week of news

Question 1

The Oscars were last night! 2023's carpet was champagne-hued. What color did celebs tread upon this year?

Accepted Answer

red

Question 2

Basketball players from which university voted to form a union, in a movement to recognize college athletes as employees

Accepted Answer

Dartmouth

Question 3

A reservoir that might have the highest concentration of which gas in North Am has been confirmed in Babbitt, Minnesota?

Accepted Answer

helium

Question 4

A major shift has changed the SAT experience forever. What is it?

Accepted Answer

It is now fully digital

Question 5

Elon Musk and X sue or are sued a lot. Which of these is an actual lawsuit?

Accepted Answer

former Twitter execs sued Elon

Question 6

Which Japanese architect was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize?

Accepted Answer

Riken Yamamoto

Question 7

What's next for Jason Palmer, who won American Samoa's Democratic caucus?

Accepted Answer

the Northern Mariana Islands

Question 8

Memphis Mayor Paul Young met with local gangs. One solution the gang leaders said could help people avoid gang life?

Accepted Answer

More well-paying jobs

Question 9

Which singer was paid millions to perform at the pre-wedding party for the son of Asia's richest man - Mukesh Ambani?

Accepted Answer

Rihanna

Question 10

International organizations are warning which complication is adding to the death toll in Gaza?

Accepted Answer

hunger

Question 11

Nikki Haley exited the 2024 presidential race. She upset Donald Trump in which state on Super Tuesday?

Accepted Answer

Vermont

Question 12

Gangs attacked two of the largest prisons in which country, freeing an estimated 4,000 inmates?

Accepted Answer

Haiti

Question 13

Which company halted production in Berlin following an arson attack on its power grid on Tuesday?

Accepted Answer

Tesla

Question 14

What kind of winter were we in before Tuesday?

Accepted Answer

crypto winter

Question 15

Former Pres. Ricardo Martinelli has been disqualified from Panama's pres. election because of which crime?

Accepted Answer

money laundering

Question 16

Why did the UN World Food Program issue warning that the people of Sudan are facing “the world’s largest hunger crisis”

Accepted Answer

warring factions

Question 17

Scientists nixed a proposal to name a new geological era to capture the impact of human activity on the planet. Name?

Accepted Answer

Anthropocene epoch

Question 18

The Supreme Court made a major ruling that former Pres. Trump must appear on the presidential ballot in which state?

Accepted Answer

Colorado

Question 19

Which basketball star became the first in NBA history to score 40,000 career points?

Accepted Answer

LeBron James

Question 20

Where did New York Gov. Kathy Hochul deploy 750 National Guard soldiers last week?

Accepted Answer

New York City subway system

Question 21

Which university is at the center of an antisemitism investigation headed by the House Education & Workforce Committee?

Accepted Answer

Harvard University

Question 22

This country joined NATO.

Accepted Answer

Sweden

Question 23

A biotech company says it's created an elusive type of stem cell for Asian elephants. This is a step toward what feat?

Accepted Answer

de-extincting the wooly mammoth

Question 24

Taylor Swift recently found out she is related to which famous poet?

Accepted Answer

Emily Dickinson

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