Quiz of the Week - 04/11/2023

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1. Which storm caused widespread flooding and damage around the UK this week?

1 point

Storm Agnes

Storm Babet

Storm Ciarán

Storm Debi

Clear selection

2. The Fawcett Society, an equal rights charity, this week said how many mothers with children under four have left their jobs due to childcare pressures?

1 point

Half

One in five

One in ten

One in 20

Clear selection

3. Sam Bankman-Fried, the 'King of crypto', has been found guilty of which offence(s) at the end of a month-long trial in New York?

1 point

Fraud

Insider trading and money laundering

Tax evasion and insider trading

Fraud and money laundering

Clear selection

4. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said she wants to restrict what in relation to homeless people?

1 point

The areas in which they can sit in the streets

Their ability to beg in the streets

The criteria for being classed as homeless

The use of tents

Clear selection

5. Which Tory MP has surrendered the whip after being convicted for a racially aggravated public order offence?

1 point

Nick Cornish

Bob Stewart

Andrew Percy

Robert Sampson

Clear selection

6. Dominic Cummings has claimed in his witness statement to the inquiry into the government's pandemic response that Boris Johnson - then prime minister - asked government scientists whether people could kill Covid using what?

1 point

A disinfectant injection

An enema

A 'special hairdryer'

A hydrogen peroxide inhaler

Clear selection

7. What did the Bank of England announce this week in relation to interest rates?

1 point

The interest rate would stay at 5.25%

The interest rate would rise to 5.25%

The interest rate would rise to 5.50%

The interest rate would stay at 5.75%

Clear selection

8. The BBC this week published an article warning that how many county councils face effective bankruptcy?

1 point

Half

One in six

One in ten

One in 15

Clear selection

9. Which actor was found dead at his home in Los Angeles?

1 point

Matt LeBlanc

Jim Carrey

Chris Pine

Matthew Perry

Clear selection

10. There was a hostage incident at Hamburg Airport this weekend, where a father drove onto the tarmac with his young daughter before shooting his weapon twice in the air and throwing burning bottles from the vehicle. What was his motivation?

1 point

An argument with his spouse

A climate protest

A custody disagreement with his ex-wife

A protest against the Israel-Gaza war

Clear selection

Tiebreaker: How many flights were scheduled to fly out of Hamburg Airport on Sunday (5 November)?

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