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Week of 9/23

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A drone attack struck key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, disrupting the kingdom’s petroleum production.

The U.S. has said that Iran was behind the strike, although Houthi rebels initially claimed responsibility.

The rebels operate out of which country?

a)

Bahrain

b)

Iraq

c)

Qatar

d)

Yemen

2.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, above, apologized after a photograph surfaced of him at a party in 2001 dressed as whom?

a)

Aladdin

b)

A Canadian Mountie

c)

Michael Jackson

d)

Othello

3.

After Israel’s second election in five months, the party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to come in a close second to that of Benny Gantz, a centrist former army chief.

What is the name of Mr. Gantz’s party?

a)

Blue and White

b)

Labour

c)

Likud

d)

Yisrael Beiteinu

4.

President Trump named Robert O’Brien as national security adviser after John Bolton was ousted last week.

What was Mr. O’Brien’s most recent job?

a)

Ambassador to Germany

b)

Fox News personality

c)

Representative to North Korea

d)

State Department’s chief hostage negotiator

5.

According to a new report, the number of which type of wildlife has fallen by nearly 30 percent in the U.S. and Canada in the past 50 years?

a)

Bees

b)

Birds

c)

Fish

d)

Trees

6.

Nearly 50,000 union members went on strike at which automaker?

a)

Ford

b)

General Motors

c)

Toyota

d)

Volkswagen

7.

The Justice Department sued the author of a new memoir who failed to submit a manuscript for review so officials could ensure it contained no classified information.

Who wrote the memoir?

a)

Michael Cohen

b)

James Comey

c)

Chelsea Manning

d)

Edward Snowden

8.

Which state announced a plan to make tuition at its public colleges and universities free for all residents?

a)

Florida

b)

New Mexico

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Washington

9.

Cokie Roberts, a pioneering journalist for NPR and ABC, died on Tuesday at 75.

At a time when few women had national profiles in the news business, she brought a knowledgeable voice to coverage of Washington, in part because of her background as the daughter of politicians.

Both of her parents represented which state in Congress?

a)

California

b)

Illinois

c)

Louisiana

d)

North Carolina

10.

An item made of 18-karat gold was stolen from an exhibit at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill.

The item was shaped like what?

a)

A bulldog

b)

A bust of Queen Victoria

c)

A cigar

d)

A toilet

11.

Demi Burnett and Kristian Haggerty made history on which reality TV show?

a)

“Bachelor in Paradise”

b)

“Dancing With the Stars”

c)

“Survivor”

d)

“The Voice”

12.

On Sept. 13, the actress Felicity Huffman became the first parent to be sentenced for her role in the nation’s largest scandal.

a)

college admissions cheating

b)

cyberbullying

c)

fraternity hazing

d)

sports betting

13.

Thousands of municipal governments nationwide and nearly two dozen states that sued the pharmaceutical industry for the destructive __________crisis have tentatively reached a settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, members of the Sackler family.

a)

diabetes

b)

obesity

c)

opioid

d)

vaping

14.

Several Democratic presidential candidates called for the impeachment of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh on Sept. 15 after The New York Times published new information about allegations of _____________against him, while Republican leaders condemned the reporting as irresponsible and defended him.

a)

corruption

b)

perjury

c)

plagiarism

d)

sexual misconduct

15.

The Trump administration said on Sept. 11 that it would prevent the sale of most _______, as teenage ______ rises.

a)

abortion pills; pregnancy

b)

flavored e-cigarettes; vaping

c)

smartphones; anxiety

d)

violent video games; gun violence

16.

The Supreme Court on Sept. 11 allowed the Trump administration to bar most Central American migrants from seeking _________ in the United States, while the legal fight plays out in the courts.

a)

asylum

b)

college financial aid

c)

welfare benefits

d)

work visas

17.

A Food and Drug Administration panel on Sept. 13 recommended approval of the first-ever drug to treat life-threatening _________ allergies in children, a condition that confounds and frightens families across the country.

a)

dairy

b)

egg

c)

gluten

d)

peanut

18.

Three of the arts and culture-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)

“Kanye West’s New Yeezy Shoes Draw Comparisons to Crocs and a Colander”

b)

“Literary Theorists Admit They Still Have No Idea What ‘Animal Farm’ Is About”

c)

“Post Malone Claims No. 1 With the Year’s Biggest Streaming Total”

d)

“Shane Gillis Dropped From ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Amid Criticism of Racist Slurs”