News Quiz 9/14

What communist nation, which is formally named a "people's republic," was founded 70 years ago and recently celebrated its anniversary with a massive parade?

• South Korea

• North Korea

• Russia

• Vietnam

On what U.S. island (also a town and county) are scientists and residents debating a proposal to use genetically modified mice to try to reduce a disease spread by ticks?

• Coronado Island

• Shutter Island

• Nantucket Island

• Gilligans Island

In what U.S. state would you find the town of Shanksville, where President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited a memorial to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack victims of United Airlines Flight 93?

• Philadelphia

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• Washington D.C.

At what U.S. landmark, which was another site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, did Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary James Mattis attend a ceremonial wreath laying this week?

• The Pentagon

• The NSA

• Langley

• Quantico

Forecasters predicted that Hurricane Florence would make landfall in the U.S. on Friday afternoon. "Landfall" occurs when what part of the hurricane passes over land?

• The outside circle

• The first cloud

• The Center

• The entire storm

What dwarf planet, which used to have planetary status, was the subject of new research published in the journal Icarus?

• Neptune

• Goofy

• Pluto

• Daffy

Name the city in Syria that's been characterized as the last significant holdout for rebels in the country's 7-year-old civil war.

• Idlib

• Tikrit

• Tripoli

• Aleppo

The bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers financial services company was a major milestone in what multi-year event?

• The Great Depression

• Bull Market

• The Great Recession

• Black Friday

What Pacific island nation is bracing for a direct hit from Super Typhoon Mangkhut?

• The Philippines

• Palau

• Taiwan

• American Somoa

A study recently released by BirdLife International said that what specific type of parrot, a native of Brazil, is now extinct in the wild?

• The Blue Macaw

• Tucan Sam

• Pedigree Falcon

• Millennium Falcon