Friday News Quiz 6/1

Question 1

What did scientists recently find while excavating in Italy?

Accepted Answer

A 2000 year old skeleton from Pompeii

Question 2

Which day was it at the White House on Wednesday?

Accepted Answer

Sports & Fitness Day

Question 3

On what did Roseanne Barr partially blame her racist Tweet?

Accepted Answer

a sleep medicine

Question 4

What is today (Friday 6.1)

Accepted Answer

National Donut Day

Question 5

What was this object, called a fleam, used for? (17th and 18th centuries)

Accepted Answer

bloodletting to try & cure disease

Question 6

What has just reopened in Boston after 5 years of construction?

Accepted Answer

the Longfellow Bridge

Question 7

Match the flag to the country

Accepted Answer

Zimbabwe

Question 8

Who did Mike Pompeo recently meet with to get relations & a possible meeting back on track?

Accepted Answer

Kim Yong-chol of North Korea

Question 9

Which leader called these steel tariffs "illegal?"

Accepted Answer

Macron of France

Question 10

Which company, founded in the 1800s, is closing another 72 stores?

Accepted Answer

Sears

Question 11

When Mike Pompeo met with N Korea's Kim Young-chol, what American food product was NOT served?

Accepted Answer

Bacon

Question 12

Which leader called these steel tariffs an "affront" to fallen veterans?

Accepted Answer

Trudeau of Canada

Question 13

Trump is going forward with steel tariffs (taxes). Which nation/group will NOT be affected?

Accepted Answer

none of the above

Question 14

Cities & restaurants are increasingly banning these, replacing them with things like pasta!

Accepted Answer

plastic straws

Question 15

Which network cancelled Roseanne Barr's show after she posted a racist Tweet?

Accepted Answer

ABC

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