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Skout’s summer quiz

With summer in full swing, we thought this was the perfect opportunity to have a little fun! Take our quiz and test your knowledge – a perfect excuse to take a well-earned break (we know you marketers are very busy 😉).

All answers are at the bottom (no cheating!) And please do let us know your score.

PR & marketing

  1. What is a backlink?
  2. Which brand’s campaign involved placing a van that had supposedly crashed into a bollard in Edinburgh?
  3. Which skincare brand went viral earlier this year after they created a phone case that holds lip treatments and tints?
  4. Blank Street Coffee partnered with a famous singer, known for her viral hit ‘Espresso’. Who is the singer?
  5. Which sportswear brand launched it’s ‘We do gym’ campaign earlier this year?

Pop culture:

  1. What song was played from speakers when former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the 2024 general election?
  2. Where is this year’s Olympic games being held?
  3. Which team (sadly) defeated England in Euro 2024?
  4. Which pop sensation’s UK leg of her world tour is estimated to have boosted the countries economy by almost a billion pound?
  5. Which rapper shared a father-daughter dance at his daughter’s wedding?

Summer:

  1. Which British seaside attraction is 158 metres tall?
  2. Which country holds the record for the hottest temperature ever?
  3. The song, ‘Summer Nights’ is from which classic 1978 musical?
  4. In what year was the ‘Summer of Love’?
  5. Which Moroccan mammal is known to climb trees during summer?

News:

  1. British man Russell Cook aka ‘Hardest Geezer’ became famous this year for running what?
  2. Following the Labour election win, there were a record number of women appointed to cabinet? How many are there?
  3. Which British tennis player announced his retirement from the sport this year?
  4. Who has replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic Party nominee to run in the US election this year?
  5. Which baby names (male and female) have remained the most popular this year according to the annual report from the Office of National Statistics?

Answers:

PR & marketing:

  1. A link from one website to another.
  2. Specsavers
  3. Rhode Skin
  4. Sabrina Carpenter
  5. Gym Shark

Pop culture:

  1. Things can only get better
  2. Paris
  3. Spain
  4. Taylor Swift
  5. Eminem

Summer:

  1. Blackpool Tower
  2. USA (Death Valley, California)
  3. Grease
  4. 1967
  5. Goats

News:

  1. The length of Africa
  2. 11
  3. Andy Murray
  4. Kamala Harris
  5. Olivia and Noah

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Category:

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