WorksheetsWhat's new in your world? 11/12/18 - 11/30/18
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the name of the town in California that has been completely wiped out by the Camp Fire?
Santa Ana
Paradise
Thousand Oaks
Pepperdine
The first Armistice Day was observed in what year?
1919
1929
1939
1949
Approximately how many people live in Seoul, South Korea?
1 million
10 million
100 million
250 million
Florida recently had a recount of the votes in the races for both the Senate and the Governor. Florida is also famous for a recount which determined the winner in which Presidential election?
1996
2000
2008
2016
On what day did/will the 116th Congress begin its work?
December 3, 2018
January 1, 2019
January 3, 2019
January 15, 2019
Which of the following is often referred to as the Mother of All Commodities?
Coal
Steel
Oil
Natural Gas
Who was president during the Black Market Gold Scandal of 1869?
Grant
Tyler
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
In which country are Yellow Vest Protests being held to protest the rising cost of oil and gas?
United States
Canada
France
Germany
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating which company to determine if it is a monopoly?
Microsoft
Nike
Tear gas was recently used to disperse a crowd of migrants trying to cross the border into the United States from which city in Mexico?
Acapulco
Tijuana
Cozumel
Rio Grande
Russia recently detained Ukranian ships in which body of water?
Kerch Strait
Martial Law
Bering Sea
Black Sea
The highest unemployment rate in the U.S. was in 1933 during The Great Depression. What was the unemployment rate in 1933?
10%
25%
33%
50%
This prestigious American university has invented an aircraft with no moving parts, powered entirely by ionic wind.
Harvard
Georgia Tech
Stanford
MIT
On December 11, this country's parliament will vote to approve a plan to leave the European Union.
England
Ireland
Scotland
Germany
The International Grand Committee on Disinformation in this country is investigating Facebook and its failure to remove fake information from its site.
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Saudi Arabia
1 in 5 people in the world will live in this country by the year 2024:
China
India
South Korea
United States
This NASA mission to Mars took 7 months to travel from Earth to Mars and will be drilling into the planet's surface to learn more about its composition.
Insight
Focus
Crisper
Nomad
A geneticist in China claims he genetically modified the DNA of twin girls to make them immune to HIV. What process did he claim to have used?
CRISPR
LULU
NANA
DNAFIX
In what year was the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established?
1970
1980
1990
1960
Where was the recent G20 summit held?
Moscow
Buenos Aires
London
Dubai
At the recent G20 summit, President Trump had scheduled a private meeting with this world leader; however, because of recent actions by this leader's country, the meeting was cancelled.
Vladimir Putin (Russia)
Mohammad Bin Salman (Saudi Arabia)
Kim Jong-un (North Korea)
Teresa May (Great Britain)
This type of clouds is found at the highest altitudes:
Cumulus
Cumulo-Nimbus
Cirrus
Stratus
Cloud seeding is often done to "assist" Mother Nature in the development of precipitation. With what are the clouds seeded?
Water pellets
Salt
Silver Iodide
Helium
Weather Modification International is the leader in cloud-seeding technology and information. Where is this company located?
Boise, Idaho
Juneau, Alaska
Winnipeg, Canada
Rochester, Minnesota
A dog named Scout recently dug up what?
Tyrannosaurus Rex bone
Velociraptor skull
Wooly Mammoth tooth
Petrified egg from a DODO bird
