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Mr Shaw’s big quiz of the
week
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Tutor Group Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 TOTAL
Sixth Form Green 15 15 15 46
10 Purple 15 15 15 45
Sixth Form Red 15 15 14 44
10 Orange 15 14 15 44
9 Pink 14 15 15 44
Sixth Form Orange 15 15 13 43
8 Green 15 15 13 43
Sixth Form Yellow 14 14 15 43
10 Yellow 13 15 15 43
9 Red 14 15 13 42
10 Green 13 14 15 42
10 Blue 15 15 11 41
9 Blue 15 14 12 41
8 Yellow 14 14 13 41
11 Yellow 14 14 13 41
9 Yellow 15 15 11 41
9 Orange 14 14 12 40
8 Blue 14 13 13 40
10 Red 15 10 15 40
Sixth Form Blue 15 13 11 39
8 Red 12 15 12 39
7 Green 12 14 13 39
11 Blue 14 13 11 38
11 Green 13 14 11 38
7 Orange 13 14 11 38
11 Purple 14 11 12 37
9 Purple 14 13 9 36
8 Purple 11 12 13 36
7 Blue 13 13 9 35
7 Yellow 14 11 10 35
9 Green 13 9 13 35
7 Pink 11 11 11 33
11 Red 13 13 5 31
7 Red 10 11 9 30
7 Purple 9 11 8 28
8 Orange 13 14 0 27
11 Orange 12 14 0 26
Sixth Form Purple 9 0 12 21
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Q1) The penultimate episode of the final series of which TV
programme airs in the UK next week?
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Q2) Which famous TV show has been taken off the air this
week following the death of a guest who died shortly
after filming?
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Q3) Which legendary actress who starred in Calamity
Jane has died aged 97?
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Q4) Only twice in history has a football team lost the
first leg at home but gone on to win the second leg
and qualify for the Champions League Final. Who
are the 2 teams? (2 marks)
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Q5) Simon Armitage has been appointed to which
honorary position by the queen?
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Q6) Which country has USA fallen out with this week?
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Q7) Who officially opened the new Sixth Form block and
canteen on Wednesday?
A – Gareth Ainsworth (Wycombe Manager)
B – Shena Moynihan (Former Principal)
C – Sarfaraz Khan Raja (Mayor of High Wycombe)
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Q8) England broke the record for the number of clubs
to reach European finals in 1 season this year.
What is the new record number?
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Q9) A brand new political party, the Brexit party, is,
according to the polls, likely to win a landslide in the
euro elections next week, who leads the Brexit party?
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Q10) Which social media platform has confirmed a
security flaw in its app that allowed attackers to spy on
users smartphones?
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Q11) Which country’s bank has been embarrassed by the
recent discovery that the $50 note has a typing error in
which the word "responsibility" appears as
"responsibilty“?
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Q12) In a scheme, signed off by councillors, school pupils
at all East Ayrshire high schools will face an £80 fine if
they are caught doing what?
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Q13) In which US city has the story of a teacher on
extended sick leave due to breast cancer having to
pay for her own supply teacher as a deduction from
her salary, sparked a nationwide outcry?
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ANSWERS
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Q1) The penultimate episode of the final series of which TV
programme airs in the UK next week?
Game of Thrones
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Q2) Which famous TV show has been taken off the air this
week following the death of a guest who died shortly
after filming?
Jeremy Kyle
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Q3) Which legendary actress who starred in Calamity
Jane has died aged 97?
Doris Day
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Q4) Only twice in history has a football team lost the
first leg at home but gone on to win the second leg
and qualify for the Champions League Final. Who
are the 2 teams? (2 marks)
Ajax (1996) and Tottenham Hotspur (2019)
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Q5) Simon Armitage has been appointed to which
honorary position by the queen?Poet Laureate (1/2 mark if you were close with the spelling)
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Q6) Which country has USA fallen out with this week?
Iran
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Q7) Who officially opened the new Sixth Form block and
canteen on Wednesday?
A – Gareth Ainsworth (Wycombe Manager)
B – Shena Moynihan (Former Principal)
C – Sarfaraz Khan Raja (Mayor of High Wycombe)
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Q8) England broke the record for the number of clubs
to reach European finals in 1 season this year.
What is the new record number?
4
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Q9) A brand new political party, the Brexit party, is,
according to the polls, likely to win a landslide in the
euro elections next week, who leads the Brexit party?
Nigel Farage
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Q10) Which social media platform has confirmed a
security flaw in its app that allowed attackers to spy on
users smartphones?
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Q11) Which country’s bank has been embarrassed by the
recent discovery that the $50 note has a typing error in
which the word "responsibility" appears as
"responsibilty“?
Australia
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Q12) In a scheme, signed off by councillors, school pupils
at all East Ayrshire high schools will face an £80 fine if
they are caught doing what?
Litter (they can alternatively go on a litter awareness course)
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Q13) In which US city has the story of a teacher on
extended sick leave due to breast cancer having to
pay for her own supply teacher as a deduction from
her salary, sparked a nationwide outcry?
San Francisco