2/1/24 The World from A to Z

What substance spilled into a Brazilian river after a truck accident, leading to a state of emergency?

• Hydrogen peroxide

• Ammonia

• Sulfonic acid

• Bleach

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Why is China's tolerance of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic posts online raising alarm bells?

• To promote peace in the region

• To gain political leverage

• To support Hamas

• To counter US support for Israel

What historic event took place on February 1st, 1960, in Greensboro, North Carolina?

• First African-American president elected

• Four African-American college students took a seat at a whites-only lunch counter

• First African-American astronaut in space

• First African-American to win a Nobel Prize

What happened to the space shuttle Colombia on February 1st, 2003?

• It was hit by a meteor

• It was lost over the Pacific

• It landed safely

• It collided with another spacecraft

What was the focus of the hearing where the CEOs of social media companies testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee?

• Preventing cyber attacks

• Promoting free speech online

• Protecting young people online

• Regulating political content online

Who was the first American woman known to fly a plane?

• Jacqueline Cochran

• Bessica Raiche

• Amelia Earhart

• Harriet Quimby

What recent discovery has attracted the attention of prominent aviation experts in the search for Amelia Earhart's lost plane?

• A distress signal from the plane

• A sonar image matching the size and features of the plane

• A logbook belonging to Amelia Earhart

• A piece of the plane's wreckage

What is the state bird of Alabama?

• Brown thrasher

• Yellowhammer

• Northern cardinal

• Eastern bluebird

Where did a whole mess of manatees migrate to after a cold snap in January?

• Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific

• Great Barrier Reef in Australia

• Marine memo (mammal) refuge in Florida

• Galápagos Islands in Ecuador

What is the common name for the American woodpecker known as the northern flicker?

• Pileated woodpecker

• Red-bellied woodpecker

• Downy woodpecker

• Yellowhammer