Review of the year
quiz - how well do you
remember the year
2013? |
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Questions about the year 2013 in no particular order.
pdf version of the quiz & answers
Click on the globe at the end for the answers. Clearly some questions will be more relevant to certain nationalities - choose to suit. Use the opportunity to delve into the topics in more detail & give more speaking practice, maybe preparing how you might do this for when you discuss the answers. Students could then discuss their personal highlights of the past year & also what they would like to see happen in the world & personally achieve in the coming year.
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1. Who was sentenced to 35 years in prison, with a
good chance of being released in 8?
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2. Who sang Space Oddity in space?
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3. Where was there a coup d'état in July?
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4 Who had a high profile year, being nominated for
the Nobel Peace Prize & addressing the UN?
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5. Who was the world respected leader who died
this year?
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6. What is the name of the new humble Pope?
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7. Which organisation did Nadezhda
Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who were
released from Russian prisons, belong to?
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8. What were the two mobile phones that made
headline news?
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9. Who became the first British singles champion at Wimbledon since 1936?
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10. Rob Ford said he smoked crack cocaine, but noted, by way of explanation, that this happened“probably in one of my drunken stupors.” Which
Canadian city was he mayor of?
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11. Where was the train crash in Spain that caused
the death of 79 people?
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12. Who gave away lots of secrets to become a hero
to many & a traitor to others?
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13. What is the name of the biggest refugee camp for people fleeing from the Syrian
conflict, which
made it the fourth largest city in
that country?
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14. Where did the attack on the shopping centre
happen in September?
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15. What is the name of the type photo that became
popular?
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16. Where did the bomb go off during a marathon?
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17. Which video craze came & disappeared?
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18. 6000 people were killed in the Philippines as a result of what natural catastrophe?
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