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Quiz: a week in 12 questions

The 2018 Commonwealth Games get off to a dazzling start.

1. What does the A in the acronym ADHD stand for?
   1. Attention
   2. Anti
   3. Auto
2. What percentage of American children show signs of video game addiction?
   1. 2.5%
   2. 8.5%
   3. 20.5%
3. In which country are under-16s banned from playing online games after midnight?
   1. Germany
   2. South Korea
   3. Australia
4. Who shot Martin Luther King Jr?
   1. John Wilkes Booth
   2. Lee Harvey Oswald
   3. James Earl Ray
5. … And in which city?
   1. Dallas
   2. Memphis
   3. Washington DC
6. What do people who suffer from narcolepsy do?
   1. Fall asleep suddenly
   2. Suffer memory loss
   3. Drink too much water
7. According to a survey by The Tab, 26% of students at Oxford University claim to have used which study drug?
   1. Adderall
   2. Modafinil
   3. Ritalin
8. With which of these countries does the United States run a trade surplus? (This means it exports more goods than it imports.)
   1. Mexico
   2. Canada
   3. United Kingdom
9. Which of these states did Donald Trump NOT win in the 2016 presidential election?
   1. Virginia
   2. Pennsylvania
   3. Michigan
10. Which country has proposed a law requiring under-16s to get parental permission before opening social media accounts?
    1. United Kingdom
    2. France
    3. Germany
11. Which social media website did the Royal Society for Public Health find was the most detrimental for mental health?
    1. Instagram
    2. Snapchat
    3. Twitter
12. Where are the 2018 Commonwealth Games (above)?
    1. Gold Coast, Australia
    2. Durban, South Africa
    3. Montreal, Canada

Caption competition

Last week’s winner

“That croissant looks beautigull” Kingston Grammar School