News quiz - Week 42 (20 seconds)

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Week 42

School Year 2024-2025

NEWS QUIZ

Which highly successful tennis player has announced their retirement after the Davis Cup Finals in November?

1. Federer
2. Nadal
3. Djokovic
4. Alcaraz

The England national football team played two matches this week. 

For which competition were they played?

1. European Championship Qualifiers
2. World Cup Qualifiers
3. Champions League
4. Nations League

What is notable about the remains of a mountaineer found on Mount Everest?

1. This mountaineer was not missing at all
2. This mountaineer was famous and disappeared over 100 years ago
3. This mountaineer was from the Stone Age
4. This mountaineer was found in perfect condition

In which German city was an entertainment district evacuated last Saturday due to the discovery of a World War II bomb?

1. Berlin
2. Düsseldorf
3. Hamburg
4. Munich

A throne from which series fetched nearly 1.5 million dollars at auction?

1. Game of Thrones
2. The Rings of Power
3. The Crown
4. Bridgerton

Why did North Korea blow up roads and railways at the border with South Korea?

1. To build a new highway
2. To symbolically express anger
3. To fully open the border
4. To stimulate South Korean exports

Sometimes films do well, but sometimes they flop miserably. Which recent film has turned out to be a flop?

1. Joker: Folie à Deux
2. Transformers One
3. The Apprentice
4. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

What does Google plan to buy to power their AI data centers?

1. Solar panels
2. Wind turbines in the North Sea
3. Coal mine
4. Nuclear power plants

What is the name of the comet that is currently very visible in the sky and won’t pass near Earth again for another 80,000 years?

1. Halley
2. Hale-Bopp
3. Tsuchinshan-Atlas
4. Hyakutake

There is a lot of discussion about a meet and greet PM Keir Starmer had after a concert with:

1. Ed Sheeran
2. Chris Martin (Coldplay)
3. Taylor Swift
4. Bob Dylan

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