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Current Events 11/30

Quiz by Cheryl Paladino

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  • Q1
    What two-word term, which describes a modern-day retail event, was originally used in 1869 in reference to the collapse of the U.S. gold market?
    Black Friday
    Red Friday
    Green Thursday
    Orange Tuesday
    120s
  • Q2
    In what European country did frustration with rising gasoline and diesel prices grow into widespread protests against the nation's leader?
    France
    USA
    Brazil
    Russia
    120s
  • Q3
    This week, firefighters announced that California's historically destructive Camp Fire was contained at what percentage?
    50%
    100%
    10%
    75%
    120s
  • Q4
    In what country did a scientist recently claim to have genetically altered a pair of twin babies to make them resistant to HIV?
    China
    USA
    Russia
    Brazil
    120s
  • Q5
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that, even though there are some violations of health standards, most Americans have what resource in their homes?
    Fire
    Water
    Food
    Money
    120s
  • Q6
    In what year was the first Group of 20 (G20) summit, when leaders met to address ways to respond to the Great Recession?
    1812
    1950
    1776
    2008
    120s
  • Q7
    What two-word term describes an unproven scientific method of increasing precipitation by ejecting a chemical into the sky?
    cloud moving
    cloud frosting
    cloud control
    cloud seeding
    30s
  • Q8
    This keeps all of the organelles inside both animal and plant cells. It resembles a big plastic bag with tiny holes to let things in and out
    cell membrane
    Active transport
    Eukaryotes
    Nucleus
    120s
  • Q9
    All living things are made of these.
    Cells
    Meiosis
    Diffusion
    Prokaryotes
    120s
  • Q10
    These are known as the powerhouses of the cell.
    Enoplasmic Reticulum
    Chloroplast
    Mitosis
    Mitochondria
    120s

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