WorksheetsAdvisory News Quiz November 30th - December 4th 2020
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
In which state did Republican members of a county elections board refuse to certify election results — only to reverse themselves after an outcry from voters and state officials?
Georgia
Michigan
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Which drugmaker reported promising preliminary results from its coronavirus vaccine trial on Monday, just one week after similar news from Pfizer and BioNTech?
AstraZeneca
Moderna
Inovio
Zydus Cadila
Which model of Boeing plane has been cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration to fly again?
737 Max
747-8
777-300ER
787 Dreamliner
The Trump administration plans to sell leases that would allow oil and gas drilling in which area?
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Everglades National Park
Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
Lake Michigan
Peru’s interim president, Manuel Merino, above, stepped down last Sunday.
How long did he spend in office?
Less than a day
Less than a week
Less than a month
Less than a year
Which country singer is being hailed as a pandemic savior because she donated $1 million to fund research for a vaccine?
Kacy Musgraves
Rosanne Cash
Loretta Lynn
Dolly Parton
The Danish government is in crisis after ordering the slaughter of a certain type of animal to prevent the spread of a potentially dangerous new strain of the coronavirus.
Which type of animal is being culled in Denmark?
Alpaca
Deer
Mink
Rabbit
A new Twitter feature allows users to post messages that vanish after 24 hours.
What is it called?
Bleeps
Fleets
Greets
Meeps
What is Kim Ng the first woman to do?
Free-climb the Golden Gate route up El Capitan
Finish a marathon in under two hours
Lead midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy
Run baseball operations for a major league team
What did scientists discover about platypus fur?
It becomes thicker with age.
It carries medicinal properties
It glows under blacklight
It is full of tiny quills
Who won this year’s National Book Award for fiction?
Rumaan Alam for “Leave the World Behind”
Deesha Philyaw for “The Secret Life of Church Ladies”
Douglas Stuart for “Shuggie Bain”
Charles Yu for “Interior Chinatown”
