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Last Day of Current Events Quiz Game
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1
Which country is starting to lose jobs because of outsourcing?
Poland
France
China
Russia
2
What is it called when article only focuses on one side of the story?
Selection of Sources
Placement
Omission
Spin
3
This Michigan city recently made national news for their water crisis.
Detroit
Flint
Lansing
Dearborn
4
What is it called when cartoon artists "overdue" certain features?
Labeling
Irony
Analogy
Exaggeration
5
Where do the parties elect their presidential candidate?
White House
Mexico
National Conventions
Swing States
6
A Shia Muslim country that's a rival of Saudi Arabia?
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Afghanistan
7
This is ISIS's largest source of funding.
Oil
Stolen Goods
Weapons
Taxes
8
Which is a comparison between two unlike things?
Symbolism
Analogy
Exaggeration
Irony
9
War in this country has resulted in 200,000 dead and 9 million displaced people.
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Russia
10
Which is a political party?
United States
Democracy
Dictatorship
Republican
11
Most Toys sold in the U.S. are made in this country.
India
Russia
China
Japan
12
What the "I" stands for in ISIS.
Iranian
Islamic
State
Iraq
13
Which day of the week do MANY of the primaries take place? "Super ...."
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
14
This kind of paint can cause brain damage (Toy article)
Copper
Cherry
Crayola
Lead
15
What is the capital of the U.S.?
Washington, DC
Phildelphia
Lansing
New York
16
Who sang the political song, "Waitin' on the World to Change"?
John Mayor
FUN.
Taylor Swift
Journey
17
What type of bias occurs when information is left out of a story?
Omission
Intention
Slant
Selection of Sources
18
This means to send a product to another country for sale
export
import
border-hopping
recall
19
This is the leader of Russia.
Beiber
Al-Assad
Putin
Obama
20
Only 45% of people in which age group voted in the 2012 presidential election?
18-29
30-44
45-64
65 and older