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CNN10 NewsQuiz_ March 4, 2022

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the U.S. appeals court judge whom President Joe Biden recently nominated for an upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court.

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Ketanji Brown Jackson

c)

Patricia A. Millett

d)

Neomi Rao

2.

What part of the U.S. government has the responsibility of providing "advice and consent" on the president's judicial nominees?

a)

The Supreme Court

b)

The President

c)

The House of Representatives

d)

The Senate

3.

Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution states that the president "shall from time to time give to the Congress Information" on what, which is also the name of a speech?

a)

The Daily Press Corps Briefing

b)

The State of the Union

c)

The Inaugural Address

d)

The Gettysburg Address

4.

Name the Russian currency that lost a significant percentage of its value this week, as international sanctions began to hurt the nation's economy.

a)

The Rupee

b)

The Ruble

c)

The Euro

d)

The Yen

5.

What are NGC 2444 and NGC 2445, which NASA says are engaged in a "cosmic tug-of-war" with one apparently affecting the conditions of the other?

a)

Meteors

b)

Meteorites

c)

Galaxies

d)

Comets

6.

A lockout in what U.S. professional sports league has postponed Opening Day and resulted in the cancellation of the first two series of the 2022 season?

a)

NFL (The National Football League)

b)

MLB (Major League Baseball)

c)

NHL (The National Hockey League)

d)

NBA (The National Basketball Association)

7.

From Thursday's show: In what nation, where the Asian giant tortoise was once thought to be extinct, is a conservationist working to preserve that and three similar species?

a)

Bangladesh

b)

Myanmar

c)

India

d)

Nepal

8.

A recent social media promotion gathered headlines for "humanizing" what landmark building in New York City?

a)

Rockerfeller Center

b)

The Empire State Building

c)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

d)

Trump Tower

9.

Russia is one of the world's biggest producers of what commodity, which is not officially banned in the current economic sanctions against the country?

a)

Rubles

b)

Tanks

c)

Travel and Touring

d)

Oil

10.

Where on the moon do experts believe a Chinese rocket stage crashed this week, possibly sending debris kilometers away?

a)

The under side

b)

The near side of the moon

c)

The far side (or dark side) of the moon

d)

The outside