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WorksheetsDec 4 Weekly News Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
George Bush, the ______ president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs but was denied a second term after support for his presidency collapsed under the weight of an economic downturn and his seeming inattention to domestic affairs, died on Nov. 30 at his home in Houston. He was 94.
39th
40th
41st
42nd
The _______________ protests in France began in response to rising gas taxes and has been building in intensity over the past three weeks, peaking with a day of violence in Paris on Dec. 1. The unrest presented an extraordinary venting of rage and resentment by ordinary working people, aimed at the mounting inequalities that have eroded their lives.
“Black Pants”
“Green Jackets”
“Purple Hats”
“Yellow Vests”
Donald J. Trump was more involved in discussions over a potential Russian business deal during the presidential campaign than previously known, his former lawyer ___________ said on Nov. 29 in pleading guilty to lying to Congress. Mr. Trump’s associates pursued the project as the Kremlin was escalating its election sabotage effort meant to help him win the presidency.
Donald F. McGahn II
Jeff Sessions
Michael D. Cohen
Ty Cobb
The Trump administration is preparing to officially ban __________ on guns, a move that would put an end to the sale of attachments that allow semiautomatic rifles to fire faster and that would follow through on an order President Trump made this year to the Justice Department to regulate the devices.
bump stocks
forward grips
high-capacity magazines
trigger cranks
The United States and China called a truce in their _________ on Dec. 1 after President Trump agreed to hold off on new tariffs and President Xi Jinping pledged to increase Chinese purchases of American products.
arms race
cyber warfare
trade war
violent conflict
New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Nov. 29 show that ______________ killed more than 70,000 Americans in 2017, a record.
car crashes
drug overdoses
gun violence
H.I.V.
With 24 of his sailors and three of his warships held captive by Russia after a confrontation on Nov. 25 in waters near Crimea, the commander of _____________ tiny navy declared that Russia under President Vladimir V. Putin was “the plague of the 21st century” and vowed that it must be stopped.
Georgia’s
Moldova’s
Tajikistan’s
Ukraine’s
China said on Nov. 29 that it had suspended the work of a scientist who claims to have created the world’s first ________, saying his conduct appeared to be unethical and in violation of Chinese law.
autonomous weapon
censored search engine
genetically edited babies
human-animal hybrid
The hotel chain asked guests checking in for a treasure trove of personal information: credit cards, addresses and sometimes passport numbers. On Nov. 30, consumers learned the risk. Marriott International revealed that hackers had breached its Starwood reservation system and had stolen the personal data of up to _________ guests.
600,000
20 million
500 million
1 billion
Three of the science-related articles below were recently published in The New York Times. One is from the satirical site The Onion. Which is the fake news story?
"A Famous Alpha Wolf’s Daughter, Spitfire, Is Killed by a Hunter"
"As Measles Surges, ‘Decades of Progress’ Are in Jeopardy"
"Beneath Antarctica’s Ice Is a Graveyard of Dead Continents"
"FAA Study Finds 64% Of Engine Failures Caused By Henchman Being Kicked Into Turbine"
