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CNN10 News Quiz - Current Events 12/8/23

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

COP28, the annual international climate summit hosted by the UN, is taking place where this year?

a)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

b)

Kabul, Afghanistan

c)

Chicago, USA

2.

In the upcoming 2024 presidential election season, the Biden campaign is preparing any possible legal fight against what?

a)

Computer Hackers

b)
  1. AI-generated images/election deep fakes

c)

Fake News

3.

With the help of “urban surfers”, this country has become one of the best recycling nations on the planet.

a)

Kenya

b)

Sudan

c)

South Africa

4.

Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly on a referendum to approve the takeover of an oil-rich region in which neighboring country?

a)

Guyana

b)

Brazil

c)

Peru

5.

The world’s oldest living land animal, a Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan, has just celebrated his latest birthday. How old is he estimated to be now?

a)

187 yrs old

b)

191 yrs old

c)

200 yrs old

6.

A global exam taken by 15-year-olds showed students from around the world had a drop in which subject?

a)

English

b)

Science

c)

Mathematics

7.

NCAA President Charlie Baker proposed a change that will allow top division one schools to do what for the first time?

a)

Pay their student-mathematicians directly

b)
  1. Pay their student-athletes directly

c)

Pay their student-artists directly

8.

What’s the name of this type of restaurant business that boomed during the pandemic but is now crashing?

a)

Soup Kitchens

b)

Food Trucks

c)

Ghost Kitchens

9.

Who was the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?

a)

Former Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor

b)

Former Justice, Sandra Sotomayor

c)

Former Justice, Ruth Ginsberg

10.

The National Transportation Safety Board recently had a roundtable discussion with aviation and medical experts addressing this topic?

a)

Pilot's mental health

b)

Pilot salaries

c)

Pilot carelessness

11.

BONUS QUESTION: 1. Who was named Time magazine’s 2023 “Person of the Year”?

(a)