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WorksheetsCNN Student News Quiz 2-26-2016
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name of the most powerful tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
Winston
b)
Woodrow
c)
Wilson
d)
Jenkins
2.
What is the name of the Indian city that was featured on Monday's show and is the site of a tremendous pile of garbage?
a)
Mumbai
b)
Bangalore
c)
New Delhi
d)
Ahmedabad
3.
Grevy's is the name of a type of animal whose numbers have dropped dramatically in recent decades. What is this animal?
a)
Hawksbill Turtle
b)
Black Rhino
c)
Lemur
d)
Zebra
4.
What percentage (or fraction) of the food produced for people to eat is lost or wasted worldwide?
a)
15
b)
33
c)
50
d)
66
5.
In what year did the U.S. begin leasing land in Guantanamo Bay from Cuba?
a)
1903
b)
1963
c)
2001
d)
2013
6.
Almost 80 percent of the people of India follow what religion?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Buddhism
7.
Which presidential candidate won the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses on Tuesday?
a)
Ted Cruz
b)
Jeb Bush
c)
Donald Trump
d)
Marco Rubio
8.
Which U.S. state is holding its Democratic presidential primary on Saturday?
a)
Nevada
b)
None of these the next contest is Super Tuesday
c)
Texas
d)
South Carolina
9.
Name the country that's holding its first parliamentary elections since its government agreed to a controversial nuclear deal with several other nations.
a)
Syria
b)
Afghanistan
c)
Iraq
d)
Iran
10.
Name the Persian Gulf country, comparable in size to South Carolina, where cloud seeding began 15 years ago to meet the population's growing need for water.
a)
Oman
b)
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Yemen
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