guisborough featuring a large collection of terracotta gnomes and elves.

2. UNESCO officially recognized India’s most celebrated festival of light, Deepavali (or Diwali), by adding it to its list of intangible cultural heritage this week.

3. The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) record, released this week, raised concerns that many risky asset valuations remain "materially stretched," particularly in tech companies focused on Artificial Intelligence.

4. The prestigious Turner Prize for contemporary art was awarded this week to artist Nnena Kalu for her work which utilizes dense, abstract sculpture created through the use of textiles/tape.

5. Major social media platform TikTok announced new policy changes this week to combat the widespread issue of 'deepfake' images and videos being shared, requiring all digitally generated content to be clearly labeled.

gnomes and elves

UNESCO

Artificial Intelligence

textiles/tape

TikTok

fish and chips

TESCO

space communication

breakfast cereal

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