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1
The United States has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in
the world. Who now has the second highest number of cases?
a. Russia
b. Brazil
c. India
b. Brazil - A surge in infections has Brazil reporting the
second-highest number of cases in the world.
2
Dominic Cummings has been heavily criticised for making a 260-
mile car trip during lockdown. What role does he have in politics?
a. He is an adviser to Boris Johnson
b. He is an MP for the LibDems
c. He is the Health Secretary
a. He is an adviser to Boris Johnson - Amid the public outcry,
dozens of Tory MPs Calling are calling for Mr Cummings to
resign or be fired after his 260-mile journey came to light.
3
Which country quit its membership of the World Health
Organisation last week?
a. China
b. United States
c. Russia
b. United States - President Trump said he is severing US ties
with the World Health Organisation over the UN agency's
handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
4
What type of animal is shown in this
image from the news?
a. Murder Hornet b. Giant Cricket c.
Periodical Cicada
c. Periodical Cicada - After spending 17 years underground, millions
of cicadas will be emerging in parts of the United States. Periodical
cicadas are expected to come out in early summer across southwest
Virginia, parts of North Carolina, and in West Virginia. The last time
the cicadas emerged in many of those regions was in 2003 and 2004,
though some areas saw an emergence in 2013.5
Which US city is at the centre of violent protests after a man
died while being arrested by police?
a. Minneapolis
b. Boston
c. Seattle
a. Minneapolis - Massive protests have swept across US cities
following the police killing of a handcuffed black man, George
Floyd, in Minneapolis.6
On what date is Premier League football set to start again?
a. 17th June
b. 15th June
b. 8th June
a. 17th June - The Premier League is set to restart on 17 June
with Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v
Arsenal, subject to government approval. A full round of
fixtures would then be played on the weekend of 19-21 June.7
Scientists have observed a new planet being formed for the
first time using a special telescope called the …?
a. Enterprise Telescope
b. Galileo Telescope
c. Very Large Telescope
c. Very Large Telescope - Scientists using the European
Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, uncovered signs
of a star system being born. Images show a spiral of dust and
gas around a young star called AB Aurigae, which is located
520 lightyears away from Earth.8
A pair of these shoes were sold at
auction for almost $1 million. Who made
them famous?
Michael Jordan - The Air Jordan 1s which Jordan wore in his
rookie season with the Chicago Bulls in 1985 fetched
NZ$943,000 dollars at auction through Sotheby's New York. A
Netflix documentary about the legendary player has drawn a
lot of attention recently.9
Donald Trump has said that the US is spending billions of dollars a
year on developing “super-duper missiles”. What are the weapons
better known as?
a. hyperactive missiles
b. hypersonic missiles
c. hypothermal missiles
b. hypersonic missiles - The missiles fly at speeds of a mile a
second or faster and maneuver in ways that make them extra
hard to detect and destroy in flight. Russia and China have
been working on these types of weapons for a while.10
What product has the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson,
announced it will stop selling in the United States and Canada due to
health concerns?
a. baby oil
b. talc-based baby powder
c. no-more-tears baby shampoo
b. talc-based baby powder - Lawsuits against Johnson &
Johnson allege some of their talc products were contaminated
with asbestos. Johnson & Johnson's deny the allegations. Both
talc and asbestos are naturally occurring minerals that may be
found in close proximity in the earth, therefore it is important
to select talc mining sites carefully and take steps to test the
ore sufficiently.11
Harry Potter author, JK Rowling has just published a new story
that is free to read online. What is the title of the story?
a. The Ickabog
b. The Jabberwocky
c. The Gruffalo
a. The Ickabog - She wrote the fairy tale for her children as a
bedtime story over a decade ago. It is unrelated to Rowling’s
other books, and will be free to read online to help entertain
children and families stuck at home during the coronavirus
pandemic.12
Which company teamed up with NASA to
launch these men into space?
a. Tesla b. Rocket Lab c. SpaceX
c. SpaceX - Astronauts have launched to orbit from the United
States for the first time in nearly a decade. Crew Dragon is the
first-ever private human vehicle to head for orbit, the result
of years of hard work.13
Multi-national company, Hertz, has filed for bankruptcy in the
US. In what industry is Hertz one of the largest operators?
a. Food production
b. Hotel Chains
c. Rental Cars
c. Rental Cars - The company - which began operating a
century ago in Chicago with a dozen Model T Ford cars - had
already furloughed or laid off 20,000 employees, or around
half of its global workforce, in response to the pandemic.14
True or false, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
President has said that the Tokyo Games would have to be
scrapped if the event cannot be held next year?
True - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has already said the
multi-sports event cannot take place in 2021 unless the virus
is contained. The IOC President said they are committed to
the games going ahead but decisions will be made when the
world’s COVID-19 situation becomes clearer.15
In a promising step for the future, the world's largest fully electric
plane conducted a successful flight last week. Apart from the pilot,
how many passengers can it take?
a. zero
b. three
c. nine
c. nine - The all-electric eCaravan is a retrofitted Cessna,
which managed a successful 30 minute flight last week.
Aviation currently makes a significant contribution to carbon
emissions. Electric planes are seen as a necessary step for the
future.16
Which country has this flag?
New Zealand17
Donald Trump has admitted he takes hydroxychloroquine, which has
not yet gone through proper clinical trials as a COVID-19
preventative. What has the drug been used for in the past?
a. preventing measles
b. preventing and treating malaria
c. treating asthma
b. preventing and treating malaria - Donald Trump has been
calling hydroxychloroquine a game changer. However, a US
woman who has been taking the drug for 19 years has spoken
up against Trump’s claims after she contracted COVID-19.18
How many people were tested for COVID-19 in Wuhan over 10
days?
a. 500,000
b. 1.9 million
c. 9 million
c. 9 million - Health authorities have used so-called pool
testing, to test 9 million out of the city's 11 million residents
in 10 days. Pool testing is quick but can sometimes lead to
inaccuracies.19
Which athlete has topped the Forbes list of top female sports
earnings for the past year?
a. Maria Sharapova
b. Naomi Osaka
c. Serena Williams
b. Naomi Osaka - The 22-year-old tennis player earned
US$37.4 million ($61.5 million) over the past 12 months from
endorsements and prize money, eclipsing Serena Williams for
the year. It is a new record for a female athlete, topping the
previous mark of US$29.7 million set by Maria Sharapova in
2015. Osaka is the 29th highest paid sportsperson overall.20
Who is this celebrity and business woman
who has been in the news?
Kylie Jenner - Forbes magazine has revaluated Kylie Jenner's
worth, and alleges that the makeup mogul had inflated her net
worth, and is no longer considered a billionaire.The End
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