Questions – Newsreel 17
Food scandal over horsemeat
1 Food products that were being sold as ……. actually contained
horsemeat.
A lamb
B beef
C pork
2 How did the horsemeat scandal begin?
Found horsemeat in the swedish lansange from Findus
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Lady Gaga cancels world tour
1 How many concerts did Lady Gaga cancel in the middle of her
world tour?
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2. True or false? Lady Gaga had a broken hand? True
False
Boston marathon explosions
1 Where did the explosions go off?
A Close to the starting line
B In the middle of the route
C Close to the finish line
2 What happened in Boston after the explosions?
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schools and ... were closed____________________________________________________
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Sir Alex set retire
1 “I have been very____
_founted___________; I have been able to manage
some of the greatest players in the country, let alone Manchester
United.
2 Which country does Alex Ferguson come from?
Scotland
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Miley on making history
1 “Pop star Miley Cyrus hit the headlines in August after a
performance at the ……?
A MTV Music Video Awards
B MTV Awards for Music Videos
C MTV Video Music Awards
2 What did Miley do after she became a pop star?
cut her hair short and wear provocative clothes
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Welcome to Sweden Mr President
1 The US president Barack Obama made his first __
official__his first _
_visit_____________
visit to Sweden in September.
2 Obama visited the capital’s Royal Institute of Technology in
Stockholm.
True
False
Nairobi survivor speaks out
1 In September, terrorists attacked a __________ ____________ in
Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
A shopping centre
B football stadium
C train station
2 Kenya has soldiers in which country that are fighting with militants?
Somalia
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Malala wins human rights award
1 What does Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist from Pakistan,
campaign for?
Better right for girls and women's rights and school in her country
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2 In which year was Malala shot by the Taliban for speaking out
against the political regime in her country?
A 2013
B 2012
C 2011
Philippines devastated by typhoon
1 A powerful typhoon caused devastation in the Philippines in which
month of 2013?
November
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2 The ___
wings________ got up to 235 kilometres per hour and the
_____
_waves__________were as high as 15 metres.
The family that lights up Christmas
1 The Richards family are from which city in Australia?
Canberra
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2 True of false? Their home is open to visitors throughout December
to raise money for a animal charity.
True
False