WorksheetsCNN10 week ending 11/13
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. Last Saturday, U.S. media projected a winner in the 2020 presidential election after more results came in from what state, which has 20 electoral votes?
Pennsylvania
Arizona
New Mexico
Necada
2. Though the results of the election are being disputed in court, what two candidates are projected to become president and vice president in 2021?
Kamala Harris
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Mike Pence
3. Name the U.S. pharmaceutical company that says its coronavirus vaccine could be 90 percent effective in protecting people, though critics (and the company itself) say much more scientific information is needed.
Pfizer
USDA
Walgreen's
Fisher Price
4. What was the name of the storm that made landfall in the Florida Keys (and Florida's west coast) after causing death and destruction in Central America?
David
Oreida
Eta
Alpha
5. What was the name of the new storm that formed this week in the Atlantic, breaking the record for the most named storms in a single hurricane season?
Gamma
Theta
Epsilon
Zita
6. What is the name of the transportation system that, through a vacuum of air and electromagnetic propulsion, allows train-like vehicles to travel at high speeds?
train propel
super train
train tube
vactrain
7. China says it recently broke its own record for deepest manned dive to what part of the Pacific Ocean?
China Current
Big Blue
Mariana Trench
Great Barrier Reef
8. The Shed performing arts center, which has a steel shell that can be rolled out to increase the building's size, recently opened in what location?
Manhattan, New York
Sydney, Australia
Dallas, Texas
Los Angeles, California
9. Concerning the coronavirus pandemic, a CNN poll conducted early last month indicated that 45 percent of Americans wouldn't do what?
try peanut butter sandwiches
get a vaccine once released
do Black Friday shopping this year
gather for Thanksgiving
10. What two-word term describes the traditional start of the holiday shopping season in the U.S., when many retailers see a profit?
Shop Season
Christmas Season
Cyber Monday
Black Friday
