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Weekly News Quiz: 2/1-2/5

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Amateur investors banded together to squeeze Wall Street hedge funds by sending _____’s stock value up by more than $10 billion on Jan. 27.

a)

Blockbuster

b)

GameStop

c)

Nintendo

d)

Regal Cinema

2.

San Francisco voted to rename 44 ______________ named after prominent figures, in an attempt to purge the district of homages to what it said were controversial people with ties to racism, sexism or slavery.

a)

city streets

b)

government offices

c)

public schools

d)

library buildings

3.

Much of the Northeastern United States was affected by a powerful ______ , with heavy snow, gusty winds and near blizzard conditions.

a)

lake-effect storm

b)

nor'easter

c)

pulse storm

d)

tropical cyclogenesis

4.

__________’s military launched a coup on Feb. 1, detaining the country’s civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and her top lieutenants during early morning raids and seizing power from a government established only five years ago.

a)

Myanmar

b)

Pakistan

c)

Sudan

d)

Thailand

5.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican congresswoman from Georgia, has come under fire for _______ before she was elected to Congress.

a)

a friendship she had with a progressive activist

b)

embracing false conspiracy theories

c)

making illicit stock market investments

d)

not disclosing campaign contributions

6.

Which of the following Covid-19-related stories from last week is NOT true?

a)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the “preponderance of available evidence” indicates that in-person instruction can be carried out safely as long as mask-wearing and social distancing are maintained.

b)

More than 25 percent of all Americans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, exceeding expectations for the vaccination rollout.

c)

New York severely undercounted thousands of Covid-19 deaths of nursing home residents, according to a report by the state attorney general.

d)

The White House extended travel bans on Brazil and much of Europe, and added South Africa, because of concern about a coronavirus variant spreading in that country.

7.

Which of the following officials recently said that we need to "Lay low and cool it" for the Superbowl this year?

a)

Dr. Fauci

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Dr. Burkes

d)

Mrs. Stroyan

8.

Which state has the highest percentage of their population vaccinated?

a)

Iowa

b)

Utah

c)

Alaska

d)

Delaware

9.

Jeff Bezos is stepping down from which of the following companies?

a)

Apple

b)

Google

c)

Amazon

d)

Nile

10.

Where is the Super Bowl taking place this year?

a)

Kansas City, Missouri

b)

Kansas City, Kansas

c)

Tampa, Florida

d)

Mars