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Current Events Quiz for 10.16.2017
Current Events Quiz for 10.16.2017
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Weekly News Quiz for 10.16.2017
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1
The U.S. stopped processing new non-immigrant visas in what country this week?
Turkey
Russia
Mexico
Venezuela
2
Why did hundreds of thousands of French workers go on strike this week?
To demand a "France first" policy against immigrants
To protest proposed public job cuts
To demand a minimum wage equivalent to $17 an hour
To protest an upcoming state visit by President Trump
3
What Obama-era environmental rules did EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt scrap this week?
The Clean Coal Plan
The Oil and Gas Exploration Hazardous Waste Plan
The Clean Power Plan
The Clean Water Plan
4
Japanese public broadcaster NHK revealed this week that one of its journalists died from what?
Overwork
Excessive caffeine consumption at work
Inhaling anthrax powder mailed to its newsroom
Food poisoning from a lunch in its cafeteria
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A man wearing a shark costume was fined in Austria this week for violating what law?
A "burqa" ban
A wildlife protection law requiring "respect" for animals
A prohibition on using cartoons to market to children
A ban on deceptive advertising
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How many new immigration agents does Trump want under any deal to protect "DREAMer" immigrants?
50,000
25,000
1,000
10,000
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What country beat the U.S. men's soccer team to end the Americans' bid for the World Cup?
Mexico
Barbados
Brazil
Trinidad and Tobago
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How powerful were the wildfire winds in Northern California wine country this week?
10 mph
25 mph
50 mph
100 mph
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Following abuse allegations against co-founder Harvey Weinstein,
The Weinstein Co issued a reprimand.
The Weinstein Co denied he did anything wrong.
The Weinstein Co launched an investigation.
The Weinstein Co fired him.
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Who was the home team in the NFL game VP Pence walked out of?
Indianapolis Colts
San Francisco 49ers
Miami Dolphins
Dallas Cowboys
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This Atlantic hurricane season has been the most active since what year?
1992
1928
2005
1969
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How much of Puerto Rico still didn't have power 3 weeks after Hurricane Maria's hit the island?
49 percent
89 percent
29 percent
69 percent
