| {"question_id": "20220617_0", "question_date": "2022/06/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which wildly popular show was recently green lit for a new season?", "choices": ["“Game of Thrones”", "“Squid Game”", "“Breaking Bad”", "“Friends”"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Netflix announced the hit South Korean show “<a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/media/squid-game-season-2/index.html\">Squid Game</a>“ is officially coming back for a second season."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_1", "question_date": "2022/06/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "To help reduce cable clutter and waste, which continent will soon require Apple and other smartphone makers to support a single common charging standard for all mobile devices?", "choices": ["Europe", "North America", "Asia", "Africa"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "European regulators announced a plan this week that will eliminate the <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/tech/lightning-cable-usbc-nightcap/index.html#:~:text=The%20company%20already%20uses%20the,You%20may%20be%20thinking%2C%20Finally\">infuriating number of charging cables</a> needed for various devices. Under the legislation, virtually all of your everyday devices that are rechargeable via a wired cable — phones, tablets, e-readers, earbuds, cameras, portable speakers, etc — will have to be equipped with a port known as USB-C."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_2", "question_date": "2022/06/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement on gun safety legislation this week, but a few major reforms were not included in the proposed deal. Which measure did lawmakers leave out?", "choices": ["Enhanced review process for gun buyers under 21", "Investment in mental health", "Ban on military-style assault weapons", "Funding to improve school security"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "<a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/politics/whats-in-senate-gun-reform-agreement/index.html\">The agreement</a> does not include a federal ban on military-style assault weapons, a measure that Democrats have been pushing for in recent years in the wake of numerous mass shootings that have involved such weapons."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_3", "question_date": "2022/06/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Police arrested 31 men this week believed to be affiliated with the White nationalist group Patriot Front who allegedly planned to riot at an LGBTQ Pride event. Where was the event?", "choices": ["California", "Idaho", "New York", "Texas"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "A group of <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/us/idaho-patriot-front-arrests-pride-what-we-know/index.html\">White nationalists</a> dressed like a “little army” was arrested in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. All 31 men were charged with conspiracy to riot."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_4", "question_date": "2022/06/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Broadway’s biggest stars were recognized this week at which prestigious awards show?", "choices": ["The Grammy Awards", "The Academy Awards", "The Emmy Awards", "The Tony Awards"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The 75th annual <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/entertainment/gallery/tony-awards-photos-2022/index.html\">Tony Awards</a>, which honor the best Broadway productions of the season, took place at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Sunday. “A Strange Loop” won the award for Best Musical and for Best Book of a Musical."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_5", "question_date": "2022/06/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Gas prices in the US recently hit a new record high. On average nationwide, how much does it cost for a gallon of regular gas?", "choices": ["$3", "$4", "$5", "$6"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "For the first time ever, the national average of a gallon of regular <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/business/gas-prices-five-dollars-national-june/index.html\">gas now costs $5</a>, according to <a href=\"https://gasprices.aaa.com/\">AAA’s</a> <a href=\"https://gasprices.aaa.com/\">latest</a> <a href=\"https://gasprices.aaa.com/\">readings</a>. While the price point of $5 set a new record this past weekend, $5 gas has become unpleasantly common in much of the US."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_6", "question_date": "2022/06/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "What is the biggest security threat in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Fiji’s minister of defense?", "choices": ["Cyberattacks", "Terrorism", "Disease outbreaks", "Climate change"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Fiji’s defense minister said <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/asia/fiji-climate-change-shangri-la-dialogue-intl-hnk/index.html\">climate change</a> posed the biggest security threat in the Asia-Pacific region. The low-lying Pacific islands, which include Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, are some of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the extreme weather events caused by climate change."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_7", "question_date": "2022/06/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which US national park was impacted by severe flooding this week that washed out roads and bridges?", "choices": ["Yosemite", "Yellowstone", "Grand Canyon", "Zion"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Dangerous flooding shut down <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/weather/yellowstone-national-park-montana-flooding-wednesday/index.html\">Yellowstone National Park</a> this week and left some people in surrounding communities trapped without safe drinking water. The flooding washed out roads and bridges and inflicted widespread damage on homes and businesses."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_8", "question_date": "2022/06/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "According to the White House, how soon could Covid-19 vaccines be available for children as young as 6 months?", "choices": ["Next week", "Next month", "Next 6 months", "Next year"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Covid-19 vaccines could be available for children <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/health/fda-covid-vaccine-youngest-children-vrbpac-vote/index.html\">as young as 6 months</a> beginning next week, the White House announced. Currently, children under 5 years old – about 18 million people – are the only US age group that still isn’t eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_9", "question_date": "2022/06/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which automaker recalled 2.9 million vehicles this week?", "choices": ["Honda", "BMW", "Mercedes-Benz", "Ford"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Ford recalled <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/business/ford-recall/index.html\">2.9 million vehicles</a> due to issues that could prevent certain models from shifting into the correct gear, which might cause them to move in unintended directions."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_10", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-17/", "question_sentence": "The Federal Reserve raised its key short-term interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point. This was the highest hike since:", "choices": ["1975", "1988", "1994", "2008"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_11", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-17/", "question_sentence": "Revered actor Philip Baker Hall died this week. He was in all of these movies except:", "choices": ["\"Magnolia\"", "\"Boogie Nights\"", "\"Taxi Driver\"", "\"Rush Hour\""], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_12", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-17/", "question_sentence": "Chinese researchers say the giant “Sky Eye” radio telescope may have picked up:", "choices": ["Alien signals", "Traces of a massive asteroid approaching", "Illegal satellite frequencies", "Television broadcasts from the U.S."], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_13", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-17/", "question_sentence": "Microsoft retired its Internet Explorer browser this week. What year did it debut?", "choices": ["1991", "1993", "1995", "2002"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_14", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-17/", "question_sentence": "Kim Kardashian was accused of damaging a historic Marilyn Monroe dress at the Met Gala. Who was the designer of the garment?", "choices": ["Bob Mackie", "Christian Dior", "Balenciaga", "Karl Lagerfeld"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_15", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-17/", "question_sentence": "Historic rainfall led to flooding, mudslides and visitor evacuations at which national park?", "choices": ["Yosemite National Park", "Rocky Mountain National Park", "Yellowstone National Park", "Grand Teton National Park"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_16", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-17/", "question_sentence": "A strawberry supermoon illuminated the skies this week. Where does the \"strawberry\" moniker mean?", "choices": ["The moon takes on a strawberry shape", "The moon turns a strawberry pink color", "Native American tribes mark the time to pick strawberries", "Farmer's Almanac says it's time to plant strawberries"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_17", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-17/", "question_sentence": "It’s official: Beyoncé's next project will be released this summer with \"Act I\" coming July 29. What is it titled?", "choices": ["Rendezvous", "Ivy Park", "Renaissance", "Homecoming"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_18", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-17/", "question_sentence": "Which popular flea-and-tick treatment for pets did lawmakers say should be taken off the market after research showed it was harmful?", "choices": ["Frontline", "Seresto collar", "Bravecto Chews", "Trifexis"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_19", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957114/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-june", "question_sentence": "Temperatures in Britain are set to soar this weekend, but what is the hottest UK temperature on record?", "choices": ["33.3C", "34.5C", "35.6C", "38.7C"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The highest ever UK temperature was recorded in Cambridge University Botanic Garden on 25 July 2019, when the mercury hit 38.7C, beating the previous record of 38.5C in Faversham, Kent, in August 2003"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_20", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957114/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-june", "question_sentence": "What is the name of the “modest” four-bedroom Windsor property to which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge hope to relocate in order to be closer to the Queen?", "choices": ["Melbourne House", "Adelaide Cottage", "Fort Belvedere", "Frogmore House"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The four-bedroom home needs “no extra taxpayer-funded security or costly refurb”, according to The Sun, and the move means that their three children will be able to start school in the area in the autumn"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_21", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957114/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-june", "question_sentence": "Global superband BTS have split after how many years together?", "choices": ["Seven years", "Eight years", "Nine years", "Ten years"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "During a televised dinner celebrating their anniversary, the group announced to fans they would be splitting in order to “mature” and pursue solo projects"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_22", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957114/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-june", "question_sentence": "According to a new report from the Reuters Institute, what percentage of people worldwide often or sometimes avoid the news because it lowers their mood?", "choices": ["29%", "38%", "44%", "56%"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "That figure is up from 29% in 2017. Researchers also found that the number of people avoiding reading or watching the news has doubled in the UK over the past five years"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_23", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957114/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-june", "question_sentence": "Which technology company could be forced to pay millions of Britons compensation after being accused of using an upgrade to slow the functioning of its smartphones?", "choices": ["Apple", "Samsung", "Google", "Nokia"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Campaigner Justin Gutmann has issued a £768m claim alleging that Apple abused its market dominance by secretly impairing iPhones"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_24", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957114/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-june", "question_sentence": "The House of Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, has signed a pledge to make parliament more “friendly” to those with what condition?", "choices": ["Asthma", "Menopause", "Pregnancy", "Diabetes"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The Menopause Workplace Pledge, which has been signed by more than 600 organisations including the civil service, Tesco and John Lewis, commits employers to supporting employees affected by the menopause"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_25", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957114/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-june", "question_sentence": "New research has found that the Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, may have originated in what animal over 600 years ago?", "choices": ["Rats", "Squirrels", "Voles", "Marmots"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The study published in Nature this week dated the Black Death’s source strain to Kyrgyzstan in 1338. The study also suggested that the animal reservoir from which the Black Death emerged was wild marmots rather than rats"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_26", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957114/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-june", "question_sentence": "Which country is set to become the first in the world to print a warning on every cigarette sold?", "choices": ["United Kingdom", "Australia", "New Zealand", "Canada"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "It already requires graphic photo warnings on tobacco products’ packaging, a policy that started an international trend when it was first introduced. The current proposal for the message on each cigarette is: “Poison in every puff”"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_27", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957114/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-june", "question_sentence": "Which member of the royal family is expected to retire from public life next month, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph?", "choices": ["Prince Harry", "Prince Michael of Kent", "Princess Eugenie", "Peter Phillips"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The Queen’s first cousin’s connections to the Kremlin came under scrutiny after the invasion of Ukraine"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220617_28", "question_date": "2022/06/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957114/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-june", "question_sentence": "How high will inflation likely climb this year according to The Bank of England?", "choices": ["8%", "9%", "10%", "11%"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The Bank of England has predicted that inflation will climb to 11% this year, prompting the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to assure the Bank's governor, Andrew Bailey, that he will not introduce tax cuts"} | |