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CNN10 week ending 11/13

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Arizona

c)

New Mexico

d)

Necada

2.

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?

a)

Kamala Harris

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Joe Biden

d)

Mike Pence

3.

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.

a)

Pfizer

b)

USDA

c)

Walgreen's

d)

Fisher Price

4.

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?

a)

David

b)

Oreida

c)

Eta

d)

Alpha

5.

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?

a)

Gamma

b)

Theta

c)

Epsilon

d)

Zita

6.

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?

a)

train propel

b)

super train

c)

train tube

d)

vactrain

7.

7. China says it recently broke its own record for deepest manned dive to what part of the Pacific Ocean?

a)

China Current

b)

Big Blue

c)

Mariana Trench

d)

Great Barrier Reef

8.

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?

a)

Manhattan, New York

b)

Sydney, Australia

c)

Dallas, Texas

d)

Los Angeles, California

9.

9. Concerning the coronavirus pandemic, a CNN poll conducted early last month indicated that 45 percent of Americans wouldn't do what?

a)

try peanut butter sandwiches

b)

get a vaccine once released

c)

do Black Friday shopping this year

d)

gather for Thanksgiving

10.

10. What two-word term describes the traditional start of the holiday shopping season in the U.S., when many retailers see a profit?

a)

Shop Season

b)

Christmas Season

c)

Cyber Monday

d)

Black Friday