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News Quiz - Week 14 (10 seconds)

NEWS QUIZ
Week 14
Schoolyear 2023-2024
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Primary EducationLower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

This lesson contains 13 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 15 min

Instructions

Every week on Thursday*, a free news quiz for students in primary education and secondary education. Weekly, thousands of teachers and students take this news quiz, for example, to conclude the week. However, this news quiz can also be perfectly used at home or in a pub quiz.

The news quiz can be played in three variations: 10, 20, or 30 seconds per question.

This weeky News Quiz can always be found here.

* Except for holidays

Items in this lesson

NEWS QUIZ
Week 14
Schoolyear 2023-2024

Slide 1 - Slide


This weekend, the clock was set forward by one hour. What do we call the time that has now begun?
A
Easter Time
B
Greenwich Time
C
Summertime
D
Daylight Saving Time

Slide 2 - Quiz


Harvard owns the book ‘Des Destinées de l'âme’ from 1897. Why has the university decided to replace the book's binding?
A
The binding is made of candypaper
B
A protest group smeared the book with tomato soup
C
The binding is made of human skin
D
The book was gnawed by mice

Slide 3 - Quiz


Which animal has been named Cnemaspis vangoghi, because, according to researchers, it resembles Vincent van Gogh's painting ‘The Starry Night’?
A
A lizard
B
A fish
C
A zebra
D
A bird

Slide 4 - Quiz


Which movie is now, 8 months after its premiere in the rest of the world, showing in Japan?
A
Oppenheimer
B
The Little Mermaid
C
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
D
Barbie

Slide 5 - Quiz


Which singer released her country album COWBOY CARTER last Friday to much anticipation?
A
Beyoncé
B
Lady Gaga
C
Miley Cyrus
D
Billie Eilish

Slide 6 - Quiz


An American narrowly escaped a gruesome death by a runaway…
A
Bull
B
Truck tire
C
Saw blade
D
Swiftie

Slide 7 - Quiz


Why is Adidas banning fans from adding ‘44’ to German team football shirt?
A
Because it looks like a swastika
B
Because it looks like the ‘SS’ logo
C
Because it isn’t a number of one of the players
D
Because it’s the number of Lewis Hamilton who’s sponsored by Hilfiger

Slide 8 - Quiz


In which Scandinavian city was a deadly school shooting this week?
A
Kopenhagen
B
Helsinki
C
Stockholm
D
Oslo

Slide 9 - Quiz


 Prisoners in New York are going to court because
A
they want to exercise more
B
they want more visiting hours
C
they want to go to a concert
D
they want to see the solar eclipse

Slide 10 - Quiz


Which car celebrated exactly 50 years since the first model rolled off the factory last week?
A
Beetle
B
Golf
C
Polo
D
Fiësta

Slide 11 - Quiz


So...how did the 
News Quiz go this week?
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Slide 12 - Poll

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Slide 13 - Slide