Current Events Quiz 1

This doctor has become famous giving national press conferences during the pandemic with President Trump

• Carson

• Fauci

• Phil

• Giuliani

The Olympics scheduled to be held this year had to be postponed. Where were they to be held?

• Moscow

• Rio de Janero

• Sydney

• Tokyo

Which of the following is the democratic nominee for President in 2020?

• Trump

• Clinton

• Sanders

• Biden

This deadline is supposed to be April 15th but the federal government has postponed it until July

• Tax filing deadline

• Medicare sign up

• Olympic try outs

• Candidates to join presidential race

President Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act. What does that do?

• Increase funding for the military

• Requires manufactures to produce what the government needs in time of crisis

• Stops businesses from allowing employees to gather in groups

• Close off our borders

The U.S has employed Navy ships off the coast of what country to deter drug smuggling

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Venezuela

• Italy

What has happened to the stock market during the corona virus crisis?

• stayed about the same

• gone up slightly

• gone down slightly

• gone down drastically

Congress passed a relief bill to help people financially effected by the corona virus crisis. What was the cost? (closest)

• $2.5 Billion

• $100 Billion

• $2 trillion

• over $10 trillion

There has been __________ at local grocery stores meaning you can only buy a limited amount of certain products such as toilet paper

• rationing

• hoarding

• quarantining

• isolating

President Trump has threatened to take away U.S money to which global organization due to his frustration with their handling of the global pandemic

• World Health Organization WHO

• Center for Disease Control CDC

• United Nations UN

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO