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Advisory News Quiz February 1st 2021

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following did not happen to Dr. Anthony Fauci during the Trump administration?

a)

He was accused of inventing the virus.

b)

He was accused of being part of a secret cabal with Bill Gates and George Soros to profit from vaccines.

c)

His family received death threats.

d)

He received a letter in the mail that contained a powder.

e)

He was asked to resign on numerous occasions.

2.

How many Americans - out of a population of 330 million - are estimated to have had the coronavirus already, including both diagnosed and undiagnosed cases?

a)

5 million

b)

10 million

c)

25 million

d)

100 million

e)

250 million

3.

Only one of these four lines shows the actual trajectory of new daily coronavirus cases in recent weeks. Which one is it?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

Which of these jobs have still never been held by a woman? Please select all that apply. Hint: You should select 3.

a)

Attorney General

b)

Senate majority leader

c)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

d)

Secretary of state

e)

Defense secretary

5.

Hank Aaron held the record for the most career home runs for 33 years, before Barry Bonds overtook him. Which career record does Aaron still hold?

a)

Highest annual average salary

b)

Most consecutive games played

c)

Most runs batted in (RBIs)

d)

Most stolen bases

e)

Most World Series titles

6.

Thousands of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama will soon hold a vote. On what?

a)

Where the company should build its next headquarters

b)

Whether to form a union

c)

Whether to stage a walkout in protest of unsafe conditions

d)

Who the company's next chief people officer should be

7.

The Biden administration said it would try to accelerate efforts to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Whom would she replace?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Thomas Jefferson

e)

Woodrow Wilson

8.

What's happening here?

a)

This painting is being seized as part of an investigation into forgery and fraud.

b)

The French government is turning the Louvre into a vaccination center.

c)

The Louvre, closed because of the pandemic, has embarked on a renovation.

d)

Historians are looking for a secret message from the painter Anthony Van Dyck.

9.

The stock of GameStop, a video game retailer, soared this week. Which community drove the price higher?

a)

Listeners of the Barstool Big Money podcast

b)

Jim Cramer's Twitter followers

c)

The TikTok hashtag #MarketStans

d)

Reddit's WallStreetBets forum

e)

The QuarantineTraders Facebook group

10.

Why has google threatened to make its services unavailable in Australia?

a)

The government is considering making tech companies pay for journalism shared on their platforms.

b)

The government is refusing to renew work visas for Google employees in the country.

c)

The government has said it doesn't like its employees using Google for their searches.

d)

The government wants to start censoring what people can search for.

11.

President Biden signed a package of executive orders on climate change, including one that he said would create a million new jobs. Which of the following is included in the package?

a)

Building a fleet of electric vehicles

b)

Dismantling the Keystone XL oil pipeline

c)

Preparing the Alaskan tundra for farming

d)

Raising flood-prone sections of New York City

e)

Staffing the country's vacant recycling facilities