October 24 Current News Quiz

Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo was recently named as the winner of what award, in a warning to countries that have nuclear weapons not to use them?

• Nobel Peace Prize
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Nobel Prize in Physics
• Nobel Literature Prize

Voters in Georgia turned out in record numbers as the battleground state recently opened early voting for the U.S. presidential election between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump scheduled to take place on what date?

• October 15, 2024

• December 1, 2024

• November 5, 2024

• November 8, 2024

In what country were beaches in Sydney, including the iconic Bondi, recently closed after hundreds of black balls suspected to be toxic washed up on the city's shores?

• United States
• Australia
• South Africa
• New Zealand

What is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing?

• Comet
• Asteroid
• Planet
• Meteor

At the time they were elected President of the United States, Warren Harding, John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama all held what political occupation?

• Governor
• U.S. Representative
• Secretary of State
• U.S. Senator

Who recently announced that he would give a series of talks in Pennsylvania, less than two weeks after the billionaire made a high-profile appearance with former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump there, saying that his appearances would be connected to his America PAC political action committee?

• Nikki Haley
• Mike Pence
• Chris Christie
• Elon Musk

President Zachary Taylor, in his eulogy to Dolley Madison in 1849, coined what term now used to refer to the President of the United States’ wife?

• First Gentleman
• White House Hostess
• First Lady
• Presidential Partner

Name the former U.S. president who recently cast his early ballot vote in Georgia.

• Bill Clinton
• George W. Bush
• Barack Obama
• Jimmy Carter

In what country did thousands recently protest under the slogan "Housing is a right, not a business" in Madrid to demand more affordable housing amid rising anger from those who feel they are being priced out of the market?

• Spain
• Italy
• France
• Portugal

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his partner Jodie Haydon will meet privately with what British royal and his wife Queen Camilla on his first major foreign trip since being diagnosed with cancer?

• Prince Harry
• Prince William
• King Charles III
• Duke of Edinburgh