Current Events Quiz 07 03 24

What name is given to the religious festival being held this coming Sunday which traditionally was a time when people returned to the church, in which they were baptized?

• Easter Sunday

• Mothering Sunday

• Good Friday

• Lent Sunday

Which festival to celebrate the holy month of the Islamic calendar observed worldwide for fasting, prayer, reflection, charity, and community engagement, is expected to begin on the 11th March subject to moon-sighting?

• Eid al-Fitr

• Eid al-Adha

• Ramadan

• Ashura

What special name is given to today, the 7th of March, with the mission to promote reading for pleasure?

• International Literacy Day

• World Book Day

• Book Lover's Day

• Reading Appreciation Day

What special name is given to this Friday with the 2024 campaign theme of 'Inspire Inclusion'?

• World Tolerance Day

• International Women's Day

• Global Equality Day

• Women Empowerment Day

Who is back in Parliament, representing the Workers Party of Britain, after winning the Rochdale by-election last week?

• Jeremy Corbyn
• George Galloway

• Theresa May

• Nigel Farage

Who said last Friday in a speech in Downing Street "Islamist extremists and far-rights groups are spreading a poison, that poison is extremism. It aims to drain us of our confidence in ourselves as a people, and in our shared future. They want us to doubt ourselves, to doubt each other, to doubt our country's history and achievements"?

• Boris Johnson

• Keir Starmer

• Rishi Sunak

• Sajid Javid

What did Chancellor Jeremy Hunt present to parliament on Wednesday of this week?

• Economic Recovery Plan

• National Security Report

• The Budget

• Education Reform Bill

At the BRIT's awards last weekend who won a) Artist of the Year?

• Ed Sheeran

• Stormzy

• Adele

• Raye

And who was awarded the Global Icon accolade, and finished the show with a seven-minute medley of her songs?

• Madonna

• Rihanna

• Kylie Minogue

• Beyoncé

Dave Myers, who sadly passed away last week at the tender age of 66, was renowned alongside Si King as which duo?

• The Hairy Bikers

• The Food Network Stars

• The Culinary Dudes

• The Cooking Mavericks