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CNN10 WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Featured this week on CNN 10, a company is working to capture and recycle what material orbiting the Earth at high speeds?

a)

Space junk

b)

Solar panels

c)

Satellite signals

2.

Seismologists in California are monitoring what natural cracks in the Earth’s crust after two recent earthquakes rattled the state?

a)

Fault lines

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Rivers

3.

Resulting in nationwide blackouts, what island experienced a collapse of its power grid this week?

a)

Iceland

b)

Cuba

c)

Madagascar

4.

The plant that is the main ingredient in chocolate has experienced difficult growing conditions around the world over the past year is:

a)

Coffee

b)

Vanilla

c)

Cocoa

5.

What country held military drills and a mock blockade to intimidate the island of Taiwan?

a)

China

b)

United States

c)

Russia

6.

Hurricane Oscar made landfall in Cuba this week as what category of a hurricane?

a)

Category 4

b)

Category 2

c)

Category 1

7.

A swing state or battleground state is one that’s closely watched during an election because voters there don’t tend to consistently vote for what political group?

a)

Party

b)

Organization

c)

Independent

8.

Bengweulu is one of Africa’s most diverse ecosystems and is found in which African country?

a)

Zambia

b)

Kenya

c)

Nigeria

9.

From Friday’s show: What is the term for video or audio that digitally alters a person’s likeness to appear like someone else?

a)

Meme

b)

Photoshop

c)

Deepfake

10.

In trying to find out how much matter neutrinos hold, scientists are trying to find its what?

a)

Mass

b)

Charge

c)

Speed