THE CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ - 3rd April 2020

THE
CURRENT EVENTS
     QUIZ
     3rd April 2020

PLEASE NOTE
• For the time being I am aiming to keep the quiz going despite
  UK schools being technically shut.

• A number of users have asked that I continue so they can use
  it for the kids that are coming to school and for home school
  over the internet!

• I will try and keep it going but we will have to see how I get
  on.

To T.E.S users
A number of people have asked me to add them to my direct mailing
list rather than them having to download the quiz from TES website.
If you want me to add you to the list then drop me an e-mail at:-
simonsnewsquiz@gmail.com
I prefer to have a school email or a mention of your school as my list
has been hacked a couple of times and a school email suggests you a
real user and not a hacker!
Simon Conway

Current Events Quiz: Question 1
Q1) What is the name given to the temporary hospitals being built in exhibition
centres around the UK, the first one is at the excel exhibition centre in London?

Current Events Quiz: Question 2
Q2) What is the name of the reef in Australia that has suffered its third
  “mass bleaching” in 5 years??

Current Events Quiz: Question 3
Q3) In which city have the Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided they want to
live (surprise surprise)?

Current Events Quiz: Question 4
Q4) The US Library of Congress has added which 1978 disco hit by The Village
 People to its National Recording Registry, which preserves for posterity audio
 that is "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"?

Current Events Quiz: Question 5
Q5) Every evening last week, Switzerland's most famous mountain has been
used as a screen for beaming out messages about the coronavirus outbreak -
"Stay at Home" one evening, "Hope" the next, what is the mountain called?

Current Events Quiz: Question 6
Q6) The US has charged Nicolás Maduro, the President of which country with
“narco-terrorism” and offered a $15 Million reward for information leading to his
arrest?

Current Events Quiz: Question 7
Q7) Albert Uderzo died last week, of which classical French comix was he
the co-creator?

Current Events Quiz: Question 8
Q8) Which self effacing British pop singer, best known for his hit “you’re
  Beautiful” posted the following tweet last week :-
“During lockdown, while many other artists are doing mini-concerts from their
  homes, I thought I’d do you all a favour and not”?

Current Events Quiz: Question 9
Q9) Bob Weighton from Hampshire, the world's oldest man had his birthday
  last Sunday, in what year was he born, making him the same age as Inter
  Milan football club?

Current Events Quiz: Question 10
Q10) What is the name of the Israeli Prime Minister who reportedly has agreed
  a deal with his main rival to enable him to remain in power and ending a year
  of political deadlock?

Current Events Quiz:

   The Answers

Current Events Quiz: Question 1
Q1) What is the name given to the temporary hospitals being built in exhibition
centres around the UK, the first one is at the excel exhibition centre in London?
Nightingale hospitals

Current Events Quiz: Question 2
Q2) What is the name of the reef in Australia that has suffered its third
  “mass bleaching” in 5 years??
   Great Barrier reef

Current Events Quiz: Question 3
Q3) In which city have the Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided they want to
live (surprise surprise)?
Los Angeles

Current Events Quiz: Question 4
Q4) The US Library of Congress has added which 1978 disco hit by The Village
 People to its National Recording Registry, which preserves for posterity audio
 that is "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"?
  YMCA

Current Events Quiz: Question 5
Q5) Every evening last week, Switzerland's most famous mountain has been
used as a screen for beaming out messages about the coronavirus outbreak -
"Stay at Home" one evening, "Hope" the next, what is the mountain called?
 Matterhorn

Current Events Quiz: Question 6
Q6) The US has charged Nicolás Maduro, the President of which country with
“narco-terrorism” and offered a $15 Million reward for information leading to his
arrest?
Venezuela

Current Events Quiz: Question 7
Q7) Albert Uderzo died last week, of which classical French comix was he
the co-creator?
Asterix

Current Events Quiz: Question 8
Q8) Which self effacing British pop singer, best known for his hit “you’re
  Beautiful” posted the following tweet last week :-
 “During lockdown, while many other artists are doing mini-concerts from their
   homes, I thought I’d do you all a favour and not”?
James Blunt

Current Events Quiz: Question 9
Q9) Bob Weighton from Hampshire, the world's oldest man had his birthday
  last Sunday, in what year was he born, making him the same age as Inter
  Milan football club?
 1908

Current Events Quiz: Question 10
Q10) What is the name of the Israeli Prime Minister who reportedly has agreed
  a deal with his main rival to enable him to remain in power and ending a year
  of political deadlock?
 Benjamin Netanyahu