QUICK QUIZ
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TRIVIA AND CURRENT EVENTS
1. According to a juror, Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial ended in a hung jury because how many members refused to convict the 79-year-old after 52 hours of deliberations?
2. Which renowned comedian this week received an honorary degree from the University of Strathclyde?
3. Edinburgh International Film Festival is celebrating how many years of existence?
4. Which Academy Award-winning star has announced his retirement from acting and how old is he?
5. Name the former Coronation Street star claims it has become “impossible” for people from working-class families to get to drama school.
6. Which former TV presenter, famous for his work on Play School, has died aged 83?
7. Police have found what they believe to be a huge collection of Nazi artefacts in which South American country?
8. Which tennis star has said they will donate their Aegon Championships prize money to the Grenfell Tower fund?
9. Which supermarket has begun labelling avocados with lasers rather than stickers, in a move that will save 10 tonnes of paper and five tonnes of glue every year?
10. Which Grammy-nominated musician described his DJ set at nearly 18,000 feet on Mount Everest as a “personal success”?
11. It was the hottest day of the year on Wednesday. How high did the temperature go?
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