News and Rhetoric Quiz Apr 23

Question 1

"Starlink Internet is valuable due to its ability to increase broadband coverage by 240% in rural areas" - is this...

Accepted Answer

Logos

Question 2

On April 9, the rapper DMX died at 50. The same day, Prince Philip, the ___, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died at 99.

Accepted Answer

Duke of Edinburgh

Question 3

"1 in 3 prison inmates in the US have contracted COVID, showing the need for more vaccine focus" - is this...

Accepted Answer

Logos

Question 4

Days of violence in ___ have raised concerns over the fallout from Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic

Accepted Answer

Northern Ireland

Question 5

"Humans on the moon and Mars is the grand destiny of our species!" - is this...

Accepted Answer

Pathos

Question 6

Sightings of unidentified objects in 2020 doubled in New York State from 2019. Which is most likely for the surge?

Accepted Answer

Urbanites fleeing the coronavirus moved to areas free from light pollution

Question 7

America’s ___ have been among the nation’s most dangerous places when it comes to infections from the coronavirus.

Accepted Answer

correctional institutions

Question 8

Nine of the 10 U.S. metropolitan areas with the most new COVID cases per capita are in this state.

Accepted Answer

Michigan

Question 9

"As a police officer, I can report to you that racial sensitivity training has decreased complaints 26%" - is this...

Accepted Answer

Ethos

Question 10

President Biden on April 15 imposed extensive new sanctions on Russia for the ___

Accepted Answer

hacking of American government agencies and the nation’s largest companies

Question 11

"Green energy sources deserve funding due to the failure of natural gas transmission in Texas" - is this...

Accepted Answer

Logos

Question 12

Which of these is the fake news headline?

Accepted Answer

“Scientists Discover Dangerous Link Between Book Learnin’ & Back-Talk”

Question 13

An explosion caused a power outage at a nuclear facility in ___ on April 11 - officials suggested sabotage by Israel.

Accepted Answer

Iran

Question 14

President Biden declared on April 14 that “it is time to ___ ” in Afghanistan.

Accepted Answer

end the forever war

Question 15

Injections of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine stopped nationwide last week after ___ emerged in six recipients

Accepted Answer

a rare blood-clotting disorder

Question 16

Last week, Hope Trautwein of the University of North Texas softball team ___ in N.C.A.A. Division I history

Accepted Answer

pitched the first 21-strikeout perfect game

Question 17

What's going on in this picture?

Accepted Answer

The world’s longest rabbit, Darius, has disappeared

Question 18

"We need to 'drain the swamp' in DC!" - is this...

Accepted Answer

Pathos

Question 19

Which popular TV cooking show announced a new series which will be filmed in a COVID-secure environment?

Accepted Answer

Come Dine With Me

Question 20

Which Greek philosopher developed Rhetoric?

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 21

A 19-year-old gunman fatally shot eight people at ___ facility in Indianapolis on April 15

Accepted Answer

a FedEx

Question 22

"Our precious, fragile children deserve the best educational start that we as caregivers can provide" - is this...

Accepted Answer

Pathos

Question 23

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan won the 85th ___ Apr 11 to become the first Japanese man to win a major golf championship

Accepted Answer

Masters tournament

Question 24

Which of these is the fake news headline?

Accepted Answer

“Biden Unveils $4T Bill to Restore US’s Crumbling Highway Attractions"

Question 25

Amazon workers in Alabama voted decisively against ___ on April 9, dealing a crushing blow to labor and Democrats

Accepted Answer

forming a union

Question 26

A dozen of the world’s richest and most storied European soccer clubs on April 18 announced that they were ___

Accepted Answer

creating a breakaway Super League

Question 27

"Natural gas sources, in my experience as a power generation controller, are the best for Texas" - is this...

Accepted Answer

Ethos

Question 28

Rapid surge testing has been deployed in London amid concerns over a COVID variant from which country?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 29

Officials quickly released video of a police shooting near ___ as they tried to ease tensions over the Chauvin trial.

Accepted Answer

Minneapolis

Question 30

Raúl Castro retired Apr 16, leaving this nation's Communist Party without a Castro in charge for the first time

Accepted Answer

Cuba

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