Interactive News Quiz: How Much News Do You Remember? Written on September 16th, 2020 by Georgia MacPherson Georgia MacPherson 16 September 2020 How Much News Do You Remember? With news changing so quickly these days, The Record has put together a quiz based on just last week (7th-13th September) to test how much you really remember about what’s going on locally, nationally and internationally. What did Kim Kardashian West announce this week? Keeping Up With The Kardashians will end in 2021 Her pregnancy A new spinoff with Kim and Kanye as he tries to enter politics The California wildfires have burned a record 2.2m acres of land so far. This week it was announced that what had caused one of the fires? Fireworks at a gender reveal party Teenagers smoking weed Campers not putting out their campfire properly How much is the new “Covid-proof” city of Xiong’an being built in China expected to cost Beijing? $350bn $420bn $500bn Scotland hit a four month high in Covid cases this week after announcing a daily increase of how many positive cases? Over 180 Over 200 Over 310 What has Uber pledged to do by the year 2040? Go fully electric Go fully driverless Expand into aviation WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces up to how many years in prison if his legal bid to block his extradition to the US fails? 40 90 175 Nintendo is releasing new games to celebrate which anniversary of the original release of Super Mario Bros? 25th 30th 35th The Swedish government claimed justification of their decision to not impose a lockdown, after the Nordic nation recorded its lowest rate of positive coronavirus tests yet. Sweden is reporting what percentage of positive tests? 1.3% 1.1% 0.9% Which St Andrews shop has been announced as best local wine shop in Scotland this week? Luvians Bottle Shop St Andrews Wine Company The Londis in Shell garage Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen published a tell-all memoir about the US president. Cohen accuses Trump of being a “cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator and a con man”, but what has the White House dismissed the book as? A fantasy Fan fiction Lies from a complete slimeball Tagged as game
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