News quiz - Week 24 (20 seconds)

• Citizenship
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)

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 24

Schoolyear 2023-2024

What does singer Céline Dion (📸)

suffer from? 

1. Anorexia
2. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
3. Stiff-person syndrome
4. Parkinson's disease

Climate activists have plastered the first official portrait of King Charles with an image of Wallace's head with a speech bubble underneath. What does he say?

1. No cheese, Gromit. Look at all this cruelty on RSPCA Farms.
2. Gromit, there's no cheese here. Check out the mistreatment on RSPCA Farms.
3. "We won't eat cheese anymore, Gromit! Not with all this cruelty on RSPCA farms.
4. There's no cheese, Gromit. Observe the harsh conditions on RSPCA Farms.

Why did China warn the Netherlands?

1. To limit actions in the East China Sea
2. To restrict Dutch practice flights with fighter jets
3. To stop bugging public places
4. To stop conducting military exercises on Chinese territory

What is so special about the new attraction at Disneyland that is the first to open in Florida?

1. It is an attraction that features all the Disney characters
2. It is an entirely AI-controlled attraction
3. It is the first attraction to feature a black princess
4. It is the first attraction designed by Walt Disney himself

Why was champion eater Joey Chestnut (📸) excluded from New York hotdog-eating contest?

1. You can win the contest a maximum of 5 times.
2. It is said that he cheated by pretending to eat.
3. He signed a deal with a plant-based meat company.
4. He posted on social media that the hotdogs from the contest were disgusting

The wreck of the Quest has been found. It sank off the coast of Canada in 1962 and was used by an explorer on his final voyage to the continent. 

Who was this explorer?

1. William Dampier
2. Sir Ernest Shackleton
3. Dr David Livingstone
4. Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Macron urges French parties to unite against ...

1. International terrorism
2. Climate change
3. Far-right National Rally
4. Economic recession

Which party leader was attacked twice in the last 10 days? 

1. Keir Starmer
2. Rishi Sunak
3. Ed Davey
4. Nigel Farage

A kite surfer stranded on Davenport Landing Beach was rescued by a private helicopter. How did the kite surfer catch the pilot's attention?

1. He set his surfboard on fire
2. He spelled out the word 'HELP' with rocks
3. He threw stones to the helicopter
4. He wrote S.O.S. in the sand

Fiona Harvey accuses Netflix of

'gross lies' and is suing them for 130 million GBP. Which series inspired

this 'stalker'?

1. Watcher
2. You
3. Baby Reindeer
4. I am a stalker

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