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Week 36

School Year 2024-2025

NEWS QUIZ

The Conservative Party is upset: a painting has gone missing from 10 Downing Street. Who was depicted in that painting?

1. Winston Churchill
2. Queen Elizabeth
3. Boris Johnson
4. Margaret Thatcher

The United States has seized a head of state’s airplane. Whose airplane is now in Florida?

1. President Putin of Russia
2. President Xi Jinping of China
3. President Maduro of Venezuela
4. President Macron of France

Parisians disagree with their mayor’s plan. What does she want to do with the Eiffel Tower?

1. Demolish it and build a museum
2. Paint it blue, white, and red. Just like the flag of France
3. Leave the Olympic rings on it
4. Prohibit visitors from other countries

On which channel did Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz give their first official interview?

1. ABC
2. CNN
3. FOX
4. MSNBC

Which Swiss city will host the Eurovision Song Contest next year?

1. Basel
2. Bern
3. Geneva
4. Zurich

The Italians are very angry with the Americans. Why are they furious?

1. A copy of the Colosseum stands in Las Vegas.
2. Heinz sells pasta carbonara in a can.
3. President Biden insulted the Italian Prime Minister.
4. A company bought the archaeological site of Pompeii.

The Ticketmaster site completely crashed. For which band/artist did ticket sales end up in tears for many fans last Saturday?

1. Taylor Swift
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Oasis
4. Chappell Roan

Which far-right party won in a German state last Sunday?

1. AfD
2. BUF
3. FPÖ
4. NVU

A Russian ‘spy’ was found dead in a bay in Norway. What was unusual about this spy?

1. The spy was an employee of the U.S. president.
2. The body of this spy had been found somewhere else before.
3. The spy had secret documents about a Russian fake invasion.
4. The spy, named Hvaldimir, was a beluga, a white whale.

What is increasingly falling apart, according to researchers?

1. The wreck of the Titanic
2. The Eiffel Tower
3. The Colosseum
4. The White House

It was a Dutch Derby in the Premier League. Which clubs, both led by Dutch managers, played against each other last weekend?

1. Manchester United - Manchester City
2. Arsenal - Liverpool
3. Manchester United - Liverpool
4. Arsenal - Manchester City

Pope Francis began his longest visit ever this week. Which region of the world is he visiting?

1. Far East
2. Middle East
3. Southern America
4. Oceania

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