Esdhem semester 2 quiz

Public sentiment towards Arden's administration has soured this year as New Zealand grapples with a cost of living crisis. Which is the correct meaning of the underlined word?

• having become fatigued

• consisting typically of whiskey or gin with lemon or lime juice and sugar and sometimes soda water

• having become acrimonious or difficult 

• having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar

Arden has often been _________ to follow her mentor and former prime minister Helen Clark into a role with the UN.

• hurdled

• tapped

• soured

• tipped

What was the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage?

• Japan

• Taiwan

• India

• China

When and where was the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by an F-22?

• in South Carolina on Feb. 4 at 2:39 pm

• in North Carolina on Feb. 4 at 2:39 pm

• in South Carolina on Feb. 5 at 2:39 pm

• In South Carolina on Feb. 5 at 12:39 pm

In February the French government was in a ____________ about the pension reform.

• standstill

• standoff

• strike

• walkout

The first ________________ she faced entering the job market was her confidence.

• hurrah

• hype

• hinge

• hurdle

What is the name of the President of Turkey?

• Erbakan Erdogan

• İsmail Kahraman

• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

• Necmettin Erbakan

Today, what is the estimated number of dead after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria?

• around 5,000

• around 30,000

• around 50,000

• around 15,000

subduction means

• the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another

• an act of abandoning or discarding a right, responsibility, etc

• to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things

• the practice of serving as a surrogate mother

rubble

• confusion or chaos

• an amendment to a law

• broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building

• the cause of something moving violently