CNN10 Weekly News Quiz 11/1-11/5

Adventurer Rob McCallum recently traveled to the deepest point of the deepest trench (the Mariana Trench) in the Pacific Ocean. What is the two-word name of this location?

• Challenger Deep

• Java Trench

• Molloy Deep

• Puerto Rico Trench

What is the name of (or abbreviation for) the United Nations climate summit that is currently being held in Glasgow, Scotland?

• COP-26

• G-20

• NATO

• OPEC

What type of elections, which garnered national attention, took place this week in the U.S. states of New Jersey and Virginia?

• congressional

• gubernatorial

• mayoral

• presidential

Name the two U.S. airlines that have canceled thousands of flights in recent weeks amid staffing shortages and weather problems.

• American Airlines

• Delta Airlines

• Southwest Airlines

• United Airlines

What Asian country has maintained a "zero-tolerance approach" to Covid-19 cases as other nations have begun to relax their restrictions?

• China

• Ethiopia

• India

• Japan

What atmospheric phenomenon, which was named by the astronomer Galileo, was recently visible further south than usual due to a recent solar flare?

• aurora borealis

• halos

• light pillars

• sundogs

In what nation, which has the world's second-largest population, are efforts underway to reduce air pollution by changing how farmers eliminate crop stubble?

• China

• Ethiopia

• India

• USA

Where did a group of travelers recently make news for their "taco night" after they harvested a mini crop of chile peppers that took four months to grow?

• Eiffel Tower

• International Space Station

• Great Wall of China

• Leaning Tower of Pisa

In what African nation's civil war have numerous atrocities been reported, as experts warn the conflict threatens stability in the region?

• China

• Ethiopia

• India

• Kenya

What was Unimate, an American invention of the 1950s that inspired other devices like it and continues to create concerns in the U.S. workforce?

• a car

• a computer

• a robot

• a telephone