QUICK QUIZ

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TRIVIA AND CURRENT EVENTS

1.

The actress who played Grotbags the witch on children’s TV, has died aged 74 – what is her name?

2.

Which museum has won the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year award for 2017?

3.

Which company has become the first traditional car-maker to announce that all of its new models from 2019 will have an electric motor?

4.

CBBC has reassured fans about the future of which well-known show after reports about an episode that apparently failed to attract a single viewer?

5.

Which US band were forced into a last-minute cancellation of their gig in Glasgow, due to an unsafe stage area?

6.

Who has said the UK must avoid a “London-centric Brexit”?

7.

An Italian artist has used his tractor to transform a field near Verona into a giant portrait of which world leader?

8.

Conservative MP Derek Thomas has proposed lowering the speed limit on “high-risk” rural roads to what speed: 30mph, 40mph or 50mph?

9.

How many dog attacks are there on postal workers per day, according to new figures: 7, 17 or 70?

10.

Which Oscar-winning film director collected an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh last week?

11.

A sculpture of a “homeless Jesus” sleeping rough is to be installed in which city?

12.

Which US high-street food chain plans to serve up 5,000 new jobs by 2020 in a major expansion across the UK and Ireland?

13.

Which 13-year-old schoolgirl – who found fame on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent in 2016 – has landed a record deal with Decca Records?

14.

Which famous film critic has died aged 83?