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What's new in your world? 11/12/18 - 11/30/18

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the town in California that has been completely wiped out by the Camp Fire?

a)

Santa Ana

b)

Paradise

c)

Thousand Oaks

d)

Pepperdine

2.

The first Armistice Day was observed in what year?

a)

1919

b)

1929

c)

1939

d)

1949

3.

Approximately how many people live in Seoul, South Korea?

a)

1 million

b)

10 million

c)

100 million

d)

250 million

4.

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?

a)

1996

b)

2000

c)

2008

d)

2016

5.

On what day did/will the 116th Congress begin its work?

a)

December 3, 2018

b)

January 1, 2019

c)

January 3, 2019

d)

January 15, 2019

6.

Which of the following is often referred to as the Mother of All Commodities?

a)

Coal

b)

Steel

c)

Oil

d)

Natural Gas

7.

Who was president during the Black Market Gold Scandal of 1869?

a)

Grant

b)

Tyler

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Eisenhower

8.

In which country are Yellow Vest Protests being held to protest the rising cost of oil and gas?

a)

United States

b)

Canada

c)

France

d)

Germany

9.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating which company to determine if it is a monopoly?

a)

Facebook

b)

Microsoft

c)

Google

d)

Nike

10.

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?

a)

Acapulco

b)

Tijuana

c)

Cozumel

d)

Rio Grande

11.

Russia recently detained Ukranian ships in which body of water?

a)

Kerch Strait

b)

Martial Law

c)

Bering Sea

d)

Black Sea

12.

The highest unemployment rate in the U.S. was in 1933 during The Great Depression. What was the unemployment rate in 1933?

a)

10%

b)

25%

c)

33%

d)

50%

13.

This prestigious American university has invented an aircraft with no moving parts, powered entirely by ionic wind.

a)

Harvard

b)

Georgia Tech

c)

Stanford

d)

MIT

14.

On December 11, this country's parliament will vote to approve a plan to leave the European Union.

a)

England

b)

Ireland

c)

Scotland

d)

Germany

15.

The International Grand Committee on Disinformation in this country is investigating Facebook and its failure to remove fake information from its site.

a)

United Kingdom

b)

United States

c)

Canada

d)

Saudi Arabia

16.

1 in 5 people in the world will live in this country by the year 2024:

a)

China

b)

India

c)

South Korea

d)

United States

17.

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.

a)

Insight

b)

Focus

c)

Crisper

d)

Nomad

18.

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?

a)

CRISPR

b)

LULU

c)

NANA

d)

DNAFIX

19.

In what year was the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established?

a)

1970

b)

1980

c)

1990

d)

1960

20.

Where was the recent G20 summit held?

a)

Moscow

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

London

d)

Dubai

21.

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.

a)

Vladimir Putin (Russia)

b)

Mohammad Bin Salman (Saudi Arabia)

c)

Kim Jong-un (North Korea)

d)

Teresa May (Great Britain)

22.

This type of clouds is found at the highest altitudes:

a)

Cumulus

b)

Cumulo-Nimbus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Stratus

23.

Cloud seeding is often done to "assist" Mother Nature in the development of precipitation. With what are the clouds seeded?

a)

Water pellets

b)

Salt

c)

Silver Iodide

d)

Helium

24.

Weather Modification International is the leader in cloud-seeding technology and information. Where is this company located?

a)

Boise, Idaho

b)

Juneau, Alaska

c)

Winnipeg, Canada

d)

Rochester, Minnesota

25.

A dog named Scout recently dug up what?

a)

Tyrannosaurus Rex bone

b)

Velociraptor skull

c)

Wooly Mammoth tooth

d)

Petrified egg from a DODO bird