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CNN WEEK ENDING 3/15/19

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what central African nation are violence and distrust challenging international efforts to contain the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history?

a)

DRC

b)

ETHIOPIA

c)

SOUTH AFRICA

2.

How many years old is the U.S. stock market's "bull market," which recently marked a milestone of steadily rising prices?

a)

25

b)

10

c)

5

3.

Ben Franklin, George Hudson, and William Willett have all been credited with first proposing what?

a)

ALARM CLOCK

b)

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

c)

PAPER CURRENCY

4.

What kind of problem recently impacted 70 percent of Venezuela, with its president blaming a cyberattack and its opposition leader blaming government incompetence for the issue?

a)

BLACKOUTS

b)

FOOD SHORTAGES

c)

INFLATION

5.

Name the aircraft company whose 737 MAX 8 planes were banned in dozens of countries following two recent accidents, though the company insists the model is safe?

a)

BOEING

b)

DELTA

c)

UNITED

6.

The U.S. government is warning against the use of telecommunications equipment made by what Chinese company, though the organization denies any wrongdoing?

a)

HUAWEI

b)

SAMSUNG

c)

VERIZON

d)

ATT

7.

A "bomb cyclone" brought rapid temperature drops and dangerously high winds to U.S. states in and east of what mountain chain?

a)

ROCKY MTNS

b)

APPALACHIAN MTNS

c)

SIERRA NEVADA

d)

BLUERIDGE MTNS

8.

Among U.S. fast food chains that have expanded in China, what brand is considered the biggest success story, with twice as many restaurants there as McDonald's?

a)

TACO BELL

b)

KFC

c)

CHIK-FIL-A

9.

What historic mission to the moon, in which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took mankind's first steps there, is marking its 50th anniversary this July?

a)

APOLLO 11

b)

GEMINI 1

c)

APOLLO 13

d)

GEMINI 12

10.

In what U.S. state would you find Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, which has held the title of world's busiest airport since 1998?

a)

FLORIDA

b)

GEORGIA

c)

NEW YORK

d)

MARYLAND