Current Events 2 November 2020

Question 1

What was the name of the storm that made landfall on Wednesday in Louisiana before racing northeast?

Accepted Answer

Zeta

Question 2

A spacecraft launched by the Planetary Society, "sails" around in Earth's orbit. What powers it?

Accepted Answer

sunlight

Question 3

Which sitting justice administered the constitutional oath to her on Monday night?

Accepted Answer

Clarence Thomas

Question 4

Who was the first president of the United States?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 5

What president was elected after serving as governor of Georgia in 1976?

Accepted Answer

Jimmy Carter

Question 6

Besides the U.S., what other nation was struck by a named storm this week (though the system was called a typhoon)?

Accepted Answer

Philippines

Question 7

What president was elected four times and had a cottage at Warm Springs, Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 8

A detached coral reef, which is the size of a skyscraper, was recently discovered off the coast of what country?

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 9

What non-state gets three electoral votes?

Accepted Answer

Washington, D.C.

Question 10

The U.S. Constitution requires that the President and Vice President must be how old?

Accepted Answer

35

Question 11

What are the ages of the presidential candidates?

Accepted Answer

74 and 78

Question 12

Name the new associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who was confirmed in a Senate vote on Monday night.

Accepted Answer

Amy Coney Barrett

Question 13

If Joe Biden is elected President, he will be the ____ man to hold the office.

Accepted Answer

46th

Question 14

Which country voted to replace its Constitution, which was written under a 20th century dictatorship?

Accepted Answer

Chile

Question 15

Name the two people running to be vice president?

Accepted Answer

Mike Pence of Indiana, Sen. Kamala Harris of California

Question 16

Who picks the next president?

Accepted Answer

Electoral College

Question 17

Name a president from California?

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan

Question 18

What European nation entered a second lockdown to last a month, but schools remain open?

Accepted Answer

United Kingdom

Question 19

Before the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in 1868, individual states largely determined what rights?

Accepted Answer

voting

Question 20

In what U.S. state did entomologists recently track down and destroy the first known murder hornet nest in the country?

Accepted Answer

Washington state

Question 21

What events happen in November?

Accepted Answer

Thanksgiving, Veterans Day, Dia de la Muertos, Election Day

Question 22

Supreme Court decisions issued on Wednesday allowed officials in two battleground states to accept ballots for days?

Accepted Answer

North Carolina, Pennsylvania

Question 23

According to Friday's show, what is the biggest measure of economic activity, a figure that grew by 7.4% in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

Question 24

How many Americans have tested positive for Covid-19?

Accepted Answer

9.1 million

Question 25

How many years does the President serve in one term of office?

Accepted Answer

four years

Question 26

Strong, gusty winds that blow from east-west recently prompted power shutdown in the northern part of what U.S. state?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 27

Scientists announced evidence of the widespread distribution of water on the surface of which celestial body?

Accepted Answer

the moon

Question 28

More than 90,000 people were given emergency evacuation orders because of the rapid spread of two wildfires where?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 29

How many electoral college electors select the next president?

Accepted Answer

538

Question 30

NASA scientists recently reported that they found what substance, which is "trapped" in glass beads on the moon?

Accepted Answer

water

Question 31

Who campaigned for Joe Biden in several appearances during recent weeks?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 32

How many days until the 2020 election to elect the President and other state/federal political officials?

Accepted Answer

one

Question 33

What state has the most electoral votes with 55?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 34

Who was the president during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

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