TSR news quiz, 1st October 2021

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1) Germany had its federal election last Sunday. How many seats did the victorious SPD win?

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206

196

306

396

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2) And as thoughts turn to building a coalition government, which of the following is *NOT* a country whose flag traditionally gives its name to a type of coalition in Germany?

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South Africa

Kenya

Germany

Jamaica

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3) In which seaside city did the Labour Party hold its annual conference this week?

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Liverpool

Brighton

Bristol

Southampton

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4) Which member of Labour's shadow cabinet resigned at the party conference on Monday?

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Angela Rayner

Andy McDonald

Rebecca Long-Bailey

Anneliese Dodds

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5) One of the reasons quoted for the resignation was that Keir Starmer opposed raising the minimum wage to £15 per hour. How high does the Living Wage Foundation estimate the current living wage, the amount someone needs to earn per hour to comfortable live on, to be outside London?

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£9.50 per hour

£14.50 per hour

£7.50 per hour

£11.50 per hour

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6) To help solve the fuel crisis, the UK government announced it would issue 5,000 temporary visas for foreign lorry drivers. When would these currently be due to expire?

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Christmas Eve

New Year's Day

Hallowe'en

Easter Day

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7) What was the very fitting name of the reporter sent by BBC News to report on the fuel crisis last Saturday, prompting amused reaction on Twitter?

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Hugh Jissue

Noah Diesel

Phil McCann

Ivan O'Fhuill

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8) Which former European leader was sentenced to a year's house arrest this Thursday for illegally overspending in an election?

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Jean-Claude Juncker

Nicolas Sarkozy

Leo Varadkar

Silvio Berlusconi

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9) What was unusual about the search party joined by Beyhan Mutlu in Turkey this week?

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Everyone was dressed as Mickey Mouse for charity.

It was an online party held to promote a new search engine.

It was the biggest search party in the history of Turkey.

He was the person they were actually searching for.

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10) On Tuesday, police in Liverpool shot dead which animal, which had been dangerously roaming the streets in Bootle?

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Goat

Bull

Pigeon

Stag

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Tiebreaker (closest wins): Returning to the German election, according to the federal returning officer, how many people in total cast a vote?

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