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April 2019 News Quiz (Round 1)

 

Who has been arrested after spending 7 years in asylum in the Equadorian embassy?
Julian Assange

 

Which reality TV star has announced that they are aiming to become a qualified lawyer by 2022?
Kim Kardashian

 

Why has scientist Katie Bouman suddenly hit the headlines?
She helped develop the algorithm that created the first-ever image of a black hole in space.

 

History Quiz (Round 6)

 

Who in September 1935 became the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph?
Sir Malcolm Campbell

 

Which NFL football player and coach died in 1970. In recognition of his achievements the NFL's Super Bowl Trophy was renamed after him?
Vince Lombardi

 

Florence Nightingale's most famous contribution came during which war?
The Crimean War

 

The scientist Michael Faraday was born in which century?
18th

 

Banjaxed (Round 222)

Contains questions and answers on the longest rivers, Golden Miller and a Granny Smith.

March 2019 News Quiz (Round 4)

 

Which UK attraction has become the number one visitor destination beating the British Museum?
Tate Modern

 

An historic space walk from the International Space Station, where for the first time both participants would be women, has had to be changed to a man and a woman, why?
They only had one spacesuit of the right size for a woman.

 

The world's highest paid union official is under pressure to step down from his position in which organisation?
Professional Footballers Association

The 'Ye Olde trop to Jerusalem' (Round 221)

 

Canteloupe, Egusi and Water are all types of which fruit?

Melon

 

The ‘Ye Olde trop to Jerusalem’ pub in Nottingham holds which distinction?

Oldest pub in Britain

 

Which is the larger lake; Lake Superior or Lake Michigan?

Lake Superior

 

In British universities, what do the initials NUS stand for?

National Union of Students

 

Actress Charlize Theron was born in which country?

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