Join me for a quiz about some curious stories from the news this year (2024). Stephen Devincenzi from the SEND7 Podcast is the quizmaster for the third year running, and has prepared questions that will test my knowledge of global news this year. Can you beat me in the quiz? Listen to find out. Simple English News Daily Podcast 👉 https://pod.link/1505603790 Luke's English Podcast 👉 https://pod.link/312059190 ⛑️ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) 👉 https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ Read all the questions on the episode page 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/12/29/915-the-world-news-quiz-2024-with-stephen-from-send7-podcast/ Episode Contents 0:00:00 Introduction / Small talk with Stephen 0:03:57 Quiz overview / The plan for this episode 0:05:28 Keeping up with the news (or not) 0:07:18 SEND7 Podcast info 0:09:12 Discussing the kind of questions & topics in the quiz this year 0:11:20 Serious events of 2024 0:16:21 Doctors Without Borders (MSF) 0:18:38 THE QUIZ BEGINS 0:19:02 Question 1: 5th Country to Land on the Moon 0:24:05 Question 2: Elon Musk / What is Neuralink? 0:27:28 Question 3: Youngest ever football player in the Euros 0:30:19 Question 4: Paris Olympics / Men's Triathlon delay 0:37:09 Question 5: Kim Yeji & Yusuf Dikec - The coolest Olympians of 2024 0:45:03 Question 6: Windows Crash 0:50:57 Question 7: Endangered animal species making a recovery 0:56:25 Question 8: Moo Deng the baby hippopotamus 0:59:33 Question 9: West African countries that produce most cocoa 1:05:54 Question 10: Size of the world’s biggest cruise ship, "The Icon of the Seas" 1:11:00 Question 11: Percentage of Donald Trump's election victory 1:16:17 Question 12: 5 countries that held elections in 2024 1:22:05 Question 13: Which European country legalized cannabis this year? 1:26:24 Question 14: Big feud between which rappers? 1:29:26 Question 15: Claudia Sheinbaum became the first female President of which country? 1:31:26 Question 16: Caribbean country which received police help from Kenya 1:34:50 Question 17: Bitcoin's record high price in December 1:39:49 Question 18: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour 1:44:43 Question 19: Australia's new legal limit to social media 1:46:51 Question 20: “Comedian” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan ($6.2 million)