WorksheetsWeek of 9/23
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
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?
Bahrain
Iraq
Qatar
Yemen
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, above, apologized after a photograph surfaced of him at a party in 2001 dressed as whom?
Aladdin
A Canadian Mountie
Michael Jackson
Othello
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?
Blue and White
Labour
Likud
Yisrael Beiteinu
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?
Ambassador to Germany
Fox News personality
Representative to North Korea
State Department’s chief hostage negotiator
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?
Bees
Birds
Fish
Trees
Nearly 50,000 union members went on strike at which automaker?
Ford
General Motors
Toyota
Volkswagen
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?
Michael Cohen
James Comey
Chelsea Manning
Edward Snowden
Which state announced a plan to make tuition at its public colleges and universities free for all residents?
Florida
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Washington
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?
California
Illinois
Louisiana
North Carolina
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 bulldog
A bust of Queen Victoria
A cigar
A toilet
Demi Burnett and Kristian Haggerty made history on which reality TV show?
“Bachelor in Paradise”
“Dancing With the Stars”
“Survivor”
“The Voice”
On Sept. 13, the actress Felicity Huffman became the first parent to be sentenced for her role in the nation’s largest scandal.
college admissions cheating
cyberbullying
fraternity hazing
sports betting
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.
diabetes
obesity
opioid
vaping
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.
corruption
perjury
plagiarism
sexual misconduct
The Trump administration said on Sept. 11 that it would prevent the sale of most _______, as teenage ______ rises.
abortion pills; pregnancy
flavored e-cigarettes; vaping
smartphones; anxiety
violent video games; gun violence
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.
asylum
college financial aid
welfare benefits
work visas
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.
dairy
egg
gluten
peanut
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?
“Kanye West’s New Yeezy Shoes Draw Comparisons to Crocs and a Colander”
“Literary Theorists Admit They Still Have No Idea What ‘Animal Farm’ Is About”
“Post Malone Claims No. 1 With the Year’s Biggest Streaming Total”
“Shane Gillis Dropped From ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Amid Criticism of Racist Slurs”
