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School year 2025-2026

Week 35

What is the ranking phase called for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League being held August 28?

Question 1

A

Knockout draw

B

Group stage

C

League phase draw

D

Qualifying round

What weather phenomenon is expected to affect the UK starting August 30?

Question 2

A

Record heatwave

B

Two storms bringing heavy rain and hail

C

Severe drought

D

Snow and freezing temperatures

The UK, France and Germany are preparing to trigger a UN process to reimpose what?

Question 3

A

Arms embargoes

B

Travel restrictions on officials

C

Nuclear inspections

D

Economic sanctions on Iran

A painting looted by the Nazis has been recovered and returned to its rightful owner.

How was the painting traced?

Question 4

A

An advertisement on Funda

B

It was listed on Catawiki

C

Through the TV program Antiques Roadshow

D

It turned up at a flea market

Anthology 4 contains 13 demos and other rare recordings from which legendary band?

Question 5

A

The Beach Boys

B

The Beatles

C

The Bee Gees

D

Blondie

What did the Trump administration inform U.S. states and territories about their sex education programs?

Question 6

A

That they would receive additional federal funding if they included transgender individuals

B

That they were required to implement sex education at a younger age

C

That they had to expand their programs to include lessons on fertility treatments

D

That they would lose federal funding if they didn’t remove transgender references

It was taken by the French military force as war booty at the end of the nineteenth century.

What did France return to Madagascar after 128 years?

Question 7

A

Three skulls, including presumably that of King Toera

B

A collection of old weapons from the French troops

C

A historic flag of the Menabé Kingdom

D

Documents about the colonial administration

Why did Denmark and Greenland recently apologize to women for their actions in the 1960s and 1970s?

Question 8

A

The medical treatment during pregnancy led to premature births

B

Because Greenland prohibited women from working to address labor shortages

C

Thousands of women and girls forcibly given contraception to limit population growth

D

Because healthcare in Greenland was fully managed by Denmark starting in 1979

Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland believe they earned too little from their band’s hits and are demanding millions from Sting. What was the name of their band?

Question 9

A

The Police

B

The Rolling Stones

C

Queen

D

The Who

UK faces record low birth rates amid economic uncertainty

Ryanair offers bonuses for staff spotting oversized baggage

Taylor Swift is getting married to Travis Kelce, and likes are pouring in

Woman spends eight years on embroidery and loses it during train ride

Denmark wants tourists who help out: free boat trips and picking up trash

low birth rates

oversized baggage

Taylor Swift

embroidery

tourists

hospital errors

security threats

Sabrina Carpenter

painting

citizens

Finish these headlines

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