CPIE-April Quiz

Question 1

At least 53 people have been sickened by this E. coli tainted vegetables recently.

Accepted Answer

romaine lettuce

Question 2

SHS will be looking for a new head coach for a key position due to his retirement from coaching

Accepted Answer

Mr. Weedin (boys basketball)

Question 3

Teachers here walked off the job in April, as they protested pay cuts and school funding.

Accepted Answer

Oklahoma and Kentucky

Question 4

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, was grilled by lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the company’s

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handling of user information

Question 5

This country proposed tariffs on $50 billion worth of American soybeans, cars, and other goods.

Accepted Answer

China

Question 6

This former first lady, died April 17 at the age of 92.

Accepted Answer

Barbara Bush

Question 7

One of the main arguments made by people opposed to women in combat relates to a lack of

Accepted Answer

physical strength.

Question 8

Many consider Frankenstein to be one of the first

Accepted Answer

science fiction novels.

Question 9

The revival of this ABC sitcom started strong in March, drawing 18.2 million viewers.

Accepted Answer

Roseanne

Question 10

The leaders of North and South Korea held an historic meeting at the DMZ and agreed to

Accepted Answer

end the Korean War

Question 11

Two black men were arrested in this Philadelphia business when they refused to leave.

Accepted Answer

Starbucks

Question 12

Which of the following is not an opioid?

Accepted Answer

cocaine

Question 13

What did Emma González mean when she said, “This is my whole world now?”

Accepted Answer

she has made fighting for gun control her priority.

Question 14

Rhinos are being killed in Africa because people believe this.

Accepted Answer

The horn has magical medicinal properties.

Question 15

Defense Department officials said American-led strikes in Syria had taken out the “heart” of

Accepted Answer

President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons program

Question 16

Which quote from the Hate Speech article infers the ACLU an “unlikely ally” of the Nazi Party?

Accepted Answer

“a group better known for defending civil rights marchers”

Question 17

Which of the following is an argument in favor of offshore drilling

Accepted Answer

drilling is a key part of U.S. energy security

Question 18

10 people were killed & 15 injured in April when a man drove a white van onto the sidewalk in

Accepted Answer

Toronto

Question 19

Which of these is NOT protected by the First Amendment, according to the article?

Accepted Answer

language that incites violence

Question 20

Which is true of the Army’s infantry boot camp?

Accepted Answer

In the 1st co-ed camp, more women dropped out than men.

Question 21

The Never Again movement has been compared to the influential youth movement that

Accepted Answer

protested the Vietnam War in the 1960s and ’70s.

Question 22

The biggest issue for Syrian refugees when coming to America is

Accepted Answer

the language

Question 23

South African rhinos are being tranquilized and moved to Botswana by this conservation group?

Accepted Answer

Rhinos Without Borders

Question 24

Recently, 70 volunteers picked up approximately this much trash around Salem.

Accepted Answer

2400 pounds

Question 25

The current opioid crisis got its start in

Accepted Answer

the 1990s, when doctors began prescribing opioid painkillers

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