Current Events 2024

What is the name of the meteor shower that is visible in August?

• Poseidon

• Persius

• Perseid

• Astraeus

What was retired in 2011; was the first reusable spacecraft; consisted of 3 parts-rocket boosters, fuel tank and orbiter? It took astronauts into orbit to work on satellites, and shuttled them back and forth to the ISS.

• Apollo 11

• Space Shuttle

• Artemis II

• Saturn V Rockets

A new species of _________ was discovered south of Tokyo.

• crab

• starfish

• monkey

• bear

What category 5 hurricane impacted parts of the Caribbean, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Gulf Coast of the U.S. in late June and early July 2024.

• Emily

• Barry

• Idalia

• Beryl

What Asian country President declared martial law?

• China

• South Korea

• Vietnam

• North Korea

A CEO from what industry was assinanted?

• Health Insurance

• Pharmaceutical

• Real Estate

• Banking

Rebels overtook what country ending a 13 year civil war?

• Lebanon

• Isreal

• Gaza

• Syria

In September 2024, a significant climate summit was held in which city to discuss global carbon emissions?

• Tokyo

• New York

• Paris

• Geneva

In November 2024, a new space mission was launched to explore which planet?

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Saturn

In December 2024, a significant peace agreement was signed between which two countries?

• North Korea and South Korea

• Israel and Lebanon

• India and Pakistan

• Ukraine and Russia