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Quiz of the Week #2 – News of the World
Welcome to another Quiz of the Week!
This week's quiz is happening this Saturday (15th August) at 20:00 UK time!
This week's quiz is happening this Saturday (15th August) at 20:00 UK time!
This week's theme is world news! This means we'll have ten questions about events in world news and politics in the last week or so. I'll post each question about 5 minutes apart, and quote in people who have answered questions previously.
I'll also quote in the people who took part in Catus's quiz last week unless they tell me otherwise. Once again we'll have a prize of 100 rep points for the winner!
For more information on the series of weekly quizzes and notifications when quizzes take place, visit the master thread!
Questions:
1) Which state does Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris represent in the US Senate?
Answer
2) Which country does the boat responsible for the oil spill in Mauritius belong to?
Answer
3) To which country did the Belarusian opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya flee after she lost the presidential election last week?
Answer
4) Which Arab country has Israel this week signed a new treaty with, a deal which includes mutual recognition?
Answer
5) Which foodstuff has caused issues in agreeing a UK-Japan trade deal?
Answer
6) Who recently left Spain for the UAE due to scrutiny of his financial dealings?
Answer
7) Name one of the Caribbean territories added to the UK's two-week quarantine list from this morning.
Answer
8) Who did the German social-democratic SPD choose this week as their candidate for chancellor for next year's federal election?
Answer
9) On Thursday, coronavirus was found in China on frozen chicken wings imported from which country?
Answer
10) Also on Thursday, the US government said it would suspend charter flights with which country?
Answer
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What stops it becoming a competition to see who can type into google the quickest?
Could I be added to tomorrows quiz, please?
Original post by KingZayd II
Could I be added to tomorrows quiz, please?
Yes for sure!
Just finished writing the questions for this, so please drop a post in here before then if you want to be tagged!
(It's the first time I've ever heard this song outside the Mock The Week theme tune and it doesn't sound entirely like I expected!)
(It's the first time I've ever heard this song outside the Mock The Week theme tune and it doesn't sound entirely like I expected!)
Original post by caravaggio2
What stops it becoming a competition to see who can type into google the quickest?
Often some clever question wording can reduce googlability.
Original post by KingZayd II
Could I be added to tomorrows quiz, please?
I've added you to our master quote list
This is happening in just over an hour!!!
I'm about to make a quote list, so if you'd like to take part and haven't said, the best thing to do is post in here before we get underway at 8, and I'll put you on the list to be quoted in to each new question.
I'm about to make a quote list, so if you'd like to take part and haven't said, the best thing to do is post in here before we get underway at 8, and I'll put you on the list to be quoted in to each new question.
Original post by Saracen's Fez
This is happening in just over an hour!!!
I'm about to make a quote list, so if you'd like to take part and haven't said, the best thing to do is post in here before we get underway at 8, and I'll put you on the list to be quoted in to each new question.
I'm about to make a quote list, so if you'd like to take part and haven't said, the best thing to do is post in here before we get underway at 8, and I'll put you on the list to be quoted in to each new question.
Count me in Fez!
Here we go! Anyone else who comes along and answers will be quoted in for the remaining questions too, and questions will be posted about every five minutes.
Question 1: Which state does Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris represent in the US Senate?
Question 1: Which state does Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris represent in the US Senate?
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Original post by Bailey14
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Good plan to spoiler btw!
Bailey's given me an idea – so as not to give answers away, please spoiler your answers (put them in [spoiler][/spoiler]
tags)!
On that note:
Question 2: Which country does the boat responsible for the oil spill in Mauritius belong to?
tags)!
On that note:
Question 2: Which country does the boat responsible for the oil spill in Mauritius belong to?
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