News Quiz UK

The daily UK news quiz

No. 40 · Thursday, 17 September 2026

Two Britons were among three people killed when a light aircraft crashed in which mountain range?

DThe Swiss Alps

Why

The plane had taken off from the Rhône Valley and collided with a mountain slope about 10 minutes later, the BBC reported.

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In Earl Spencer's new book, what did he claim Charles said about Diana soon after her death?

CThat she would be 'forgotten soon enough'

Why

Earl Spencer claimed the then-Prince of Wales made the remark days after Diana's death; Buckingham Palace has hit back at the claims, per the BBC and Sky.

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The government offered England's schools an extra £500m to avoid strike action by which teaching union?

AThe National Education Union

Why

The extra funding reduced the prospect of strike action by the NEU, the UK's largest teaching union, the BBC reported.

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Doctors warn delayed neonatal reform risks babies by cutting intensive care units in England from eight to how many?

AThree

Why

The 2017 plan to cut neonatal intensive care units from eight to three has stalled, doctors warn, per the BBC.

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