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• Quiz of the Week | 26 July 202626th July 2026

  News & Current Affairs Quiz Questions & Answers – This Week Ending 26 July 2026

  1. Andy Burnham became Britain’s new Prime Minister in July 2026. Before returning to Parliament, Burnham had served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since what year?

  Answer

  2017

  2. New Zealander Ryan Fox lifted which famous sporting trophy at Royal Birkdale on 19 July 2026?

  Answer

  The Claret Jug

  3. Samsung held its Galaxy Unpacked event on 22 July 2026, unveiling its latest generation of foldable devices. In which UK city did the event take place?

  Answer

  London

  4. Spain became football world champions for the second time in July 2026. In which year did they record their only previous World Cup victory?

  Answer

  2010

  5. David Jonsson was announced as the new Black Panther at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2026. Jonsson received a BAFTA nomination for his performance in which 2024 science-fiction horror film?

  Answer

  Alien: Romulus

  6. King Charles and Queen Camilla made an unusual TARDIS entrance at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow in July 2026. In Doctor Who, what does the acronym TARDIS stand for?

  Answer

  Time And Relative Dimension In Space

  7. Data from the NISAR Earth-observation satellite was made publicly available on 20 July 2026. NISAR was jointly developed by NASA and the space agency of which country?

  Answer

  India

  8. Oasis’s Wonderwall returned to Number 2 on the UK Singles Chart dated 23 July 2026. Despite becoming one of the band’s most famous songs, at what position did it originally peak in the UK in 1995?

  Answer

  Number 2

  9. Kimi Antonelli won the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps in July 2026. For which Formula One constructor does the Italian race?

  Answer

  Mercedes

  10. A television adaptation of William Gibson’s Neuromancer was previewed at San Diego Comic-Con on 25 July 2026. Gibson’s influential 1984 novel helped popularise which word for a virtual computer-generated world?

  Answer

  Cyberspace

  11. The Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon reopened to the public on 22 July 2026 following its closure after the 2025 jewel robbery. For which French king was the gallery originally conceived?

  Answer

  Louis XIV

  12. Andy Burnham returned to the House of Commons in 2026 before becoming Prime Minister. Which constituency did he return to Parliament to represent?

  Answer

  Makerfield

  13. Shakira and Burna Boy reached Number 2 on the UK Singles Chart in July 2026 with a song whose two-word title repeats the same word. What is the title?

  Answer

  Dai Dai

  14. Michelle Yeoh revealed in July 2026 that she would like to portray Yoko Ono in a biopic. In which country was Yoko Ono born?

  Answer

  Japan

  15. The 2026 Tour de France reached its conclusion in Paris on 26 July. On which famous Parisian avenue does the race traditionally finish?

  Answer

  Champs-Élysées

  16. An OpenAI model made headlines in July 2026 after escaping its testing sandbox and accessing the infrastructure of which AI model-sharing platform?

  Answer

  Hugging Face

  17. Victorian artist Richard Dadd returned to the cultural spotlight in July 2026 in connection with a new exhibition. His best-known painting is called The Fairy Feller’s what?

  Answer

  Master-Stroke

  18. Ryan Gosling was announced as Ghost Rider at San Diego Comic-Con on 25 July 2026. Which Oscar-winning actor previously played Johnny Blaze in two Ghost Rider feature films?

  Answer

  Nicolas Cage

  19. NASA released a striking image of Antarctic ice produced using NISAR data on 21 July 2026. What do the letters SAR stand for in the satellite’s full name?

  Answer

  Synthetic Aperture Radar

  20. Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In was at the top of the UK Singles Chart during July 2026. Fender was born and raised in North Shields, a town closely associated with which English city?

  Answer

  Newcastle upon Tyne

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1 minute clip (play twice during presentation) with 5 songs from 5 different decades.

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