PRACTICE: News Questions #3

Name the NFL Hall of Fame quarterback who recently said during a U.S. congressional hearing that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.

• Peyton Manning
• John Elway
• Tom Brady
• Brett Favre

U.S. prosecutors recently charged what politician, the New York City mayor, with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish nationals seeking to influence him, capping an investigation that has sent the largest U.S. city's government into turmoil?

• Eric Adams
• Shawn Olson
• Matthew Freeman
• Morgan Washington

A record nine candidates recently ran in what country’s ruling party election to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida?

• China
• Japan
• India
• South Korea

Hoda Kotb, a fixture at NBC for more than two decades, recently announced that she will leave her position on what television show early next year, telling staffers “it’s time?”

• Good Morning America
• Today Show
• Fox Wake Up
• CBS Mornings

The head of what country's transition council, Edgard Leblanc, recently told the United Nations General Assembly that he was thankful for Americans showing solidarity with migrants from his nation, especially in Springfield, Ohio?

• Haiti
• Dominican Republic
• Belize
• Mexico

Just hours after President Biden recently announced more than $8 billion in new military aid for what U.S. country, Donald Trump said that he would meet with that nation’s president, who he previously criticized on the U.S. campaign trail, expressing doubts about his nation's ability to win its war with Russia?

• Belarus
• Ukraine
• Latvia
• Lithuania

A zoo in Finland has agreed to return two loaned giant pandas to what country more than eight years ahead of schedule because they have become too expensive for the facility to maintain amid declining visitors?

• Japan
• China
• Mongolia
• Nepal

A federal judge in California has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen regulations for what mineral in drinking water, saying that the compound poses an unreasonable potential risk to children at levels that are currently typical nationwide?

• Chloride
• Bromide
• Floride
• Iodide

While recently speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, what country's libertarian President Javier Milei criticized the organization, rejected its 'Pact for the Future' and pledged instead an "agenda of freedom?"

• Brazil
• Argentina
• Uraguay
• Paraguay

What country is ready to end its nuclear standoff with the West, its president, Masoud Pezeshkian recently told the United Nations General Assembly, hoping to see an easing of U.S. sanctions that have crippled that nation's economy?

• Iraq
• Iran
• Syria
• Lebanon