WorksheetsCNN10 Weekly News Quiz - FRIDAY, April 11, 2025
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
From Monday’s episode, the Alamo was an important 1832 battle site in Texas’ fight for independence from what country?
Mexico
Spain
France
United Kingdom
Weather balloons carry what instrument to gather atmospheric data to build weather forecasts?
Thermometer
Barometer
Radiosonde
Anemometer
The process of light bending as it passes from one medium to another, like when light passes through raindrops to create the colors of a rainbow, is called what?
Reflection
Refraction
Diffraction
Dispersion
What 18th-century law has historically only been used in the US during times of war?
The Alien Enemies Acts
The Espionage Act
The Quartering Act
The Trading with the Enemy Act
The Navy commissioned a nuclear submarine designed to accommodate male and female personnel. What US state is the submarine named after?
California
Texas
Iowa
Ohio
What British city is enduring growing trash piles and rat infestations because of a garbage collector strike?
London
Manchester
Birmingham
Edinburgh
A Senate committee heard testimony from the nominee to head what US space agency?
NASA
SpaceX
Blue Origin
United Launch Alliance
A Dallas-based bioscience company announced this week that it created a hybrid species of the extinct dire wolf by utilizing the DNA of what modern animal?
Grey Wolf
Coyote
Domestic Dog
Red Wolf
From today’s episode, measles is a contagious disease that can linger in the air for how long after an infected person leaves an area?
30 minutes
1 hour
2 hours
3 hours
Scientists at what university have developed an experimental cardiac pacemaker that is as small as a sesame seed?
Harvard University
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
Northwestern University
