| {"question_id": "20220624_0", "question_date": "2022/06/23", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "What country announced a crackdown on rainbow-colored toys this week, saying the items promote homosexuality?", "choices": ["Mexico", "Saudi Arabia", "Cuba", "South Korea"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Saudi Arabian government officials on Tuesday said they are ramping up efforts to <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/19/middleeast/saudi-arabia-rainbow-colored-toys-ban-intl/index.html\">seize rainbow-colored toys and clothing</a> from shops in the country’s capital, Riyadh, because they said the colors send a “poisonous message” to children. Homosexuality is illegal in Saudi Arabia, which adheres to a strict interpretation of Sharia law."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_1", "question_date": "2022/06/23", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "An anonymous bidder recently paid a record-breaking sum for a private lunch with legendary investor Warren Buffett. How much did the bidder pay?", "choices": ["$19,000", "$100,000", "$1 million", "$19 million"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The anonymous bidder paid <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/19/business/warren-buffet-lunch-19-million-trnd/index.html\">$19 million for a steak lunch</a> with Warren Buffett at Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse in New York City. The sale was part of an annual auction to benefit an organization combating poverty, hunger, and homelessness."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_2", "question_date": "2022/06/23", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Where in the US is it illegal to pump your own gas?", "choices": ["New Jersey & Oregon", "California & Washington", "Alabama & Louisiana", "Idaho & South Dakota"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "In New Jersey and Oregon, it remains illegal for <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/18/energy/new-jersey-oregon-pump-your-own-gas/index.html\">people</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/18/energy/new-jersey-oregon-pump-your-own-gas/index.html\">to</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/18/energy/new-jersey-oregon-pump-your-own-gas/index.html\">touch the gas nozzle</a>. In New Jersey, drivers have been prohibited from pumping their own gas since 1949, ostensibly due to health and safety concerns. A similar ban on self-service gas has been in place in Oregon since 1951. But with soaring gas prices and a worker shortage, there have been renewed calls by some gas station industry advocates to lift the bans."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_3", "question_date": "2022/06/23", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "What country elected its first-ever leftist leader this week?", "choices": ["Thailand", "Colombia", "Ecuador", "India"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "<a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/americas/gustavo-petro-profile-intl-latam/index.html\">Gustavo Petro</a> will become Colombia’s first left-wing leader after winning the country’s presidential race on Sunday. In his victory speech, Petro called for an agreement to end violence in the country."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_4", "question_date": "2022/06/23", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "The IRS announced it will do what this week?", "choices": ["Close all in-person taxpayer assistance centers", "Issue more stimulus checks", "Finish processing the backlog of 2021 tax returns", "Lay off thousands of employees"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The IRS announced it will finally finish processing last year’s tax return backlog by the end of this week – meaning that if you’re among the millions of Americans who are still waiting on <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/politics/irs-tax-returns-backlog/index.html\">your tax refund from 2021</a>, it will soon make its way to your mailbox or bank account."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_5", "question_date": "2022/06/23", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which embattled celebrity was found liable in a sexual battery case this week?", "choices": ["Kevin Spacey", "Bill Cosby", "Prince Andrew", "R. Kelly"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "A Los Angeles jury found <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/entertainment/bill-cosby-civil-case/index.html\">Bill Cosby liable</a> in a civil case brought by Judy Huth, a woman who claimed he sexually assaulted her as a teenager in the 1970s. The jury, comprised of eight women and four men, awarded Huth $500,000 in damages."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_6", "question_date": "2022/06/23", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which Ivy League school announced it will eliminate student loans for undergraduates?", "choices": ["Dartmouth College", "Columbia University", "Harvard University", "Princeton University"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Dartmouth College announced Tuesday it was <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/us/dartmouth-undergraduate-student-loans-scholarship-grants/index.html\">eliminating student loans</a> for undergraduates and replacing them with “expanded scholarship grants,” the university said in a statement. Dartmouth’s class of 2022 will be the first class to enter the school and benefit from the new program."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_7", "question_date": "2022/06/23", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "What NFL star announced his retirement on Tuesday?", "choices": ["Russell Wilson", "Rob Gronkowski", "Aaron Rodgers", "Travis Kelce"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Eleven seasons and four Super Bowl rings later, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/sport/rob-gronkowski-retirement-spt/index.html\">Rob Gronkowski</a> announced his retirement this week. This is Gronkowski’s second time retiring from the NFL, having previously hung up his cleats after playing from 2010 to 2018 with the New England Patriots before returning in 2020 to play two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_8", "question_date": "2022/06/23", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Afghanistan was rocked by a powerful earthquake this week that killed more than 1,000 people and injured many others. What was the magnitude of the quake?", "choices": ["2.0", "3.3", "4.6", "5.9"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "A magnitude <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/22/asia/afghanistan-khost-earthquake-intl-hnk/index.html\">5.9 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan</a> this week, flattening stone and mud-brick homes. The disaster comes at a difficult time for the Taliban-ruled country, which is currently experiencing an economic crisis and widespread hunger."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_9", "question_date": "2022/06/23", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-june-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Covid-19 vaccinations in the US began for which age group this week?", "choices": ["Children under 5", "Children ages 5–12", "Adults ages 65–75", "Adults over 75"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Covid-19 vaccinations for <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/health/covid-vaccines-under-5-begin/index.html\">children younger than 5</a> began across the US on Tuesday. Before this week, children under 5 – about 17 million people – were the only age group that wasn’t eligible to get a Covid-19 vaccine."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_10", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-24/", "question_sentence": "Beyoncé released a new song this week, titled:", "choices": ["\"Renassance\"", "\"Build Us Up\"", "\"Break My Soul\"", "\"Show Me Love\""], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_11", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-24/", "question_sentence": "A recent study found that balancing on one leg for how many seconds may predict likelihood of living or dying?", "choices": ["5 seconds", "10 seconds", "48 seconds", "112 seconds"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_12", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-24/", "question_sentence": "Who won the NHL’s Hart Trophy, given to the player voted by the media as the league’s MVP?", "choices": ["Connor McDavid", "Igor Shesterkin", "Jack Eichel", "Auston Matthews"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_13", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-24/", "question_sentence": "In an interview with Closer Weekly, Martin Sheen said he regrets not using his birth name professionally. What is it?", "choices": ["Ramon Estévez", "Nicolas Coppola", "Michael Mann", "Michael Douglas"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_14", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-24/", "question_sentence": "Uber announced this week the return of which feature?", "choices": ["Helicopter rentals", "Airport shuttles", "Shared rides", "Quiet rides"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_15", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-24/", "question_sentence": "President Joe Biden called on Congress to suspend federal gas taxes for how long?", "choices": ["30 days", "45 days", "3 months", "6 months"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_16", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-24/", "question_sentence": "Yellowstone National Park partially reopened to visitors Wednesday after being closed since June 13. Why was it shut down?", "choices": ["Bad weather", "Damage from flooding", "Too many bears", "Extreme heat"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_17", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-24/", "question_sentence": "America’s youngest kids became eligible for COVID-19 vaccines this week. What is the age range?", "choices": ["Birth to 4 years", "6 months to 2 years", "6 months to 6 years", "1 year to 5 years"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_18", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-24/", "question_sentence": "Leveraging summer travel woes, hundreds of pilots picketed this week over lack of progress on new contract. Which airline were they from?", "choices": ["Southwest Airlines", "American Airlines", "Frontier Airlines", "Delta Airlines"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_19", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-06-24/", "question_sentence": "A pup named Trumpet took home the crown for Best of Show at the Westminster Dog Show. What breed is he?", "choices": ["Bloodhound", "Basset Hound", "Dalmatian", "Jack Russell Terrier"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_20", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957172/quiz-of-the-week-18-25-june/", "question_sentence": "How many times will media mogul Rupert Murdoch have been divorced, after reports he is to end his marriage to actress Jerry Hall?", "choices": ["Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Murdoch has been married four times: to former flight attendant Patricia Booker, from 1956 to 1967; journalist Anna Murdoch Mann, from 1967 to 1999; businesswoman Wendi Deng, from 1999 to 2013; and actress Jerry Hall, from 2016."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_21", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957172/quiz-of-the-week-18-25-june/", "question_sentence": "Health officials have warned a virus causing which disease has been detected in several sewage samples in London?", "choices": ["Polio", "Smallpox", "Plague", "Cholera"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Britain was declared polio-free in 2003, with the last wild case detected in 1984, making the new outbreak the first transmission event since the 1980s. The NHS will begin a campaign to ensure children are fully vaccinated."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_22", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957172/quiz-of-the-week-18-25-june/", "question_sentence": "Which Tory MP has resigned from a senior role after two crushing by-election defeats for the Conservative Party this week?", "choices": ["Ben Elliot", "Oliver Dowden", "James Cleverly", "Steve Barclay"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Conservative co-chair Oliver Dowden resigned following by-election losses to the Liberal Democrats in Tiverton and Honiton, and to Labour in Wakefield. In a letter to Boris Johnson, Dowden said Tories were “distressed and disappointed”."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_23", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957172/quiz-of-the-week-18-25-june/", "question_sentence": "Which city has been named the most “liveable” city in the world, according to a report compiled by The Economist?", "choices": ["Copenhagen", "Damascus", "Vienna", "Calgary"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The Austrian capital grabbed the top spot from Auckland, which sank to 34th place due to New Zealand’s pandemic restrictions. The report praised Vienna for its “stability and good infrastructure” as well as “good healthcare” and “culture”."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_24", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957172/quiz-of-the-week-18-25-june/", "question_sentence": "RMT union boss Mick Lynch landed himself in trouble with journalist Piers Morgan for having which children’s television character as his Facebook profile picture?", "choices": ["The Hood from Thunderbirds", "Dick Dastardly from Wacky Races", "The Joker from Batman", "Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "In an interview, Morgan suggested Lynch’s use of The Hood as his profile meant he aligned himself with an “evil, criminal, terrorist mastermind”. Lynch replied: “Don’t you want to talk about the issues rather than a little vinyl puppet?”"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_25", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957172/quiz-of-the-week-18-25-june/", "question_sentence": "Nuclear power is to make up what percentage of the UK’s electricity sources by 2025, according to the government’s energy strategy?", "choices": ["10%", "15%", "20%", "25%"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that nuclear is “a reliable, safe and constant source of clean energy” – but not everyone agrees. Find out more about nuclear energy’s image problem in the latest episode of The Overview."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_26", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957172/quiz-of-the-week-18-25-june/", "question_sentence": "Consumer champion Martin Lewis revealed this week that his application for what role was rejected?", "choices": ["School governor", "Member of the House of Lords", "Local councillor", "Magistrate"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Speaking to the BBC, the founder of the Money Saving Expert website claimed it was because he had been “honest” about not having enough time to attend many sittings in the Lords."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_27", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957172/quiz-of-the-week-18-25-june/", "question_sentence": "How many grammar schools still exist in England, amid news that Downing Street is considering proposals to lift a Blair-era ban on new grammars?", "choices": ["54", "90", "150", "164"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The government is bringing its Schools Bill to the House of Commons later this year, with Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committee and a grammar school campaigner, planning to table an amendment that proposes lifting the ban."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_28", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957172/quiz-of-the-week-18-25-june/", "question_sentence": "Which country was recommended for EU candidacy alongside Ukraine this week?", "choices": ["Albania", "Moldova", "Georgia", "Serbia"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The European Commission has boosted Ukraine’s hopes of joining the EU by recommending it as an official candidate for membership this week. It also recommended Moldova but said Georgia must pass reforms for its accession to be considered."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220624_29", "question_date": "2022/06/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957172/quiz-of-the-week-18-25-june/", "question_sentence": "The governing body of which sport has introduced new rules that athletes who have undergone male puberty cannot compete in elite women’s categories?", "choices": ["Swimming", "Tennis", "Gymnastics", "Basketball"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Swimming’s world governing body Fina voted on the policy at a general congress at the World Championships in Budapest and 71% of the 152 national federations voted in favour."} | |