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WorksheetsWeek 3 Advisory News Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
The Food and Drug Administration this week approved a second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot for immunocompromised people and anyone age ____________ . Fill in the blank.
85 and up
65 and up
50 and up
18 and up
Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, this week became the first Republican in the Senate to announce support for what?
An increased gas tax
Biden's Build Back Better plan
Knocking down portions of the wall on the southern border
Legislation to criminalize abortion
The confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
During peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul this week Russian officials said they would ____________. Fill in the blank.
Make more than half of Russia's nuclear arsenal nonoperational
Move nearly a million troops to the Polish border
Scale back military activity around Kyiv
Scale back military activity in the Donbas region
Stop using aerial bombs in Ukraine for at least a week
Russia signaled this week that it would shift its focus to capturing eastern Ukraine. It may be trying to link the Donbas region to which peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014?
The Arabian Peninsula
The Balkans
Crimea
The Iberian Peninsula
Minsk
A large clinical trial concluded that which treatment was not effective at treating Covid-19?
Ivermectin
Merck's molnupiravir pill
Monoclonal antibody infusions
Pfizer's Paxlovid pill
Remdesivir
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack wants to interview the spouse of which Supreme Court justice?
Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor
This month, Coors Light announced that it would be doing what to make its products more sustainable?
Delivering them via drones instead of trucks
Eliminating the use of metal in all North American beer packaging
Only allowing customers to purchase its beer in refillable growlers
Replacing plastic six-pack rings with cardboard carriers
Turning its discarded plastic into fabric
The drummer Taylor Hawkins died suddenly while on tour last week at age 50. Which band was he in?
AC/DC
Foo Fighters
Nirvana
Queen
The Rolling Stones
Which women’s N.C.A.A. basketball team advanced to its 14th straight Final Four?
Duke
Kansas
Stanford
Tennessee
UConn
The Grammys take place on Sunday. Which artist has the most nominations?
Billie Eilish
Doja Cat
Jon Batiste
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo
Burmese pythons are causing wildlife populations to plummet in Florida. Which animals — one of which was recently observed eating unhatched python eggs — might be able to help?
Beavers
Bobcats
Cranes
Crocodiles
Manatees
