News Quiz 2.6.24

When the 2024 Oscar nominations were announced last week, two “Barbie” snubs became the breakout story. In which TWO categories did the blockbuster film NOT receive nominations?

• Best actress

• Best director

• Best picture

• Best supporting actor

Last week, Alabama became the first to execute a prisoner with ____. Officials there said it was a model for other states, while critics called it appalling and far from what the state promised.

• nitrogen gas

• lethal injection

• a firing squad

• electric shocks

The Kansas City Chiefs are returning to the Super Bowl. Which team will they be playing, in a rematch of the 2020 championship?

• Baltimore Ravens

• Los Angeles Rams

• New England Patriots

• San Francisco 49ers

A drone attack on a remote U.S. military base in Jordan on Sunday killed three American soldiers. Officials blamed a militia affiliated with which country?

• Iran

• Afghanistan

• North Korea

• Venezuela

What was the most-streamed show of 2023, according to data released this week by the ratings firm Nielsen?

• Gilmore Girls

• Suits

• NCIS

• The Office

About much money was Donald J. Trump ordered by a Manhattan jury to pay to the writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her?

• $0

• $500,000

• $2 million

• $83 million

This month, South Africa accused Israel of genocide in the International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest court, a charge Israel has categorically denied. On Jan. 28, the court issued an interim ruling. What did it say?

• It called for an immediate cease-fire.

• It dismissed the case and said it had no merit.

• It ruled that Israel must take action to prevent acts of genocide by its forces in Gaza and must let more aid into the enclave.

• It said that Israel’s military campaign is justified under international law.

After losing the Iowa caucus, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ended his bid for the Republican nomination for president, leaving only this person, a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, as a serious challenger to Donald Trump for the nomination.

• Chris Christie

• Jeb Bush

• Jim Jordan

• Nikki Haley

Around 40,000 migrants have arrived in Denver in the past year, and most of them have come from this country as they try to escape hyperinflation and poor living conditions.

• Venezuela

• Cuba

• Indonesia

• Angola

The CEOs of several big tech companies were grilled by Congress this week about which issue?

• pollution & climate change

• artificial intelligence

• social media safety for young people