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CNN10 Weekly News Quiz Review 3/22-26

Authored by Elizabeth Klaus

Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

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CNN10 Weekly News Quiz Review 3/22-26
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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What new restriction did Olympic organizers announce last weekend with regard to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games, which are scheduled to begin in July?

No international participants are allowed

No international fans are allowed

No cell phones are allowed

No news media will be allowed

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what nation did a surfer's long-lost board drift 1,700 miles after he lost it, eventually being picked up by fishermen and later returned to the owner?

Egypt

Iceland

China

Australia

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What Australian state grappled with record-breaking flooding this week, after struggling with record-breaking bushfires in the 2019-2020 fire season?

Tasmania

Victoria

New South Wales

Queensland

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Along with a trove of artifacts dating back 3,000 years, a gold mask was recently discovered in a ceremonial "pit" in the central part of what nation?

Australia

China

Iceland

Egypt

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What industry, which uses about 12 percent of the computer chips produced worldwide, is seeing production delays because of difficulty acquiring semiconductors?

automotive

construction

agriculture

entertainment

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what European island nation is a "relatively small" volcanic eruption attracting onlookers and tourists -- some of whom have been recorded cooking hot dogs over lava?

Australia

China

Iceland

Egypt

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what nation would you find the Suez Canal, which was blocked this week when a cargo ship ran aground during high winds and a sandstorm?

Australia

China

Iceland

Egypt

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