Weekly Geography News Quiz for Schools
This weekly geography news quiz for students helps bring current events into the classroom in a quick and engaging way. Designed for KS3 and KS4, the quiz covers a range of topics including geography, environmental news, UK stories, science developments, and major global events. Each quiz contains a mixture of multiple-choice with map skills and global location questions to encourage students to think about where events are happening and why they matter.
The quiz is ideal for tutor time, form time, lesson starters, or end-of-week activities, and helps students build awareness of the world around them while developing their general knowledge. Topics often include natural hazards, climate and wildlife stories, major international developments, and unusual news from around the world.
Feel free to use the quiz as a short classroom activity lasting around 10–15 minutes, making it a simple way to introduce current affairs and geography into the school week.
What’s included:
20 question PowerPoint slide for whole class activity
A4 answer sheet
This week we cover:
120,000 year old Hippo bones found beneath Pembroke Castle
Humpback whale strandings
Glacial surges and flood/avalanche hazards
Limestone landscapes under the birthplace of Henry VII
The World Bank ‘Water Forward’ Initiative
Themes for World Earth Day on the 22nd April
Spain prepare their communities for tsunami hazards
Macaws reappear in Rio after being absent for 200 years from deforestation
A significant Italian landslide on the Adriatic coast in response to heavy rainfall
The UK’s biggest solar farm gets government approval
Typhoons and cyclones in the Pacific
Curriculum areas:
Global location
Plate tectonics and natural hazards
Climate change
Ecosystems & habitats
Global location (South America & Europe)
Global development
I hope you enjoy this quiz! Please feel free to leave a review and feedback and let me know what you thought of this resource or how it can be improved.
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Great quiz and start to term. Loved the Hippo story and related it back to gathering data on climate has change.
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