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Current Affairs Quiz: Test Your Knowledge on Recent Events

Challenge yourself with 30 topical questions related to global affairs, entertainment, and geography. From celebrity news to political updates, test your awareness in this engaging quiz!

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Current Affairs Quiz: Test Your Knowledge on Recent Events

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  1. House Current Affairs Quiz Competition

  2. Topical questions Question 1 • The CIA in America trained which animals to deliver bugging devices to buildings? • A cat • A pigeon • A raven

  3. Question 2 • The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in which country for their first official tour as a family with their 4 month old son Archie? • South Africa • Australia • New Zealand

  4. Question 3 • The Emmys were held on 22nd September. Where do they take place? • Los Angeles • New York • London

  5. Question 4 • Which comic superhero celebrates their 80th birthday this year? • Superman • Batman • Wonder Woman

  6. Question 5 • Skies over a province of which country turned red recently due to forest fires? • Indonesia • Malaysia • China

  7. Question 6 • The first of 155,000 British tourists are being flown back home after which travel agent collapsed? • EasyJet • Virgin • Thomas Cook

  8. Question 7 • Which political party have announced that the average working week would be cut to 32 hours within 10 years under their government? • Conservatives • Labour • Democratic Unionist Party

  9. Question 8 • Where is the special UN ‘climate action’ summit being held? • London • Beijing • New York

  10. Question 9 • To help pupils connect with nature, an independent review suggests that every schoolchild in England should get the opportunity to do what? • Take a walk in the woods • Spend a night under the stars • Climb a mountain

  11. Question 10 • Stars of the football world were rewarded at a ceremony in Milan last night. Who won the award for Best FIFA Women’s Player? • Lucy Bronze • Alex Morgan • Megan Rapinoe

  12. Question 11 • Lichfield has won a Gold certificate at a special presentation near Rugby recently. What was it for? • Heart of England in Bloom Awards • Great British High Street Awards • Tidy Towns Awards

  13. Question 12 • The Lichfield Community Games took place in Beacon Park recently. How many activities did you have to try to receive a medal and a mascot? • 4 • 6 • 8

  14. Question 13 • Hundreds of people celebrated the 310th birthday of which former Lichfield resident? • David Garrick • Erasmus Darwin • Samuel Johnson • Anna Seward

  15. Question 14 • A team from Lichfield got to join a sporting legend in a special tournament at Twickenham on 14th September. Who was the sporting legend they met? • Martin Johnson • Jonny Wilkinson • Mike Tindall

  16. Question 15 • The School Report is a regular feature in the Lichfield Mercury. Which Head teacher wrote the article for last week’s Mercury? • J Rutherford • M Allman • G Langston-Jones

  17. Question 16 • Two Lichfield boys won a gold medal at a World Championship tournament in Dublin on 24th August. What was the sport? • Karate • Judo • Taekwondo

  18. Question 17 • Which Steven Spielberg film was filmed extensively in Birmingham? • Ready Player One • Minority Report • A.I. Artificial Intelligence

  19. Question 18 • Which comedian is coming to Lichfield next month with his show ‘If I’m Honest’? • Graham Norton • Lee Evans • Ed Byrne

  20. Question 19 • Lichfield is twinned with two towns in Europe, one is in Germany and the other is in France. What is the French town called? • Sainte Foy les Lyon • Troyes • Roussillon

  21. Question 20 • An original TV puppet is set to fetch more than £1000 at a local auction. What is the name of the puppet? • Kermit the Frog • Gordon the Gopher • Sooty

  22. Question 21 Focus week questions – Europe • What is the date of the European Day of languages? • 25th September • 26th September • 27th September

  23. Question 22 • Which country in Europe is visited by more tourists than any other country in the world? • England • France • Spain

  24. Question 23 • In what year was the European Union created? • 1991 • 1992 • 1993

  25. Question 24 • Which of the following countries is NOT in Europe? • Jordan • Serbia • Moldova

  26. Question 25 • In what year did the Berlin Wall come down? • 1985 • 1987 • 1989

  27. Question 26 • Which of the following countries in Europe is the smallest country by population? • Liechtenstein • Malta • The Vatican

  28. Question 27 • Which of the following is the largest island in Europe? • Greenland • Iceland • Sicily

  29. Question 28 • What is the approximate population of Europe? • 707 million • 747 million • 787 million

  30. Question 29 • Most European languages belong to either the Romance, Germanic or Slavic languages. Which of the following is a Germanic language? • Bulgarian • English • Spanish

  31. Question 30 • Koulu means school in which of the following European languages? • Swedish • Norwegian • Finnish

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