Refugee Week Quiz 2014
Hi, welcome to Refugee Action’s quiz
that will hopefully ignite your
curiosity about Refugee Week and
refugee issues.
Have a go and maybe win a prize!!
Number 1
Name this singer songwriter who is the daughter of Kosovo/
Albanian refugees and had a UK No 1 hit with “How do we party?”
Number 2
Who is this British born daughter of Zimbabwean refugees,
singer and songwriter for indie rockers “The Noisettes?
Number 3
Which French Poet and author of ‘Les Miserables’, sought
refuge in the British Crown dependency in Guernsey from
Napoleon 111?
Number 4
Name this Revolutionary refugee from continental Europe who
moved to London in 1848 and wrote ‘Das Kapital’?
Number 5
Born Mathangi Arulpragasam this UK rapper and singer is a
refugee from the civil war in Sri Lanka. Can you name her?
Number 6
Name the talk show host born in
London to Polish/Jewish refugees who
became a Cincinnati City councillor and
has hosted his self-titled T.V show
since 1991?
Number 7
Who is this former Norwich F.C., (currently at Middlesborough),
footballer who is a refugee from the civil war in Sierras Leon?
Number 8
How much money per day does the Home Office
allocate to a destitute single asylum seeker?
a) £10.00
b) £5.23
c) £8.50
Number 9
Name the supermodel, (pictured), who came to the UK aged 14
as a refugee from the Sudanese civil war?
Number 10
What percentage of the world’s refugees live in the
UK?
a) 2%
b) 12%
c) 33%
Number 11
Name this reggae superstar who sought Refuge in the UK in
1978 after an assassination attempt in Jamaica?
Number 12
Name these two sons of refugees whose mothers fled
persecution in Germany and Iran respectively?
Number 13
Which of these three groups of countries hosts the greatest
number of refugees?
Is it:
a) Pakistan Syria Iran
b) U.S.A Canada Mexico
c) U.K France Italy
Number 14
Place these EU countries in order of highest amount of
refugees accepted: Germany, UK and France
(according to the UNHCR 2011)
1)…………………………………….
2)…………………………………….
3)…………………………………….
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celebrate national refugee week.
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