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CNN 10 Weekly News Quiz

Authored by Cole Williquette

Geography

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken over as president of what southern African country, following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe?

Zimbabwe
Kenya
South Africa
Ghana

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 Name the North African country whose president promised to respond with "brute force" to the worst terrorist attack in his nation's history, which took place at a mosque last Friday. 

Egypt
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 From what eastern Asian country did a soldier recently defect, surviving multiple gunshots as he crossed the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)?

North Korea
China
Malaysia
Japan

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Pope Francis became the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to visit what southeast Asian country, whose Rohingya Muslims compose a small minority of the largely Buddhist population? 

Myanmar
Japan
China
Israel

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed eliminating certain Internet rules known as what?

Net Neutrality
Internet Explorer
FireFox 
Google

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On what Indonesian island is Mount Agung, whose recent eruption has triggered evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people? 

Bali
Borneo
Guam
Samoa

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 In what U.S. state would you find the town of Earth, which is the only place on the planet with that specific, one-word name

Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska

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