Current Events Quiz #16

On March 3, four Americans were kidnapped in the state of Matamaros, in _______. Since the kidnapping, two have been returned to the United States with injuries and two have been killed.

• Mexico

• Guatemala

• El Salvador

• Belize

Last week, ____________ Bank in Santa Clara, California collapsed as the result of high nationwide interest rates.

• Santa Clara

• Silicon Valley

• North Star

• JP Morgan

President Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday, March 14 to increase the number of _____________.

• Students included in student loan forgiveness

• Illegal immigrants included under executive amnesty provisions

•  Background checks performed before firearm sales

• Families exempt from the rollback of federal emergency COVID funding

On Friday, March 10, _______ and Saudi Arabia agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties, including revitalizing a security cooperation agreement.

• India

• Turkey

• Israel

• Iran

According to a new intelligence report, the U.S. department of Energy recently determined that the COVID-19 virus likely stemmed from __________ in Wuhan, China.

• a laboratory leak

• a wet market

• a wild bat attack

• a bioweaponry initiative

What film won Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars?

• All Quiet on the Western Front

• Everything Everywhere All at Once

• The Banshees of Inisherin

• Top Gun: Maverick