Quiz﹕Local and world news
【明報專訊】1. Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned physicist, passed away on 14 March. He was famous for his book in popular science titled:
A. A Brief History of Time
B. The Elegant Universe
C. The Time Traveler's Wife
D. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
2. Li Ka-shing, the richest person in the town, stepped down as chairman of two of his companies in mid-March. His elder son, ______________, will be his successor.
A. Richard Li Tzar-kai
B. Victor Li Tzar-kuoi
C. Lee Ka-kit
D. Lee Ka-shing
3. In the 2018-19 Budget (財政預算案), Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po (陳茂波) proposed that the ______ exam fee be waived for all school candidates.
A. HKALE
B. HKCEE
C. HKDSE
D. TSA
4. Vladimir Putin, the leader of Russia, won again in the presidential election by getting more than ___________ of the vote.
A. fifty per cent
B. sixty per cent
C. seventy per cent
D. eighty per cent
5. The LegCo by-election, resulted by the disqualification of pro-democrat lawmakers, was held last month. Who did not gain a seat? (photo.05)
6. In this year's Oscar Awards, the film __________ got the Best Picture. It is a fantasy drama about the love between a human and a captured humanoid amphibian (兩棲) creature.
A. Darkest Hour
B. The Shape of Water
C. Dunkirk
D. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
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