News quiz - Week 4 (20 seconds)

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Week 4

School Year 2024-2025

NEWS QUIZ

This week, Donald Trump was officially sworn in as President of the United States for the second time. What do you call such an official swearing-in ceremony?

1. Coronation
2. Prolamation
3. Inauguration
4. Investiture

Why did Israel release 90 Palestinian women and minors on Monday evening?

1. For humanitarian reasons
2. As part of a prisoner exchange deal
3. Due to international pressure
4. In response to a legal ruling

This house was sold for €5.3 million. Which film classic made this house world-famous?

1. Amityville Horror
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Poltergeist
4. Home Alone

Construction workers found a 200-year-old bottle of 'rum' and wanted to drink it. Luckily, they were stopped!

What turned out to be in the bottle?

1. Hemlock
2. Urine
3. Blood
4. Arsenic

Which cryptocurrency reached a record high of $109,000 on the day of Trump's inauguration?

1. Bitcoin
2. Ethereum
3. Tether
4. BNB

How did the Kaikyokan Aquarium staff comfort a Japanese sunfish, suffering from loneliness during a temporary closure?

1. Play music for the sunfish
2. Attach photos of human faces to uniforms
3. Introduce another sunfish as company
4. Took the sunfish to a different aquarium

Manchester City player Erling Haaland is very happy at the club. So happy, in fact, that he has extended his contract by many years. Until when will he stay at the club?

1. 2028
2. 2030
3. 2032
4. 2034

In the United States, a Colorado judge had to preside over a trial to determine if a particular animal was truly human. Which animal was it?

1. Dolphin
2. Chimpanzee
3. Elephant
4. Lion

“National Portrait Gallery accused of nepotism over Zoë Law exhibition.”

What does ‘nepotism’ mean?

1. Favoring family or friends by giving them jobs or advantages
2. A political system based on equality for all
3. A management style focused on strict discipline
4. A method of selecting employees through random selection

Which British artist is being celebrated with a year of events 

in 2025?

1. Thomas Gainsborough
2. Banksy
3. JMW Turner
4. David Hockney

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