Current ‘vents 25 October 2020
1. Name the footballer campaigning for free school meals in England during the half-term holiday?
2. Whose autobiography is called “Becoming”?
3. Who is Amy Coney Barrett
4. What is the name of Joe Biden’s running mate in the US presidential election?
5. The Giro d’Italia took place from 3 to 25 October. In such a cycling race what it the peloton?
6. Who voted that we can still buy veggie burgers, if we want to?
7. Why was Samuel Paty murdered in Paris on 16th October?
8. Where did Labour win an election in October 2020?
9. With which country did the UK sign a trade deal on 23 October? Clue: International Trade Secretary Liz Truss welcomed ‘the dawn of a new era of free trade’
10. Name the president of Poland
11. What is the origin of the British phrase ‘a cup of char’? (The common wisdom is wrong!)
12. Name the money man who was born on 12th May 1980 in Southampton to Indian Pumjabi Hindu parents who had emigrated from East Africa?
13. The UK government is planning to spend an estimated £7m to rebrand Highways England just five years after its last multimillion-pound rebranding. What will it be called?
14. Which Rugby Union Team won an historic double, the UK Premiership and the European Champions Cup?
15. In Wales, is a pumpkin an essential item, and why?