5.1.2020 CNN10 Weekly Newsquiz

1. Name the southeastern Asian country of 97 million people that was discussed on Monday's show because of its reportedly low number of coronavirus cases.

• Vietnam

• South Korea

• Japan

• Thailand

Using data from the Apollo era, the U.S. Geological Survey recently released the first comprehensive map of what place?

• Mars

• the moon

• Earth

• Pluto

In what nation would you find the county of Pyeongchang, which is famous for ice fishing that attracts hundreds of thousands of annual visitors?

• Vietnam

• South Korea

• Japan

• Thailand

After a six-week lockdown, children were allowed to go outdoors again this week in what European nation?

• Italy

• Belgium

• Greece

• Spain

What city was the original epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak when it was first detected in December of 2019?

• Shanghai, China

• Hanoi, Vietnam

• Pyeongchang, South Korea

• Wuhan, China

How many confirmed cases of coronavirus did the United States surpass on Tuesday, a milestone in the spread of the disease?

• 100,000

• 500,000

• 1 million

• 5 million

Scientists recently modified certain plants to make them "glow" by producing their own light. What is the one-word term for the production of light by living organisms?

• Phosphorescence

• crystal luminescence

• polarescence

• bioluminescence

What is the name of the NASA helicopter that is set to launch for Mars this summer aboard the Perseverance rover?

• Ingenuity

• Sincerity

• Perseverance

• Resilience

After growing in every quarter since 2009, what U.S. economic measure fell by 4.8 percent in the first quarter of this year?

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average

• The S & P 500

• The Gross Domestic Product

• The Great Recession

This week, the Pentagon officially released three videos that were recorded during U.S. Navy training flights and appeared to show what?

• Birds

• Hot Air Balloons

• Enemy Fighters

• UFOs