News Quiz - Week 14 (10 seconds)

• Primary Education
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

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

NEWS QUIZ

Week 14

Schoolyear 2023-2024

This weekend, the clock was set forward by one hour. What do we call the time that has now begun?

1. Easter Time
2. Greenwich Time
3. Summertime
4. Daylight Saving Time

Harvard owns the book ‘Des Destinées de l'âme’ from 1897. Why has the university decided to replace the book's binding?

1. The binding is made of candypaper
2. A protest group smeared the book with tomato soup
3. The binding is made of human skin
4. The book was gnawed by mice

Which animal has been named Cnemaspis vangoghi, because, according to researchers, it resembles Vincent van Gogh's painting ‘The Starry Night’?

1. A lizard
2. A fish
3. A zebra
4. A bird

Which movie is now, 8 months after its premiere in the rest of the world, showing in Japan?

1. Oppenheimer
2. The Little Mermaid
3. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
4. Barbie

Which singer released her country album COWBOY CARTER last Friday to much anticipation?

1. Beyoncé
2. Lady Gaga
3. Miley Cyrus
4. Billie Eilish

An American narrowly escaped a gruesome death by a runaway…

1. Bull
2. Truck tire
3. Saw blade
4. Swiftie

Why is Adidas banning fans from adding ‘44’ to German team football shirt?

1. Because it looks like a swastika
2. Because it looks like the ‘SS’ logo
3. Because it isn’t a number of one of the players
4. Because it’s the number of Lewis Hamilton who’s sponsored by Hilfiger

In which Scandinavian city was a deadly school shooting this week?

1. Kopenhagen
2. Helsinki
3. Stockholm
4. Oslo

 Prisoners in New York are going to court because

1. they want to exercise more
2. they want more visiting hours
3. they want to go to a concert
4. they want to see the solar eclipse

Which car celebrated exactly 50 years since the first model rolled off the factory last week?

1. Beetle
2. Golf
3. Polo
4. Fiësta

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