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Current Events Quiz for 10.16.2017
Current Events Quiz for 10.16.2017
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Weekly News Quiz for 10.16.2017
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How many new immigration agents does Trump want under any deal to protect "DREAMer" immigrants?
1,000
10,000
50,000
25,000
2
How powerful were the wildfire winds in Northern California wine country this week?
50 mph
10 mph
100 mph
25 mph
3
Following abuse allegations against co-founder Harvey Weinstein,
The Weinstein Co denied he did anything wrong.
The Weinstein Co launched an investigation.
The Weinstein Co fired him.
The Weinstein Co issued a reprimand.
4
A man wearing a shark costume was fined in Austria this week for violating what law?
A "burqa" ban
A wildlife protection law requiring "respect" for animals
A ban on deceptive advertising
A prohibition on using cartoons to market to children
5
What Obama-era environmental rules did EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt scrap this week?
The Clean Coal Plan
The Clean Power Plan
The Oil and Gas Exploration Hazardous Waste Plan
The Clean Water Plan
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How much of Puerto Rico still didn't have power 3 weeks after Hurricane Maria's hit the island?
69 percent
49 percent
89 percent
29 percent
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The U.S. stopped processing new non-immigrant visas in what country this week?
Russia
Mexico
Turkey
Venezuela
8
This Atlantic hurricane season has been the most active since what year?
1969
1928
2005
1992
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Who was the home team in the NFL game VP Pence walked out of?
Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins
Indianapolis Colts
San Francisco 49ers
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What country beat the U.S. men's soccer team to end the Americans' bid for the World Cup?
Trinidad and Tobago
Mexico
Barbados
Brazil
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Why did hundreds of thousands of French workers go on strike this week?
To demand a "France first" policy against immigrants
To protest an upcoming state visit by President Trump
To protest proposed public job cuts
To demand a minimum wage equivalent to $17 an hour
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Japanese public broadcaster NHK revealed this week that one of its journalists died from what?
Food poisoning from a lunch in its cafeteria
Excessive caffeine consumption at work
Inhaling anthrax powder mailed to its newsroom
Overwork
