News quiz - Week 13 (20 seconds)

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Week 13

School Year 2024-2025

NEWS QUIZ

Who turned out to be inadvertently in a top-secret US government chat group about US airstrikes on Yemen?

1. Pope Francis
2. Editor of a magazine
3. Russian spy
4. JD Vance

What have Ukraine and Russia agreed with the United States on the situation in the Black Sea?

1. A full ceasefire
2. A partial ceasefire
3. An extension of the fighting
4. Closing the Black Sea to all ships

What did Portugal's police find on a boat in the Atlantic?

1. A unique dino with two fingers
2. Stolen Romanian art objects
3. 32 refugees
4. 6.5 tonnes of cocaine

In which country have scientists discovered a 'small' bipedal dinosaur?

1. Mongolia
2. Kazakhstan
3. China
4. Nepal

Who will replace Liam Lawson (📸)

as Max Verstappen's new 

teammate after two races?

1. Yuki Tsunoda
2. Carlos Sainz
3. Daniel Ricciardo
4. Pierre Gasly

What was the reason a plane en route from Los Angeles to China turned around?

1. A passenger died after a heart attack
2. The pilot had forgotten his passport
3. The weather conditions were too bad
4. The aircraft was short of fuel

How much percent will Americans have to pay more if their car is made outside the US after Trump's new tariff increase?

1. 10%
2. 15%
3. 20%
4. 25%

Across Europe, a bright spiral was visible in the sky. What caused this spiral?

1. It was an exploding supernova
2. It was a fuel dump from a Falcon 9 rocket
3. It was a stunt by Euro Disney to introduce their new attraction
4. It was caused by debris flying through the atmosphere

It was taken in the 1830s and had been held in the University of Aberdeen since. What was brought home after 170 years?

1. The remains of a young Aboriginal man
2. The diary of an enslaved Congolese girl
3. The necklace of an Indonesian bride
4. The clothes of an Inuït warrior

Trump wants to shut them down. What makes the radio and TV stations Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty unique?

1. They provide people worldwide with independent information
2. They were the first radio and television stations in the world
3. Only war veterans work at these stations
4. They are radio and TV stations in occupied territories

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