Mr Shaw’s big quiz of the

week

Q1) Ants can carry how many times their body weight?

A - 50 times

B – 10 times

C – 100 times

Q2) Which film won best picture Oscar last

weekend?

Q3) In 1982 (and every shuttle mission since) which

famous chocolate brand have been rocketed into

space?

A – Mars

B – Wispa

C - M&Ms

Q4) Who is the first and only Premier League team to have

an agreement in place with the NFL to have regular games

at their stadium?

Q5) What is the working title of the next James Bond movie

according to a listing in industry magazine Production

Weekly?

Q6) What is rising by 3p to 70p for 1st class?

Q7) A number of members of parliament have resigned from

their parties in the last two weeks, what are they collectively

calling themselves?

Q8) The first privately financed mission to the Moon has lifted

off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, in which country is the

organisation that has set up the mission based?

Q9) Megan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex, went to New York

last week on a trip that cost over £300,000, to attend what?

Q10) Which British University has been embroiled is a row

after a large number of Students voted against allowing the

forming of a Jewish Society?

Q11) In which country, Africa's most populous nation, was

there an election for president last week?

Q12) Which manufacturer has produced a smartphone that

uses five cameras to take a photo which it says is "the richest

image capture possible”?

Current events quiz 01/03/19Q13) Glastonbury have just announced they will be banning

sales of what item at their festival?

Current events quiz 01/03/19Q14) Donald Trump met with Kim Jung-un this week.

Where did the meeting take place?

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ANSWERS

Q1) Ants can carry how many times their body weight?

A - 50 times

B – 10 times

C – 100 times

Q2) Which film won best picture Oscar last

weekend? Green book

Q3) In 1982 (and every shuttle mission since) which

famous chocolate brand have been rocketed into

space?

A – Mars

B – Wispa

C - M&Ms

Q4) Who is the first and only Premier League team to have

an agreement in place with the NFL to have regular games

at their stadium? Tottenham Hotspur

Q5) What is the working title of the next James Bond movie

according to a listing in industry magazine Production

Weekly? Shatterhand

Q6) What is rising by 3p to 70p for 1st class?

Stamps

Q7) A number of members of parliament have resigned from

their parties in the last two weeks, what are they collectively

calling themselves? Independent Group

Q8) The first privately financed mission to the Moon has lifted

off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, in which country is the

organisation that has set up the mission based?

Israel

Q9) Megan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex, went to New York

last week on a trip that cost over £300,000, to attend what?

Baby shower

Q10) Which British University has been embroiled is a row

after a large number of Students voted against allowing the

forming of a Jewish Society? Essex University

Q11) In which country, Africa's most populous nation, was

there an election for president last week?

Nigeria

Q12) Which manufacturer has produced a smartphone that

uses five cameras to take a photo which it says is "the richest

image capture possible”?

Nokia

Current events quiz 01/03/19Q13) Glastonbury have just announced they will be banning

sales of what item at their festival?

Single use plastic bottles (plastic bottles is fine)

Current events quiz 01/03/19Q14) Donald Trump met with Kim Jung-un this week.

Where did the meeting take place?

Vietnam