Quiz: a week in 12 questions + Caption Competition

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Which two English universities take part in the famous boat race?
- London and Sheffield
- Bristol and Warwick
- Oxford and Cambridge
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What is the famous US ruling that protects a woman’s liberty to have an abortion?
- Roe v Wade
- Reed v King
- Ginsburg v Ellis
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Who wrote Moby-Dick?
- Joseph Conrad
- Mark Twain
- Herman Melville
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Who said “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”?
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Martin Luther King Jr
- Mahatma Gandhi
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Why was Novak Djokovic disqualified from this year’s US Open?
- For ball tampering
- For hitting an official with a ball
- For throwing his racket into the net
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What is the most popular tourist attraction in Europe?
- Buckingham Palace
- The Reichstag
- The Palace of Versailles
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At what time does the new curfew require restaurants in England to close ?
- 8 pm
- 10 pm
- 12 am
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Which children’s writer set up Farms for City Children?
- Michael Morpurgo
- Jaqueline Wilson
- Philip Pullman
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What is the name of the upcoming Nasa mission to the moon?
- Apollo
- Athena
- Artemis
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What is the name of the medical procedure used to help people who are choking?
- The Heimlich manoeuvre
- Müller’s manoeuvre
- The Kocher manoeuvre
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In what year was George W Bush elected president of the United States of America?
- 1996
- 2000
- 2003
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A new 50p coin was released this week with which children’s character on it?
- Winnie the Pooh
- Peter Rabbit
- Harry Potter
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1c, 2a, 3c, 4b, 5b, 6c, 7b, 8a, 9c, 10a, 11b, 12a