FirstNews News Quiz
18 - 24 JAN 2013 Issue 344
All these questions are about stories in the news this week. Can you find the article and find the information?
Write the answer, the section of the paper and the page number where you found the information.
Q1 How many homes still have black and white TVs according to the company that issues
TV licences?
Q2 What has formed at the Plosky Tolbachik volcano in the far east of Russia?
Q3 A previously unknown colony of emperor penguins has been seen in East Antarctica for
the first time. How many penguins make up the colony?
Q4 Which famous film director is set to make Jurassic Park 4?
Q5 How many people recently took part in the world’s largest snowball fight?
Q6 On what date does the RSPB’s annual Big Schools’ Birdwatch take place?
Q7 What is John Bercow’s job?
Q8 Women in Somalia have
developed a new type of soap. What
is unique about it?
Q9 Scientists have come up with an
idea that will help people stick to
their healthy New Year resolutions.
What is it?
Q10 Why might drivers in Surrey
have had a shock this week?
When you are trying to find the information, in which section of the newspaper do you think that news story might feature?
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Learning through news
www.FirstNews.co.uk
FirstNews News Quiz
18 - 24 JAN 2013 Issue 344
All these questions are about stories in the news this week. Can you find the article and find the information?
Write the answer, the section of the paper and the page number where you found the information.
Q1 How many homes still have black and white TVs according to the company that issues
TV licences?
Q2 What has formed at the Plosky Tolbachik volcano in the far east of Russia?
Q3 A previously unknown colony of emperor penguins has been seen in East Antarctica for
the first time. How many penguins make up the colony?
Q4 Which famous film director is set to make Jurassic Park 4?
Q5 How many people recently took part in the world’s largest snowball fight?
Q6 On what date does the RSPB’s annual Big Schools’ Birdwatch take place?
Q7 What is John Bercow’s job?
Q8 Women in Somalia have
developed a new type of soap. What
is unique about it?
Q9 Scientists have come up with an
idea that will help people stick to
their healthy New Year resolutions.
What is it?
Q10 Why might drivers in Surrey
have had a shock this week?
When you are trying to find the information, in which section of the newspaper do you think that news story might feature?
13,000, The Week in Numbers, page 5
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a huge lake of lava, World News, page 7
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around 9,000, Animals, page 9
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Steven Spielberg, Entertainment, page 12
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21 January, Special Report, page 10
He is The House of Commons Speaker, First News Headlines, page 1
it is made out of camel bones, Crazy But True, page 16
a talking chicken that publicly shames offenders on Twitter, Science, page 6
some road users may have seen trucks containing giraffes driving round the area,
on their way to Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Home News, page 5
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Name: ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Learning through news
www.FirstNews.co.uk