What happened this Summer?
What happened this summer?
Summer News Quiz 2026
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What happened this summer?
Summer News Quiz 2026
UK News
The most important events, political decisions, and notable news from the UK
Round 1
In August, which West Midlands town experienced a large wildfire that destroyed 19 homes and damaged even more??
Dudley
Stourbridge
Wolverhampton
Kidderminster
Which London location recorded 38.1°C during the August 2026 heatwave?
Kew Gardens
Hyde Park
Heathrow Airport
Greenwich Park
After resigning, which UK politician then spent most of the summer defending his parliamentary seat against comedy Intergalactic Warlord, Count Binface?
Andy Burnham
Nigel Farage
Richard Tice
David Lammy
Where did these competitive events take place in summer 2026?
Match the location with the correct event:
Derbyshire
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
The Snail Racing World Championship held in July 2026?
The annual Hen Racing Championship in August 2026?
The 200 year old Egton Goosebury Show
Which Scottish city hosted the 2026 Commonwealth Games from July to August?
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Dundee
International News
International events, political developments, and remarkable news from abroad
Round 2
During a Pride event, an attack occurred resulting in one death and 29 injuries.
In which European capital did this happen?
Berlin
Budapest
Brussels
Vienna
During an airstrike on Ukraine, a projectile landed on Polish territory.
What did the initial investigations reveal the crashed object to be?
A meteorite
A Polish training rocket
A Russian missile
A wayward weather satellite
Tens of thousands of migrants swam from Morocco to a small piece of Europe on the African coast.
What is the name of this Spanish area?
(Fill in 1 word)
In which Asian country did a severe earthquake occur, causing several people to become trapped in a shopping centre?
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Which celestial phenomenon occurred across the Americas and Europe on 28 August 2026?
Partial lunar eclipse
Total solar eclipse
Venus transit
Meteor storm
Sport
The most important sports results, tournaments, and notable news from the sports world
Round 3
The World Cup had an exciting final in which Argentina was dethroned.
Which country was crowned world champion?
Brazil
England
France
Spain
FIFA President Gianni Infantino faced much resistance with a radical new plan for football. What did the FIFA boss want to change?
Selling World Cup shares to investors
Merge all continental tournaments
Admitting Extra-European Nations to the European Cup
Sell the World Cup trophy for one billion dollars
The Tour de France ended this summer with a familiar winner. Who won the Tour de France for the fifth time?
Jonas Vingegaard
Remco Evenepoel
Tadej Pogačar
Mathieu van der Poel
During the Tour de France Femmes, the organisers carried out a remarkable new check.
What were the cyclists checked for?
Breast Enlargement
The hardness of the tyres
Aerodynamic sunscreen
The use of male hormones
Athletes were in the news this summer
for unusual reasons.....
Match the person with the correct event:
Benjamin Mendy
Jonas Vingegaard
Vaibhav Suryavanshi
15 year old called up for Indian National Cricket Team
Footballer who sold his World Cup trophy for €54,000
Cyclist woken up at 2:00 am for an unannounced doping test
'Quirky' News
Extraordinary reports, remarkable lawsuits, viral news and silly season news
Ronde 4
A Canadian lawyer was suspended for six months due to misleading conduct in the courtroom.
What did the lawyer do?
Confidential client data entered into ChatGPT
Having her plea written by a student
AI used during a live court session
Non-existent, AI-fabricated legal cases and documents used
In India, thousands of young people demonstrated against high unemployment under the name of a satirical protest party. Which animal is central to the name of this party?
(Fill in 1 word)
A German ICE train made an unscheduled stop for a very practical reason.
Why did the driver stop the train at a supermarket?
To seek medical assistance
Due to an engine malfunction
To stock up on toilet paper
To remove a difficult passenger
A British man caused a stir by dressing as the Grim Reaper and staring at patients from the roof of a hospital. Why did he do it, according to the police?
He was shooting a horror film
He wanted to pull a Halloween prank
He wanted to scare patients and cause trouble
He was protesting about patient survival rates at the hospital
Over the summer some people stood
before the court or police for strange reasons.
Match the protagonist to the offence:
South-Korean Chef
French student in Singapore
Icelandair pilot
Drank from a straw at a vending machine and put it back
Performed an illegal low 'fly-by' over his hometown
Discuss dangerous allergens in his dishes
Science & Nature
News on technology, artificial intelligence, natural phenomena and space
Ronde 6
Just before the summer holidays, a video went viral on social media featuring a remarkable animal named Jimothy. Due to a rare condition (Short Spine Syndrome), the creature has almost no neck and an extremely short, round body.
What kind of animal is Jimothy?
A beaver
A possum
A capybara
A raccoon
AI hacks AI. AI can already do this (better than humans).
Which company's AI programme hacked competitor Hugging Face?
ChatGPT
Gemini
OpenAI
Grok
Ramming a dead sunfish until it exploded into thousands of pieces, for fun......
Which animals did this in front of astonished researchers?
Dolphins
Sharks
Orcas
Sea Turtles
What is now required by new EU regulations when someone calls with an AI telephonist?
That the system may only be used outside office hours
That the system must always connect to a staff member
That the system first tries to sound like a human
It should be immediately clear that you are speaking with an AI system
Because the moon has no atmosphere, objects can easily crash onto it.
What object crashed onto the moon this summer?
The Tesla that was launched into space
A Russian rocket from the Cold War era
A European weather satellite
A part of a SpaceX rocket
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