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News Quiz December 9
News Quiz December 9
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Current events quiz for December 9
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In 2018, the new $10 will feature a woman (other than the queen)! She will be:
Viola Desmond, civil rights leader
Bobbie Rosenfeld, Olympic sprinter
Elsie Macgill, aircraft designer
Pauline Johnson, poet
2
A report from the IOC has confirmed a complex doping operation what country?
Russia
United States
Italy
China
3
Which animal was added to the extinction watch list this week?
giraffes
koala bears
wildebeest
pandas
4
Mike Pruitt, Trump's pick for head of the environmental protection agency, has close ties to:
Oil industry
Tobacco industry
Coal industry
Sugar industry
5
Vancouver city council is trying to raise money to cover extra costs related to fentanyl by:
raising property taxes
increasing parking meter rates
selling candy canes
asking for donations
6
Which member of the current US administration is visiting Ottawa this weekend?
John Kerry
Barak Obama
Hillary Clinton
Joe Biden
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Park Geun-Hye was officially impeached today. She was president of:
South Korea
Singapore
Malaysia
Taiwan
8
Today the federal government will make a formal announcement about
a cabinet shuffle
pipeline approvals
electoral reform
a climate action plan
9
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck yesterday in:
Chile
Alaska
Indonesia
California
10
Which US federal agency has blocked construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline?
Senate
Environmental Protection Agency
State Department
Army Corps of Engineers
11
Which hard-to-find hit toy of the holiday was created by a Canadian company?
Furbee
Easy-Bake Oven
Lego drone
Hatchimals
12
Brad Wall has announced that his province will not support the plan. He is premier of:
PEI
Saskatchewan
Ontario
New Brunswick
13
What did Pope Francis compare to eating feces?
Eating fast food
Addiction to social media
Selfies
Consuming fake news
14
Pro-choice Americans have been making donations to Planned Parenthood this week under the name:
Ben Carson
Donald Trump
Mike Pence
Steve Bannon
15
This month marks the one-year anniversary of
the Fort Macmurray fires
the election of the Trudeau government
the arrival of 35,000 Syrian refugees in Canada
the death of Fidel Castro