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November 6, 2012 by theriskyshift in Quiz with 1 Comment

A little quiz on the last few weeks of news. Let’s see whether you’ve been keeping up with the newspapers!

Choose one answer per question and when you’re finished click submit. Proud of your score? Challenge your friends! Check out the answers.

1) What is the deadliest cyclone/hurricane in recorded history?

Calcutta Cyclone (1864)
Bhola Cyclone (1970)
Super Typhoon Nina (1975)
Great Galveston Hurricane (1900)

2) For what was Italian ex-PM Berlusconi recently sentenced?

Adultery
Sex with a minor
Tax fraud
Bribery

3) Which historic event allegedly took place on 31st October 495 years ago?

Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg
Panama City was founded
Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his last trip to the New World
Saladin captured Jerusalem

4) On 21st October Wissam al-Hassan was assassinated with a car bomb in Beirut. What was his official position?

Head of the intelligence branch of the Internal Security Force (ISF)
Prime Minister
Head of the national police force
Foreign Intelligence Chief

5) Which EU politician was born on 31st October 1947?

Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Herman Van Rompuy
Catherine Ashton
Javier Solana

6) The Presidential elections for which country were recently set for 5th April 2014?

North Korea
Germany
Burkina Faso
Afghanistan

7) The replica of which ship was sunk by Hurricane Sandy?

Adventure Galley
USS Holland
HMS Ark Royal
HMS Bounty

8) Parliamentary elections took place on 28th October in which country?

Taiwan
Ukraine
Lithuania
Tuvalu

9) How many UK soldiers have been killed in ‘green on blue’ attacks in Afghanistan in 2012?

2
6
11
18

10) When was the last time a Pakistani-Indian cricket series took place?

1945
1970
2000
2007

11) Which film company was recently bought by Disney?

Geffen
20th Century Fox
Paramount Pictures
LucasFilm

12) How many electoral votes does Virginia cast?

3
13
18
20

13) China’s growth rate during the 3rd quarter (as of 18 October) was…?

3.8%
5.4%
7.4%
10.3%

14) What Chinese year is 2012?

Dragon
Tiger
Unicorn
Rat

15) Which year in the Islamic calender are we currently in?

1230
1432
1634
1836

16) Which American President was the first one to not be reelected?

George Washington
John Adams
Calvin Coolidge
William Henry Harrison

17) According to a 2012 poll who was the worst President of the US after WW2?

Rutherford B. Hayes
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Richard Nixon

18) When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

1956
1962
1966
1969

19) Which position did Curtis LeMay hold during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Secretary of Defense
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Staff of the US Air Force
National Security Advisor

20) What was the name of the US nuclear missiles withdrawn from Turkey and Italy after the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Meteor



Photo credit: James Cridland

Compiled by Jan Raudszus

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    HenrySeversNovember 7, 2012 at 7:12 pmReply

    A not too hot 12/20 :-/

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