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from CNN10 Week of Nov 30 and Dec 7
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1
In what European country, whose national flag is square, are ski lifts open this season?
Austria
France
Switzerland
Italy
2
Two new lawsuits seek to limit Facebook's power by forcing the company to spin off what two applications (apps)?
TikTok
Instagram
Twitter
WhatsApp
3
What is the name of NASA's planned mission to the moon, which is scheduled to launch in 2024?
Ares
Artemis
Apollo
Arachne
4
In what U.S. state is a runoff election with national implications scheduled for January 5th?
North Carolina
Wisconsin
Georgia
Nevada
5
How much snow must be on the ground on Dec. 25 for an area to receive the title of having a "white Christmas?" (NOAA)
6 inches
2 feet
1 inch
1 foot
6
What two-word term describes members of the Electoral College who "stray" from the candidate who won the popular vote?
fraud electors
truthful electors
faithless electors
faithful electors
7
What nation was the first to make a coronavirus vaccine available to its citizens, even though it's in a trial phase?
United Kingdom
United Airlines
United Arab Emirates
Unites States
8
What is the two-word term for the controversial process of identifying and tracking coronavirus carriers?
contract tracing
contact tracing
9
What sport will make its debut at the Paris Summer Olympic Games in 2024?
football
breakdancing
squash
rugby
10
Name the type of storm that recently brought strong winds & snow to New England before moving toward eastern Canada?
Shadow storm
Monsoon
Bomba
Nor'easter
11
December 7th, historically a "date which will live in infamy," marked the 79th anniversary of what event?
Hitler's rise to Power
the Normandy invasion
the Berlin airlift
the attack on Pearl Harbor
12
Mount Everest sits on the border of what two countries?
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Russia
China
13
The runoff election in the state of Georgia is expected to determine the political makeup of what?
the House of Representatives
the Senate
14
Including China, how many countries have sent a spacecraft to the moon & successfully retrieved rocks from its surface?
1
4
2
3
15
What is the one-term for the process by which fertile land becomes infertile desert land?
recertification
desertification