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Test your knowledge of current affairs with our fun news quiz...

on 27th March 2006

Test your knowledge of current affairs with our fun news quiz...

 

Test your knowledge of current affairs with our fun news quiz:

 

1. Name the British peace activist who was rescued from captivity in Iraq this week.

    Norman Kember

    Norman Kimble

    Norman Kendall

    Norman Kemble

 

2. In the UK everyone put their clocks forward by one hour at _____________ on Sunday morning, marking the start of British summertime.

    midnight

    2am

    4am

    6am

 

3. Which football team was promoted to the Premiership last weekend for the first time in its 135-year history?

    Leicester City

    Sheffield United

    Reading

    Derby County

 

4. What can you not do in Scotland from today?

    talk loudly in a shopping centre

    wear leather sandals indoors

    argue on public transport

    smoke in an enclosed public place

 

5. It was reported this week that every hour British people dump around 1,700 _______________ in favour of newer models.

    laptop computers

    mobile phones

    MP3 players

    boyfriends

 

6. Who said this week that he now wishes he hadn't said goodbye so early?

    

 

7. Who is "So Sick" of being number one in the UK Singles Top 40?

    

 

8. Name the popular natural history programme that's been getting big audiences for BBC1 on Sunday nights recently.

    Planet

    Planet History

    Planet Earth

    Planet of the Apes

 

9. The Labour Party has been accused of giving _________ in return for generous loans.

    cash

    knighthoods

    peerages

    tea and biscuits

 

10. Name the brand new $27 million musical based on stories from another world that opened in Toronto this week.

    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    Grimm's Fairy Tales

    The Lord of the Rings

    War of the Worlds

 

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