2024 Quiz Questions and Answers
Alright, friends, the festive season is knocking on the door, and the air’s starting to smell like gingerbread and ambition. But before you dive into the holiday chaos, it’s time to flex those mental muscles with the Weekly News Quiz for 24/11/2024. Consider it your intellectual check-up to stay sharp and in tune with the world around you. 🎄✨
This week’s hot topic? Elon Musk’s latest venture, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). That’s right—he’s taking on the U.S. government with a mission to streamline operations and save taxpayers money. Think of it as a bold new treatment plan for bureaucracy. Whether it delivers results or just headlines remains to be seen, but one thing’s for sure: Musk knows how to get people talking.
Now, back to you. This quiz isn’t just about keeping up—it’s about staying sharp. From the latest breakthroughs to the week’s biggest moments, these questions will test your focus, your knowledge, and your ability to rise above the noise.
So grab a warm drink, settle in by the fire, and dive in. Rally your friends for some friendly competition, or take it solo and show us what you’ve got. The headlines are waiting—are you ready to take them on? 🎯✨
2024 News Quiz Questions and Answers
1. Which footballer’s wife pulled a cockroach out of her mouth this week?
2. Which of Trump’s cabinet picks dropped out of contention?
3. Swedish minister Paulina Brandberg has a phobia of which fruit?
4. A House Republican proposed a rule to block Sarah McBride from doing what?
5. Which city is considered the world’s most polluted?
6. Farmers over what age may get an inheritance tax exemption?
7. In darts, if you miss treble 20 to the right, which treble do you hit?
8. More than how many people—10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000, or 10,000,000—have signed a petition for Keir Starmer to call a general election?
9. Which singer believes they’ll make more money on OnlyFans than from concerts?
10. Ian Holloway blamed Swindon Town’s poor results on what?
11. Which severe weather event slammed the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia this week?
12. What animal did firefighters haul out of a swimming pool in Rutland?
13. What American-made weapon did Biden allow Ukraine to use inside Russia?
14. Ariana Grande filmed Wicked in which Buckinghamshire village?
15. Which street in Milan is now the world’s most expensive shopping street?
16. What storm shares its name with a Sesame Street character?
17. Which comedian claims they passed Marine boot camp, though the Marines deny this?
18. Which company tested the most powerful rocket ever built?
19. Who wasn’t asked before their vocals were reused on the Band Aid remix?
20. Who will play Prospero in a new West End production of The Tempest?
21. Which of Trump’s cases has been postponed indefinitely?
22. Which car manufacturer is undergoing its first large rebrand in 102 years?
23. Where were the World Cheese Awards, which blocked UK cheeses, held this year?
24. Who is replacing Zoe Ball on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show?
25. The DOJ asked a court to force Google to do what after a monopoly ruling?
26. A banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction this week. How much did it fetch?
27. Who bought Infowars after Alex Jones went bankrupt?
28. What weather phenomenon caused hurricane-force winds in the Pacific Northwest?
29. How did Tulisa describe her sexual orientation?
30. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for which Middle Eastern leader this week?
31. After Collins Dictionary chose "brat," what was Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year?
32. Which television personality was selected for a role in Trump’s administration?
33. Fans coined the term “Wickenheimer” for Wicked and Gladiator II. What does it reference?
34. How many countries share a border with Iran?
35. A banana taped to a wall sold this week. What was the conceptual artwork called?
36. Where was the world’s biggest coral discovered?
37. What animal did firefighters rescue from a swimming pool in Rutland?
38. In which U.S. state was someone caught running an insurance scam in a bear costume?
39. Who was caught stealing children’s shoes from a kindergarten in Japan?
40. Who bought Infowars after Alex Jones went bankrupt?
2024 News Quiz Answers
1. Coleen Rooney
2. Howard Lutnick (to be commerce secretary)
3. Bananas
4. Blocks her from joining women’s caucuses
5. New Delhi
6. 80
7. Treble 1
8. 1,000,000
9. Kate Nash
10. A haunted training ground
11. Bomb cyclone
12. A pregnant cow
13. ATACMS
14. Ivinghoe
15. Monte Napoleone
16. Storm Bert
17. Katt Williams
18. SpaceX
19. Ed Sheeran
20. Sigourney Weaver
21. Stormy Daniels Hush Money
22. Jaguar
23. Portugal
24. Scott Mills
25. Sell its Chrome browser
26. $6.24 million
27. The Onion
28. Atmospheric river
29. Demisexual
30. Benjamin Netanyahu
31. Manifest
32. Dr. Mehmet Oz
33. Wickenheimer
34. Seven
35. A banana taped to a wall
36. Solomon Islands
37. A pregnant cow
38. California
39. A weasel
40. The Onion
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