
NewsQuiz 9/6/19
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- Q1What is the name of the strongest hurricane ever to hit the Bahamas?DorianHugo30s
- Q2When it made landfall in the Bahamas, what category was the storm named in question 1?Category 5Category 330s
- Q3"Jennet" is the term for what kind of female animal, which a CNN Hero has dedicated his life to rescuing?rabbitdonkey30s
- Q4In 2016, Britons voted 52 percent to 48 percent to do what, which triggered a process that continues to challenge their country more than 3 years later?Exit the European Union "Brexit"become a colonial nation30s
- Q5In what island nation would you find Changi Airport, where it's illegal to visit transit areas if you're not actually planning to fly?JapanSingapore30s
- Q6Carrie Lam is the chief executive of what city, which has been embroiled in massive protests for months?BahamasHong Kong30s
- Q7Google recently paid a $170 million fine for allegedly violating a law that protects children's privacy. On what website did the apparent violations occur?YouTubeTwitter30s
- Q8NASA and the European Space Agency are teaming up to crash a spacecraft into what type of celestial object, which is expected to pass between Earth and Mars in three years?asteroidartificial satellite30s
- Q9What is the two-word term for the rise in the level of seawater that's pushed ashore by a hurricane (or other storm)?storm surgehigh tide30s
- Q10Name the county in England that was the world's largest producer of tin in the 1870s and could see a rebirth of tin mining.WheatvilleCornwall30s
