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News quiz, week ending April 20

1. Who headlined the Coachella music festival?
a. Beyoncé
b. Jay-Z
c. Chance the Rapper

2. Desiree Linden became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in how many years?
a. 18
b. 25
c. 33

3. Who won the Pulitzer Prize for music?
a. Kendrick Lamar
b. Michael Gilbertson
c. Ted Hearne

4. What is the mission of TESS, which NASA launched on Wednesday?
a. To search for the most distant stars
b. To search for planets that resemble Earth
c. To measure the mass of black holes

5. A passenger aboard a flight by which airline died after an engine exploded?
a. Southwest Airlines
b. Delta Airlines
c. United Airlines

6. A victory next month by Stacy Abrams, a Democrat who is running to be governor of Georgia, would mark which of the following firsts?
a. Abrams would be Georgia’s first Democratic governor
b. Abrams would be the first Democratic governor of a southern state in 15 years
c. Abrams would be the first black woman to be the governor of any state in the country

7. Which top U.S. official met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Easter weekend?
a. The director of the CIA
b. The ambassador to the UN
c. The national security adviser

8. Which of the following distinctions did Barbara Bush not earn?
a. One half of the longest-married couple in presidential history
b. The first woman in American history to have a son of hers follow his father to the White House
c. The first, first lady to insist on hiring a black press secretary

9. Who is Rashon Nelson ?
a. A forward for the Houston Rockets
b. A black man fatally shot by police in Sacramento
c. One of two black men arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia

10. Who is Cuba’s new president?
a. Raul Castro
b. Juan Almeida
c. Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers
1. a
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. a
8. b
9. c
10. c