Quiz of the Week - 10/02/2023

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1. An easy one to begin with: what has King Charles been diagnosed with?

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Lupus

Cancer

Parkinson's

Early onset dementia

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2. Which song won Song of the Year at the Grammys?

1 point

Flowers by Miley Cyrus

What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish

Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift

Padam Padam by Kylie Minogue

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3. Sticking with the Grammys, Taylor Swift announced that a surprise new album The Tortured Poets Department will released on 19 April. How many studio albums has she released so far?

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4. Over in the US, what was the reason given in a report released this week for not prosecuting Joe Biden for the handling of classified documents after he left the vice-presidency in 2017?

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There was no evidence of wrongdoing

He has already been unsuccessfully prosecuted

The prosecutor made a procedural error

It was deemed a jury would view him as just an old man with a poor memory

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5. Labour this week announced the scrapping of its flagship spending commitment aiming to achieve climate change and green jobs. How much was it going to cost?

1 point

£10bn

£18bn

£20bn

£28bn

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6. The 'Popular Conservatism' (PopCon) group was this week launched by which senior Tory?

1 point

Boris Johnson

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Liz Truss

Dominic Raab

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7. Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton announced he will leave Mercedes at the end of the 2024 season to join which team?

1 point

Ferrari

Red Bull

McLaren

Aston Martin

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8. US Senator Chris Coons has this week taken a selfie with his doppelganger, who is which European leader?

1 point

French President Emmanuel Macron

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte

Polish President Andrzej Duda

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9. Junior doctors have announced another strike due to take place later this month. How long will it last?

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Three days

Four days

Five days

Six days

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10. Ian Lavender, the last surviving main cast member of Dad's Army, died this week. How old was he?

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Tiebreaker: Crowds gathered at the Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, to witness a rare chord change in the longest and slowest piece of music in history. The experimental piece, entitled As Slow as Possible, began playing in 2001. When is it due to end?

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