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Weekly News Quiz...11/9-11/15

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

News: Which is true of last week's midterm elections?

a)

Republicans won control of the House & the Senate

b)

Democrats retained control of the House & Senate

c)

Republicans took control of the Senate, but lost the House

d)

Democrats retained control of the Senate, but lost the House

2.

News: After last week's midterm elections, this state requires a run-off election to see who will represent them in the Senate.

a)

Georgia

b)

Colorado

c)

Florida

d)

Arizona

3.

Arts & Entertainment: This site, which has had over 1 million people join over the past week, has emerged as an alternative to Twitter.

a)

Mastodon

b)

MySpace

c)

Substack

d)

Peptalk

4.

Arts & Entertainment: This movie that opened on Friday had the second best opening of a film for 2022.

a)

"The Fablemans"

b)

"Black Adam"

c)

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"

d)

"Spirited"

5.

Arts & Entertainment: Drake & 21 Savage, whose newest album took over #1 on the Billboard chart this week, are also being sued by the publisher of this magazine for using a fake magazine cover to promote their album.

a)

Cosmopolitan

b)

Rolling Stone

c)

Better Homes & Gardens

d)

Vogue

6.

Arts & Entertainment: Netflix announced that this comedian will headline the service's first ever livestreaming performance in early 2022.

a)

Dave Chappelle

b)

Chris Rock

c)

Kevin Hart

d)

Gabriel Iglesias

7.

News: A mass shooting at this university resulted in 3 deaths & two hospitalizations early Monday morning.

a)

University of NC

b)

University of Virginia

c)

University of Illinois

d)

University of California at Berkley

8.

Sports: After this MLB team promoted Caroline O'Connor to president, they became the first major American sports franchise to have women in the president & general manger roles.

a)

Houston Astros

b)

Arizona Diamondbacks

c)

Miami Marlins

d)

Toronto Blue Jays

9.

Sports: This team won the NFL's first ever game in Germany on Sunday.

a)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

b)

Seattle Seahawks

c)

New York Giants

d)

Jacksonville Jaguars

10.

Arts & Entertainment/ Sports: What are these the new mascots for?

a)

The World Cup

b)

The 2024 Olympics

c)

The USFL

d)

The PGA Championship