News Quiz 2020_inter

News Quiz 2020_inter

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English

8th - 11th Grade

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18 questions

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1.

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30 sec • 1 pt

Coronavirus is considered as the most severe pandemic since the flu pandemic which broke out in 1918 and was called...

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The film Parasite made history as the first foreign-language film to be awarded the Oscar for best picture in February 2020. What country is the movie from?

3.

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30 sec • 1 pt

Many countries around the world ordered strict lockdowns in 2020, but which country was the first in Europe to shut down?

4.

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30 sec • 1 pt

The Tokyo Olympics didn’t take place in summer 2020 because of the pandemic. How many times have the Olympics been cancelled or postponed in the past?

5.

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30 sec • 1 pt

Which aircraft returned to the skies in 2020 after being grounded for more than a year?

6.

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30 sec • 1 pt

As the pandemic spread across the world, many world leaders came down with the coronavirus. Which of these politicians did not?

7.

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K-pop band BTS broke the YouTube record in August 2020 when their song was watched more than 100 million times within 24 hours of its release. What’s the song called?

8.

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Anti-racism protests broke out in the USA and other countries after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in…

9.

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Lewis Hamilton became the Formula 1 champion for the seventh time in 2020. Which other racing driver has won Formula 1 a record seven times?

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30 sec • 1 pt

While many countries took strict measures to fight the coronavirus, one European country stood out from the rest. In which country did life carry on as normal?

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