Weekly Geography News Quiz 16 March 2026

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 5–10 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:

• Saving hedgehogs with high frequency sound innovation and habitats
• The volcanic eruption in Hawaii
• The fox that stowed away in a cargo ship from Southampton to NYC
• Asteroid impact off the Yorkshire coast 43-46 million years ago
• 100 year drought on Easter Island
• Formula 1 cancels in the middle east
• Acidification of oceans and the impact on archaeology
• Live streaming the Kakapo from New Zealand
• Using grazing sheep and goats to fight wildfires in Spain
• Fishermen in the Nile are earning more from recycling plastic than fish
• Carbon sinks in the Cerrado wetlands of Brazil
• Woodland access in England
• Radio 1 DJ Greg James and his 1000km tandem trip across the UK
• Wales defeat Italy in the Six Nations in Cardiff

Curriculum areas:

• Global location
• Volcanic landscapes, hazards, air and water pollution from acid rain
• Climate change and sea level changes
• Ecosystems & habitats
• Global location (South America, Africa, Middle East, US states,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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