November 2022 Questions - CIE

In a move the Biden administration believes was used to dodge a lawsuit over this prince’s role in Saudi officials’ 2018 killing of a U.S.-based journalist, Saudi Arabia’s aged king, Salman, named who as prime minister?

• A.    Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

• A.    Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef

• A.    Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz

• A.    Amir khan

The U.S. government is awarding millions to native tribes. Two tribes in Alaska and a third in Washington State will get $25 million, and eight others will receive $5 million each. Why?

• As reparations for assimilation.

• To upgrade internet infrastructure in their areas.

• To pay for relocations caused by rising sea levels from climate change.

• To fund college scholarships for tribespeople.

A Virginia State Trooper, Austin Lee Edwards, traveled to Oklahoma, where he kidnapped a 15-year-old girl and fatally shot three members of her family before killing himself in a shootout with the police. Why did Edwards travel from Virginia to Oklahoma?

• He was on vacation and visiting casinos.

• Edwards posed as a 17-year-old boy online to solicit nude photos from the 15-year-old.

• The victims had posted a video criticizing the police and showing them vandalizing their town’s police station.

• Edwards was visiting family in the same neighborhood as the victims.

Thousands gather in China to protest their government’s policy. The policy restricts some freedom of its citizens. Some protesters are calling for greater democracy and freedom in an extraordinary show of dissent against Chinese leader Xi Jinping. China’s vast security apparatus has moved swiftly to smother mass protests that swept the country, with police patrolling streets, checking cell phones and even calling some demonstrators to warn them against a repeat. Heavy police presence has discouraged protesters from gathering since. What is this policy?

• No Foreign Presence policy

• Warden policy

• One-China policy

• Zero-COVID policy

10 years after its construction was first announced, this memorial dedicated to victims of a tragedy finally opened in November of 2022. What tragedy is this memorial dedicated to?

• The Sandy Hook shooting.

• The Haiti earthquake.

• Hurricane Harvey.

• The 9/11 attacks

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a student of this university, is accused of fatally shooting three members of the football team and wounding two others in a barrage of bullets. What University?

• University of Texas

• Ohio State University

• University of Virginia

• Southern Methodist University.

Karen Bass, a veteran congresswoman, won the race as mayor for her city in November. Bass is the first women elected to lead this major city as mayor. What city?

• Chicago

• Austin

• Minneapolis

• Los Angeles

As politicians consider implications of gun control in the United States, the country faces many shootings. In 2022, approximately how many shootings took place in the United States?

• 150

• 650

• 1050

• A.    1350

After 15 years of delays, this post-9/11 law will affect the way U.S. citizens fly domestically. Under the law’s requirements, a driver's license will no longer be an acceptable form of identification for domestic flights and entrance to secure federal buildings. Flyers would instead need a license or ID card in compliance with the law. The implementation of this law was pushed back from May 2023 to May 2025. What is this law called?

• REAL ID act

• NEW ID act

• SECURE act

• Act for Airport Security

In a letter concerning his ban of TikTok, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrote, “TikTok harvests vast amounts of data from its users' devices—including when, where, and how they conduct internet activity—and offers this trove of potentially sensitive information to the Chinese government.” Which of these states HAS also banned TikTok in some capacity for government devices?

• California

• Michigan

• Arkansas

• New York