Categories
News

News quiz, week ending May 11

1. Who won the Kentucky Derby?
a. WinStar
b. Justify
c. Audible

2. Who is the Russian opposition leader arrested during nationwide protests that preceded the inauguration of Vladimir Putin for a fourth term?
a. Denis Krivosheev
b. Aleksi Navalny
c. Dmitry Medvedev

3. Which of the following is not a first of NASA’S InSight mission to Mars?
a. It is the first mission to explore the interior of Mars.
b. It is the first mission to use an Atlas rocket supplied by SpaceX.
c. It is the first mission to launch from the West Coast.

4. Who will become the next president of the National Rifle Association?
a. Wayne LaPierre
b. Pete Brown
c. Oliver North

5. As part of breaking the Iran nuclear agreement, Donald Trump said the US would:
a. Reimpose sanctions on companies that do business with Iran
b. Continue to allow companies to do business with Iran
c. Postpone a decision on whether to reimpose sanctions on companies that do business with Iran

6. Who among the following is not one of the three Americans freed this week by North Korea?
a. Kim Hat-Song
b. Otto Warmbier
c. Tony Kim

7. Which country swore in as prime minister the world’s oldest elected leader?
a. Malaysia
b. Indonesia
c. Bangladesh

8. Which U.S. state became the first to mandate solar panels on new homes and apartment buildings built after starting in 2020?
a. New Mexico
b. Colorado
c. California

9. Where and when do Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un plan to meet?
a. In Singapore on June 12
b. In the Demilitarized Zone on June 12
c. In Seoul on June 12

10. A 104-year-old scientist from which country traveled to Switzerland for his assisted suicide?
a. Australia
b. The U.K.
c. China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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