CNN 10 and Wonderopolis 4/12

About ____ percent of the world population of sandhill cranes visit the central region of the Platte River each year.

• 10

• 55

• 80

• 98

Which river does the Platte River join at Nebraska’s eastern border?

• Ohio

• Missouri

• Mississippi

• Rio Grande

Which is NOT an activity cochlear implants can enable people to do?

• Hear others without lip reading

• Listen to music

• Communicate on the phone

• See up to a mile away

Cochlear implants work by carrying sound to the _____________ and then the brain.

• Spinal cord

• Cochlear nerve

• Heart vessels

• Femur

Which is a way that people need to care for their cochlear implants?

• Never take them off

• Protect them from water

• Recharge their batteries

• Both b and c

Which is NOT one of the five main categories of statistics kept in basketball?

• Dribbles

• Points

• Rebounds

• Assists

Who holds the career record for triple doubles in the NBA?

• Magic Johnson

• Michael Jordan

• Oscar Robertson

• Lebron James

The first person in recorded basketball history to achieve a quintuple double was ______________.

• Chelsea Gray

• Tamika Catchings

• Brittney Griner

• Courtney Vandersloot

Who declared April 11, 1954, the most boring day in history?

• Oprah

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Queen Elizabeth II

• William Tunstall-Pedoe

On April 18, 1930, the BBC evening news anchor stated, “________________.”

• There is too much to report

• There is no news

• I will play the piano now

• I forgot to write my news report