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WorksheetsWeekly News Quiz for Students (11/12/20)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which fact about the 2020 presidential election is NOT true?
Mr. Biden won the popular vote with a record-breaking 75 million votes, and still counting.
Mr. Trump is only the third elected president since World War II to lose re-election, and the first in more than a quarter-century.
Over 101 million early voting and absentee ballots were cast, an election record.
A majority of national polls correctly predicted the winning presidential candidate in each of the 50 states.
In response to the election results, Mr. Trump has done all of following EXCEPT:
announced in a tweet: “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!”
claimed there was massive election fraud
demanded a new election in January
pursued lawsuits to overturn the results in several states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Nevada
Neither of ____’s Republican senators drew a majority on Election Day, sending both of their races to special rematches in January that will likely determine control of the Senate.
California
Georgia
Texas
Wyoming
Kamala Harris made history on Nov. 7 when she was declared vice-president elect of the United States. Which of the following historical firsts is NOT true of her win?
She will become the first woman to serve as vice president.
She will become the first person of Southeast Asian descent to serve as vice president.
She will become the first person from California to serve as vice president.
She will become the first Black American to serve as vice president.
The drug maker Pfizer announced on Nov. 9 preliminary results that suggested its coronavirus ___ was more than 90 percent effective.
antibody cocktail
placebo
steroid-based treatment
vaccine
On Nov. 4, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of __ , awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 after just 18 months in power, announced a sweeping military operation against one of his own regions.
Ethiopia
Egypt
Ghana
Zimbabwe
Ballot initiatives in New Jersey, South Dakota, Montana and Arizona led voters to decisively pass laws ___.
legalizing recreational marijuana
modifying felony sentencing guidelines
reinstating affirmative action
to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2025
On Nov. 8, Alex Trebek, who hosted the game show “____” for a record-setting 37 years, died at 80.
Jeopardy!
Let’s Make a Deal
The Price Is Right
Wheel of Fortune
According to recent NASA estimates, there could be as many as __ potentially habitable Earths out there in the whole Milky Way alone.
30
300
300,000
300 million
Which is the fake news story?
"An Early Test for Biden: Managing a Divided Democratic Party
"Biden Announces a 13-Member Coronavirus Task Force as Cases Soar"
"Biden to Restore a White House Tradition of Presidential Pets"
"Media Condemns Biden for Baseless Claim That Nation Will Come Together Once Election Over"
