Weekly News Quiz 1/30/25

The Los Angeles area has been dealing with the aftermath of this natural disaster over the past week...one of which was alleged to have started by sparks from a powerline.

• Earthquakes

• Floods

• Wildfires

• Dust storms

Which US city dealt with the most recent school shooting last week?

• Nashville, TN

• Montgomery, AL

• New Orleans, LA

Since President Trump's inauguration, this government agency has been rounding up illegal immigrants for deportation?

• the FBI

• the IRS

• ICE

People involved in this incident were granted a full pardon by President Trump

• Illegal immigration

• January 6th riots

• The JFK, RFK and MLK assassinations

This Chinese company sent the stock market into a frenzy this week, while being introduced as a viable competitor to major American companies in the same industry

• Tik Tok

• DeepSeek

• Gemini

This country unsuccessfully tried to stand up to the Trump administration and block the return of deportees until the president responded by implementing a tariff on that country's goods and they reversed their decision.

• Mexico

• Canada

• Guatemala

• Colombia

This person faced tough scrutiny from the Senate this week in his confirmation hearings for Secretary of Health and Human Services

• Marco Rubio

• Pete Hegseth

• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Which of these things did President Trump try do in his first week as President

• rename the Gulf of Mexico, "the Gulf of America"

• offered buyouts to many federal workers

• announced he wanted to invest $500 billion in federal money to AI advancement

• He did all of these things.