Recent News: 11-22-24

Republicans cemented their control of the House of Representatives on Nov. 13, handing them a “governing trifecta” in Washington to enact President-elect Donald J. Trump’s agenda.

What does a governing trifecta mean?

• Republicans will control local, state and federal courts.

• Republicans will control the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House.

• Republicans will control the three branches of government — executive, legislative and judicial.

President-elect Donald Trump has quickly begun to assemble the list of people he wants to serve in his cabinet during his second term. Three of the following headlines appeared in The New York Times, but one is made up. Which is the fake headline?

• “Democrats Feeling Reassured by the Competence of Trump’s Cabinet Picks”

• “Senate Republicans Alarmed by Gaetz Pick as Attorney General Nominee”

• “Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Panned in Washington, Thrill Many of His Voters”

• “Trump Signals a ‘Seismic Shift,’ Shocking the Washington Establishment”

According to a sweeping new study, what percentage of U.S. adults are overweight or obese?

• Less than 10%

• 33%

• Nearly 75%

What caused authorities in New Delhi, the capital of India, and Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province, to close schools recently?

• Excessive heat

• Insufficient funding

• Lack of teachers

• Severe levels of pollution

A House Republican proposed a new rule in anticipation of Representative-elect Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. What does the rule do?

• Blocks her from joining congressional sports teams

• Blocks her from using women’s bathrooms

• Blocks her from wearing dresses on the House floor

• Requires her to use her birth name on the House floor

“Wicked” and “Gladiator II” are now in theaters. Movie fans, hoping to rekindle the excitement of last year’s simultaneous openings of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” have taken to referring to the new films with what portmanteau?

• Gladwick

• Glicked

• Wickiator

• Barbenheimer II

Following a judge’s ruling that Google had an illegal monopoly in search, the Justice Department asked a federal court to force Google to do what?

• Discontinue its A.I. division

• Sell its Chrome browser

• Shut down Gmail

• Stop making smartphones

Why was this portrait, pictured above, in the news this month?

• It was among the forgeries rounded up in one of the biggest busts of counterfeit art in history.

• It was found by a junk dealer while he was clearing out the cellar of an Italian villa. The painting was later confirmed to be an original Picasso.

• It was painted by a humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence and sold at auction for nearly $1.1 million.

Why were 43 rhesus macaques in the news this month?

• They are starring in a new live-action movie version of “Planet of the Apes.”

• They broke into a Walmart and ate two thousand pounds of roots, fruit and seeds.

• They escaped a research center in South Carolina.

• They recorded a music album featuring their unique vocalizations of coos, grunts and screams.

On Nov. 11, the United States celebrated Veterans Day, a day to recognize veterans from all American wars and conflicts. The holiday, originally called “Armistice Day,” was created to commemorate the end of which war?

• The War of 1812

• The Civil War

• World War I

• The Vietnam War