Best of newsreel 2013

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?
___ 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 