Quiz: a week in 12 questions + Caption Competition

A traditional Hungarian guard dog, known as a Komondor. Captions?
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The prime minister, Theresa May, said that she wants to build “a fairer Britain that works for everyone, not just…”
- “The privileged”
- “The few”
- “Conservatives”
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Donald Trump’s Republican Party is about to cut America’s corporate tax. It is currently 35%. What will it become?
- 20%
- 10%
- 5%
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According to a poll by the
Mail on Sunday, what proportion of people in Britain want a second EU referendum?
- One quarter
- One half
- Two-thirds
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How did former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh once describe running his country?
- “Conducting an orchestra of lies”
- “Singing for a swarm of wasps”
- “Dancing on the heads of snakes”
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What did the UN describe as a “planetary crisis” this week?
- Rising global temperatures
- The amount of plastic in oceans
- The spreeading of fake news
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Which website has hired 10,000 new “reviewers” to remove inappropriate content?
- YouTube
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Which city has been attacked 52 times, besieged 23 times and destroyed at least twice?
- Jerusalem
- London
- Athens
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Google’s designs for its new UK headquarters made headlines this week. Why?
- It is made entirely out of wood
- It is a 330m long “landscraper”
- It is taller than the Shard
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Those who spoke out about sexual abuse were named Time magazine's “person of the year”. Who came second?
- Beyoncé
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Donald Trump
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Yesterday the value of bitcoin hit $15,000. What was one bitcoin worth at the start of 2017?
- $106
- $997
- $2,526
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What winds are driving the wildfires in Southern California?
- Santa Fe winds
- Santa Ana winds
- Santa Maria winds
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What is Australia’s little-known word of the year for 2017?
- Mozzy (short for mosquito)
- Fozzie (a badly dressed person)
- Kwaussie (a portmanteau of Kiwi and Aussie)
Caption competition
Last week’s winner

“I bring the Three Wise Men all this way and all I get for my Christmas dinner is this!” Stowmarket High School
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