Current Events and News Writing

Question 1

What is the most common factual newspaper error?

Accepted Answer

Misquotation

Question 2

Auditions will be in December for which NDP winter musical?

Accepted Answer

The Sound of Music

Question 3

Which one relates to the anecdotal lead?

Accepted Answer

Narrative Lead

Question 4

A bug in a five-second video making its way around the internet is causing what problem?

Accepted Answer

iPhones to lock up and rest

Question 5

In which story does opinion not belong?

Accepted Answer

News story

Question 6

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit which Asian country this morning

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 7

Which of the 5 W's is least relevant for a campus newspaper?

Accepted Answer

The How

Question 8

Which type of newswriting format is better for a breaking news story?

Accepted Answer

Inverted Pyramid

Question 9

Which rapper was hospitalized for exhaustion and cancelled the rest of his 2016 concerts?

Accepted Answer

Kanye West

Question 10

The first paragraph of a story is called the _____________.

Accepted Answer

Lead

Question 11

As Facebook and Google try to stop fake news, which is not a measure M.Z. says FB will take?

Accepted Answer

Warning flagging false stories

Question 12

Which is not an error that would make a news story the worst one ever written?

Accepted Answer

Citing the same source repeatedly

Question 13

Which does not belong on a reporting and newswriting checklist?

Accepted Answer

Write the story off the top of your head

Question 14

On a scale of one to 10, how important is the lead?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 15

What is the least effective way to begin a news story?

Accepted Answer

With the when and where

Questions 15