Quiz：Domestic and global issues (February)
【明報專訊】◆Domestic issues
1. Chan Yuen-ting (陳婉婷) became the first woman to manage a men's football team in continental competition when _________ launched its first Asian Champions League campaign against Guangzhou Evergrande.
(See photo 1)
A. Hong Kong Pegasus
B. South China
C. Kitchee
D. Eastern Long Lions
2. The _______ police officers convicted for beating Ken Tsang Kin-chiu up after he was arrested in October 2014 during the "occupy" movement were each given a two-year jail sentence.
A. five
B. six
C. seven
D. eight
3. Where was the finishing line of Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2017?
A. West Kowloon Highway
B. Victoria Park
C. Nathan Road
D. Ting Kau Bridge
4. _____ reported that 2016 was the second year it had been in the red (虧損). Last year it lost ＄171 million.
A. Ocean Park
B. Hong Kong Disneyland
◆Global issues
5. NASA announced the discovery of the first known system of seven earth-size planets around a star beyond the solar system, of which at least three are in a habitable zone. It is 40 ____ from the earth.
(See photo 5)
A. kilometres
B. miles
C. tonnes
D. light-years
6. Dick Bruna, the illustrator and children's book author who created Miffy, the cartoon rabbit, has died at the age of 89. Bruna lived and worked in _____ most of his life.
(See photo 6)
A. the Netherlands
B. France
C. the UK
D. Italy
7. Which of the following films got nominated for fourteen Academy Awards, tying with All About Eve and Titanic for the most Oscar nominations?
A. La La Land
B. Lion
C. Manchester by the Sea
D. Hidden Figures
8. Which of the following is now Secretary-General of the United Nations (聯合國秘書長)?
(See photo 8)
A. Shinzo Abe
B. António Guterres
C. Ban Ki-moon
D. Kofi Annan
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