Summer 2023 Quiz

Where was the final of the Women's World Cup held?

• Wellington

• Auckland

• Melbourne

• Sydney

Which North African country was Mohamed Bazoum the President of until he was toppled in a coup in July?

• Mali

• Niger

• Senegal

• Mauritania

Which Hawaiian island suffered from the worst of the fires this summer?

• Molokai

• Kahoʻolawe

• Maui

• Kauai

Which band have cancelled shows in Indonesia and Taiwan after their gig in Malaysia was cut short when the singer criticised the country's anti-LGBT legislation?

• The XX

• The National

• The 1975

• The Proclaimers

Amongst much criticism, Elon Musk rebranded the social media platform Twitter. What is its new name?

• Q

• X

• Y

• Z

Who became Wimbledon’s first unseeded women’s champion?

• Aryna Sabalenka

  
  

• Markéta Vondroušová

• Elina Svitolina

  
  

• Iga Świątek

Which royal figure from the past had his face recreated using AI based on his death mask and various paintings of him?

• James VI/ James I

• 'Bonnie' Prince Charlie

• Henry VIII

• Richard III

Several hundred people were taken ill at the World Scout Jamboree due to a heatwave, and then hundreds more were evacuated due to the weather. But where was it being held?

• Seoul, South Korea

• Beijing, China

• Taipei, Taiwan

• Osaka, Japan

Which joke was voted the funniest of the Edinburgh Fringe 2023?

• 1. I entered the 'How not to surrender' competition and I won hands down - Bennett Arron

• 1. Last year I had a great joke about inflation. But it's hardly worth it now - Amos Gill

  
  

• 1. Nationwide must have looked pretty silly when they opened their first branch - William Stone

• 1. I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah - Lorna Rose Treen

Who pulled out of the Edinburgh Book Festival at the last minute in protest at their sponsors Bailllie Gifford?

• Alice Oseman

• Greta Thunberg

• David Walliams

• David Attenborough