News quiz

8th July 2005, 1:00am

Share

News quiz

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/news-quiz
1 Revealed: pound;4 billion a year. Whose income?

a Live 8 headliners’ collective salaries

b Annual value of UK drugs trade

c Annual profits of UK pharmaceutical industry

d First PM Sir Robert Walpole (2005 prices)

2 Why didn’t the Government want you to know that?

a They’re scared of drug dealers

b They’re scared of John Birt

c They’re scared of Bob Geldof

d National security

3 Who promised action on “coasting schools”? When?

a Stephen Byers, 1998

b David Miliband, 2002

c Ruth Kelly, 2005

d All of them

4 When did Homo sapiens first reach America, according to new research?

a 500 years ago

b 12,500 years ago

c 40,000 years ago

d Sometime between leaving the garden of Eden and the arrival of the Great Flood

1b,2d,3d,4c

Want to keep reading for free?

Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters.

Keep reading for just £1 per month

You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get:

  • Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content
  • Exclusive subscriber-only stories
  • Award-winning email newsletters
Recent
Most read
Most shared