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1
Oct. 9, wildfires raged becoming known as one of the most destructive in what state’s history?
Arkansas
Alaska
Alaska
California
2
Top Republicans, who have resisted any limits on guns, now say they are open to banning what?
“bump stocks”
5.56-millimeter M855 “green tip” rifle rounds
AR-15 semi-automatic rifles
machine guns
3
Sylvia Fowles led the Minnesota Lynx to their fourth championship in what national sport?
W.N.B.A.
United Women’s Lacrosse League
N.C.A.A. women’s basketball
Women's Professional Soccer League
4
Las Vegas billboards will say “If you know something, say something, looking for what?
the murder weapons
the gunman’s location
a motive
the shooter
5
Senator Bob Corker, said all of the following about the President in an interview EXCEPT:
He was treating his office like “a reality show.”
He could set the nation “on the path to World War III.”
He is a wise and judicious leader.
He tweets out things that are not true.
6
Three of the business-related news stories were recently published, which is the fake story?
Apple’s New Emojis: Dinosaurs, Dumplings and ‘ILY’
Dove Drops an Ad Accused of Racism
Connoisseurs Rejoice: Colgate Is Releasing Aged Toothpaste
McDonald’s Underestimate ‘Rick and Morty’ Sauce fans.
7
The Trump administration will take steps to repeal which of President Obama’s policies?
curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
install solar panels in all American homes
plant one million trees on previously forested public land
close all nuclear power plants by 2020
8
Who was fired on Oct. 8 after the New York Times found accusations of sexual harassment?
Harvey Weinstein
Roger Ailes
Bill O’Reilly
Bill Cosby
9
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize on Oct. 6 to a group that worked on what?
an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons
helping to end the civil war in Colombia
upporting children’s education around the world
building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia
10
The government moved to give employers the rights to deny women insurance coverage for what ?
maternity services
contraception
drug and alcohol abuse
mammograms