Approaching the end of half term 1 of the 2026-2027 school year!!??!! 2026 continues with ever more testing, increasingly expensive, unpredictable, political and record-breaking emotional times we’ve seen recently with a variety of stories from around the world! What a week once again - City face boos, shirt sells for $14m, Stop the Wedding, animal-themed items, supermarket cyber-attack, Songs from the Wedding Cake, Singapore GP, veg growing championship, character championship, Tree of teh Year, mega-movie flop and politician tackles difficult issues!!! What’s all that about, then? Only one way to find out! The Neeeewwwwsss Quuuiiiizzzz! :) New quiz uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! Over fifteen years now and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! 13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. Designed to be used as a 10-20 minute activity in formtime - you could make it a little longer by talking about and discussing some of the questions. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch and check their apps about the news in the week. :)

Approaching the end of half term 1 of the 2026-2027 school year!!??!! 2026 continues with ever more testing, increasingly expensive, unpredictable, political and record-breaking emotional times we’ve seen recently with a variety of stories from around the world! What a week once again - England epic win, Sainsbury’s rumours, Patient Zero at one, tickets sell out, space-made drink, Super League final, Bahrain GP, Mercury’s lyrics auction, AI rebrand, new creature discovered!!! What’s all that about, then? Only one way to find out! The Neeeewwwwsss Quuuiiiizzzz! :) New quiz uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! Over fifteen years now and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! 13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. Designed to be used as a 10-20 minute activity in formtime - you could make it a little longer by talking about and discussing some of the questions. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch and check their apps about the news in the week. :)

Halfway through half term 1 of the 2026-2027 school year!!??!! 2026 continues with ever more testing, increasingly expensive, unpredictable, political and record-breaking emotional times we’ve seen recently with a variety of stories from around the world! What a week once again - Club found guilty, tech halted due to deception, MTV recordbreaker, videegame gets fourth dimension, Pylon at one, Azerbaijan GP, 2027 ban looms, unusual spider spotted, full moon, gaming map leak, tickets sellout and bear sets challenges!!! What’s all that about, then? Only one way to find out! The Neeeewwwwsss Quuuiiiizzzz! :) New quiz uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! Over fifteen years now and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! 13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. Designed to be used as a 10-20 minute activity in formtime - you could make it a little longer by talking about and discussing some of the questions. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch and check their apps about the news in the week. :)

So here we are again, at the beginning of half term 1 of the 2026-2027 school year !!??!! 2026 continues with ever more testing, increasingly expensive, unpredictable, political and record-breaking emotional times we’ve seen recently with a variety of stories from around the world! What a week once again - City go clear, tea warning, a new 50p, Robocup, junk food ads, Aardman movie release, character gets new voice, Great Expectation continues at one, Bear Week, an unusual car, historical artefact visits UK and actor buys pub!!! What’s all that about, then? Only one way to find out! The Neeeewwwwsss Quuuiiiizzzz! :) New quiz uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! Over fifteen years now and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! 13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. Designed to be used as a 10-20 minute activity in formtime - you could make it a little longer by talking about and discussing some of the questions. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch and check their apps about the news in the week. :)

So here we are again, at the beginning of half term 1 of the 2026-2027 school year !!??!! 2026 continues with ever more testing, increasingly expensive, unpredictable, political and record-breaking emotional times we’ve seen recently with a variety of stories from around the world! What a week once again - Manchester derby, probe nears journey’s end, drone light show spectacular, Royal Mint release 60th specials, Ballon D’Or shortlist, a new Gruffalo book, insect named after singer, Great Expectation at one, melting glaciers look to animals for help, a scary mouthful, Emmys and tour announcements!!! What’s all that about, then? Only one way to find out! The Neeeewwwwsss Quuuiiiizzzz! :) New quiz uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! Over fifteen years now and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! 13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. Designed to be used as a 10-20 minute activity in formtime - you could make it a little longer by talking about and discussing some of the questions. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch and check their apps about the news in the week. :)

So here we are again, at the beginning of half term 1 of the 2026-2027 school year !!??!! 2026 continues with ever more testing, increasingly expensive, unpredictable, political and record-breaking emotional times we’ve seen recently with a variety of stories from around the world! What a week once again - Premier League under way, legendary singer passes, 25th anniversary of a mega movie franchise, Usain Bolt beaten, Italian Grand Prix, 70,000 pints stolen, Choosin’ Texas at one, endangered bird repopulation bid, flash-flooding horror, truck overturns, voice actor passes and monarch speaks out!!! What’s all that about, then? Only one way to find out! The Neeeewwwwsss Quuuiiiizzzz! :) New quiz uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! Over fifteen years now and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! 13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. Designed to be used as a 10-20 minute activity in formtime - you could make it a little longer by talking about and discussing some of the questions. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch and check their apps about the news in the week. :)

Country Flags sheet of keywords on the theme of ‘World Cup 2018’. Powerpoint so can be used on the board or printed as a worksheet. Includes space for students to explain the keywords and suggested extension activities. Can take 10 minutes or an hour, depending on which activities the students complete. Ideal for the start of a lesson, a quick filler, a homework, part of a cover lesson or as a plenary on the board with a whiteboard pen. The idea behind these is to get students to become more literate and think independently about the words that could be used to describe the topic being taught. The repetition of the word over and over as they look for the word is useful in remembering the terms. Often the students will pick up on things that you would not normally expect!

60 questions based on the world's happenings (mainly UK) over the last year of 2017. Split into 4 rounds of three months each. For some reason the TES preview shows weird font sizes and layout - it looks fine in reality :) 12/12/17 *updated with X Factor and I'm A Celebrity winners* Answer sheet for students to fill in on final slide. Lasts around 45 minutes with a form, I usually split them into groups. Have a good Christmas break! :)

This is the 4th Annual Big Fat News Quiz so far! 60 questions from the year, split into 4 rounds. One of the last slides is an answer sheet if you want to be posher than normal lined paper :) Have fun! Mike :) (there's also a weekly News Quiz I send out each week, if you would like to be emailed that one weekly, just email me at thee adddress on the final slide)

OPEN THE ZIP FILE TO ACCESS THE QUIZZES ACROSS 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR 13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch the news in the week. :)

13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch the news in the week. :)

60 questions to test your knowledge of the year 2012. 5 questions for each month, 4 rounds of 3 months each. Merry Christmas! Mike :) (the last slide is a printable answer sheet if needed)

So here we are, at the end of half term 6!!??!! FINALLY!!! This one is the last one of the school year - the next one will be in September 2026. ALSO PLEASE LOOK AT THE BIG FAT END OF THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR QUIZ WHICH WENT LIVE THIS WEEK - THAT ONE FILLS AN HOUR AND MAY BE USEFUL FOR YOUR LAST WEEK 2026 continues with ever more testing, increasingly expensive, unpredictable, political and record-breaking emotional times we’ve seen recently with a variety of stories from around the world! What a week once again - England are in the semi finals, most popular names, Sam Neill passes, record dino skeleton sale, Clacton election controversy, Bayeux Tapestry visits, space balls wash up, musician sets strange record, Wimbledon, game anniversary, Disney remake and sporting hero!!! What’s all that about, then? Only one way to find out! The Neeeewwwwsss Quuuiiiizzzz! :) HAVE A GREAT SUMMER 2026! :) New quiz uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! Over fifteen years now and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! 13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. Designed to be used as a 10-20 minute activity in formtime - you could make it a little longer by talking about and discussing some of the questions. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch and check their apps about the news in the week. :)

It’s baaaaaaaaacck! 65 questions based on the world’s happenings over the last school year of July 2020 - July 2021. Covers News, Media, Celebs, Music, Politics and general what’s been happening. The weekly version of this quiz, which the questions are taken from, is uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! More than ten years and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this each week/year, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! The questions are pupil-accessible being a range of news based events, celebrity, music and movies covering a wide range of topics to make it so there’s something for everyone. Split into 4 rounds of three months each, with the final round having four months. Good for filling an hour in the last week of term and a good informal one to do with your form if you have an hour to fill with something that’s not just a ‘watch a video’ and you actually want to spend some time with your class! Answer sheet for students to fill in on final slide. If anything huge happens in the last few weeks I will alter the last couple of questions to reflect eg Euro 2021, lockdown etc… Lasts around 45-60 minutes with a form, I usually split them into groups and give rewards after each round. Have a good Summer break! :)

It’s baaaaaaaaacck! FOR JULY 2026 WHICH IS FINALLY (NEARLY( HERE!!!) 65 questions based on the world’s happenings over the last school year of July 2025 - July 2026. Covers News, Media, Celebs, Music, Politics, serious, frivolous and general what’s been happening. Including: Beach Boys legend, superhero lands, tennis tournament, Jurassic World, primary school space mission, Demon Hunters, Labubus, nails warning, graffiti artist, matcha, emergency alert, leader visits, world’s oldest mummy, violin auction, Women’s Rugby World Cup, spelling error, Life of a Showgirl, unusual word championships, stage show movie musical, Wicked sequel lands, Superman comic record, expensive Christmas dinners, Donkey Kong rocks, Europe’s largest stadium, rare insects, the moon, Word of the Year, Stranger Things, the Great Reset, I’m A Celebrity, 2025 Christmas Number One, banned adverts, Netflix servers overload, lego technology, K-Pop comeback, another comics record broken, animated movie record, more K-Pop records broken, building scramble, Royal Rumble, Pizza Day, Winter Olympics, giant animal reintroduction, 30th franchise anniversary, price increases, telephone call 150th, an Earthset from space, running world record, movie music biopic, 100th birthday for naturalist, Arsenal win Premier League, Slime Family Portrait, Gloucester rolling, Marvel goes black and white, hottest day records smashed, World Cup, NASA moon mission, rare shark, under 16s ban, Toy Story, epic stadium deal, PM resigns, super-heroine lands, You Seem Pretty Sad trends and the best superhero is about to swing back into action??? The weekly version of this quiz, which the questions are taken from, is uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! More than ten years and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this each week/year, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! The questions are pupil-accessible being a range of news based events, celebrity, music and movies covering a wide range of topics to make it so there’s something for everyone. Split into 4 rounds of three months each, with the final round having four months. Good for filling an hour in the last week of term and a good informal one to do with your form if you have an hour to fill with something that’s not just a ‘watch a video’ and for spending some time with your class! Answer sheet for students to fill in on final slide. Lasts around 45-60 minutes with a form, I usually split them into groups and give rewards after each round. Have a good Summer break! :)

So here we are, approaching the end of half term 6!!??!! APOLOGIES FOR A TWO WEEK GAP IN UPLOADING THESE, THIS WAS DUE TO A FAMILY BEREAVEMENT - THANKYOU TO ALL WHO ASKED WHERE IT WAS! 2026 continues with ever more testing, increasingly expensive, unpredictable, political and record-breaking emotional times we’ve seen recently with a variety of stories from around the world! What a week once again -England are in the quarter finals, heat wave records, epic stadium agreement, PM resigns, transport crash, amazing bench, superhero movie, game pre-orders, you seem pretty sad for a girl…, World Cup goals record smashed, one band does stadium one off and another band apologises to fans!!! What’s all that about, then? Only one way to find out! The Neeeewwwwsss Quuuiiiizzzz! :) New quiz uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! Over fifteen years now and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! 13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. Designed to be used as a 10-20 minute activity in formtime - you could make it a little longer by talking about and discussing some of the questions. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch and check their apps about the news in the week. :)

Oooooh boy, it’s baaaaaaaaacck! For the FIFTEENTH year! And what a year, so many highs and lows! 60 questions based on the world’s happenings over the last year of January to December 2025. Covers News, Media, Celebs, Music, Food, Politics and general what’s been happening. I try to keep it light and not too much heavy drama as we deserve a bit of fun after the year we’ve all just had! And, 6-7, what a year! How much can YOU remember? Christmas number one, US social media ban, artwork googly eyes, 100 yeqar old President passes, Photo of the Year, Inauguration, lyrics sheet record sale, new spider found, Louvre charges extra, chocolate to return, Gulf rename, new report cards design, India sales allowed again, Messy reigns, a flying vehicle design, strikes, Carabao Cup winners, car sales fall, cinema videogame movie, Pope passes, Katy Perry is out of this world, Premier League winners, Peppa Pig family news, robots vs humans, Eurovision Final, Champions League Final, new console released, dangerous downwhill race, TV series ends (for a while), TV reboot actors revealed, Brian Wilson passes, superhero summer, tennis tournament, another Jurassic movie, primary school goes to space, K-Pop Demon Hunters regins, Labubu must haves, nails ban, artwork removal from Courts, matcha price increase, Emergency Test Alert, world leader visits UK, world’s oldest mummy found, violin sale, Women’s Rugby World Cup, Conservatives spelling error, Life of a Showgirl, unusual World Championships, movie-based stage show, Wicked sequel, record comic sale, an expensive Beef Wellington, Game Awards, Europe’s largest stadium opens, rare pink animal spotted, full moon, Word of the Year, Stranger Things breaks records, Tik-Tokers have Great Plans and I’m A Celebrity winner! It’s been a full year! The questions are student-accessible being a range of news based events, celebrity, music and movies covering a wide range of topics to make it so there’s something for everyone. Split into 4 rounds of three months each. Good for filling an hour in the last week of term and a good informal one to do with your form if you have an hour to fill with something that’s not just a ‘watch a video’ and you actually want to spend some time with your class! I tend to pad it out into an hour and a half with discussions, sweets, prizes and rewards between and during rounds. Answer sheet for students to fill in on final slide. Lasts around 60 minutes with a form, I usually split them into groups and give rewards etc. Have a good Christmas break and see you in January 2026! Robots and holograms next year? PS, if anything exciting happens I will alter the last couple of December questions and reupload before the end of term, would be free to re-download in that event!

The Big Fat News Quiz Of The Year 2014

13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch the news in the week. :)

So here we are, at the beginning of half term 6!!??!! 2026 continues with ever more testing, increasingly expensive, unpredictable, political and record-breaking emotional times we’ve seen recently with a variety of stories from around the world! What a week once again - England begin their World Cup journey, social media mega-announcement, Trump announces peace deal, Tom Holland opens up, Barcelona GP, artist passes, Toy Story is back, Toy Story single hits number one, rare shark, unusual Word Championships, a Wembley residency and musician warns government!!!?!??!! What’s all that about, then? Only one way to find out! The Neeeewwwwsss Quuuiiiizzzz! :) New quiz uploaded each week of the term, ALL YEAR LONG! Over fifteen years now and still going strong :) Many thanks to everyone who downloads this, it is very much appreciated and I’m glad it is useful for your form groups! 13 topical questions of the past week’s news, across the UK and the world. Designed to be used as a 10-20 minute activity in formtime - you could make it a little longer by talking about and discussing some of the questions. ANY MIS-SPELLINGS/MISSING CAPITALS ETC. IN THE PREVIEW ARE INTENTIONAL AND LINK TO THE LITERACY QUESTIONS IN THE REST OF THE QUIZ! Powerpoint so can be used on a standard whiteboard. Includes 2 literacy and 1 numeracy questions based on the other questions. Works well as a form group activity in registration time - I give sweets to the winning team (we’re not supposed to give sweets out, so it’s a nice ‘naughty’ reward and makes (some of) them watch and check their apps about the news in the week. :)