
NewsQuiz 11/15/19
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- Q1What is the most populated state in Australia, where more than 1,000 firefighters worked to get a handle on deadly bushfires this week?MadagascarNew South Wales30s
- Q2On November 9, 1989, a series of events led to the downfall of what infamous barrier, which had divided part of Germany since 1961?The Great Wall of ChinaThe Berlin Wall30s
- Q3Until 1954, Veterans Day was known by what other name, which commemorated an event from November 11, 1918?Labor DayArmistice Day30s
- Q4Name the former president of Bolivia, who resigned this week after disputed elections, public pressure, and military pressure for him to leave.Kim Jong UnEvo Morales30s
- Q5What nation controls most of the island of Borneo, which has seen much of its rainforest shrink because of development, farming, burning and logging?All of theseBruneiIndonesiaMalaysia30s
- Q6Carrie Lam is the leader of what city, where a struggle between the government and protesters has been deepening for months?Hong KongSouth Korea30s
- Q7Name the main company involved in Project Nightingale, a controversial partnership that was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.GoogleYahoo30s
- Q8This week in much of the United States, there were more than 300 records broken for what?snowfallcold temperatures30s
- Q9St. Mark's Square, which was dramatically flooded this week by an unusually high tide, is located in what city?Paris, FranceVenice, Italy30s
- Q10What health protection agency of the U.S. government issued a new report concerning "superbugs" and antibiotics?National Flu Center (NFU)Centers for Disease Control (CDC)30s