News Quiz 1/8

A passenger plane collided with a coast guard plane on the runway, becoming a fireball, while landing in which city?

• Hong Kong

• Seoul

• Bangkok

• Tokyo

Claudine Gay abruptly resigned as the president of which Ivy League college, over charges of plagiarism and criticism for her congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus?

• Brown

• Harvard

• Dartmouth

• Yale

Which U.S. state is the first to offer health insurance to all low-income undocumented immigrants?

• Texas

• California

• Illinois

• New Hampshire

An indictment against which senator was unsealed Tuesday, accusing him of aiding the Qatari government in return for tens of thousands of dollars in bribes?

• John Hickenlooper

• Jon Ossoff

• Bob Menendez

• Dick Durbin

Which country's highest court struck down a controversial judicial overhaul law enacted last year that would have limited its power?

• Israel

• Scotland

• Switzerland

• Nigeria

More than 100 people were killed in two explosions near a ceremony honoring the late Gen. Qasem Soleimani in which country?

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• Lebanon

• Turkey

• Ukraine

• Iran

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark announced that she will abdicate her throne after more than half a century. Which son will succeed her?

• Emil

• Hans-Adam

• Harald

• Frederik

In his New Year's Day address, which world leader stated, "The reunification of the motherland is a historical inevitability"?

• Kim Jong-un

• Xi Jinping

• Benjamin Netanyahu

• Narendra Modi

The first Japanese spacecraft to attempt a moon landing, scheduled on Jan. 19, is known by which acronym?

• SLIM

• TOFU

• ARIA

• CHIP

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake near the New Madrid fault line shook the eastern part of which U.S. state last week?

• Oklahoma

• Tennessee

• Arkansas

• New York