WIR 1/8/2021

________ was re-elected as Speaker of the House.

• Chuck Schumer

• Mitch McConnell

• Ilhan Omar

• Nancy Pelosi

A runoff election in ________ determined two Senate seats.

• Alabama

• Florida

• Georgia

• New Hampshire

The Senate will be ________.

• majority Republican

• majority Democrat

• split 50/50

• expanded

True or False: VP-elect Kamala Harris will have the ability to break tie votes in the Senate.

• True

• False

The new strain of COVID-19 is ________.

• more contagious

• resistant to vaccines

• more deadly

• only found in one country

The MLB announced they will add statistics and records from ________ to their history books.

• the NBA

• minor leagues

• the NFL

• Negro Leagues

The MLB described their decision to adjust their record books as ________.

• long overdue

• difficult

• too little too late

• impossible

A study found that women directed ________ of 100 top movies in 2020.

• 3%

• 16%

• 51%

• 75%

True or False: Fewer women directed top Hollywood movies in 2020 than in 2019.

• True

• False

Influential rapper MF ________ died at the age of 49 in late October.

• DOOM

• ZOOM

• LOOM

• VROOM