BBC News Quiz: Test Your Global News Knowledge

Explore the legacy of BBC journalism in this quiz featuring programmes like Panorama and controversies such as the Hutton Inquiry. Test your knowledge.

Mar 13, 2026 - 16:01
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1. BBC News is funded primarily through which mechanism in the United Kingdom?

Advertising revenue
Subscription fees
Television licence fee
Government grants

2. When was the BBC’s 24-hour news channel launched in the UK?

1999
2001
1994
1997

3. Which BBC journalist interviewed "Princess Diana" in 1995?

Martin Bashir
Jeremy Vine
David Frost
Andrew Marr

4. Which BBC foreign correspondent authored the book "Not Quite World's End: A Traveller's Tales"?

Jeremy Bowen
Fergal Keane
John Simpson
Lyse Doucet

5. Who presented the BBC’s News at Ten for more than a decade?

Mishal Husain
Huw Edwards
Sophie Raworth
Fiona Bruce

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