| {"question_id": "20230106_0", "question_date": "2023/01/05", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-5-sec/", "question_sentence": "NFL player Damar Hamlin suffered an on-field medical emergency this week. He is a valued member of which team?", "choices": ["Pittsburgh Steelers", "Cincinnati Bengals", "Buffalo Bills", "Cleveland Browns"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The 24-year-old Buffalo Bills player has shown “remarkable improvement” after <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/football/damar-hamlin-collapse-bills-status-wednesday/index.html\">suffering</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/football/damar-hamlin-collapse-bills-status-wednesday/index.html\">a</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/football/damar-hamlin-collapse-bills-status-wednesday/index.html\">cardiac arrest</a> during Monday night’s football game, his team said in a statement Thursday. Players, coaches and fans across the NFL community are keeping their focus on his recovery."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_1", "question_date": "2023/01/05", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-5-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which former pope was laid to rest this week?", "choices": ["Pope John Paul II", "Pope Paul VI", "Pope Pius XII", "Pope Benedict XVI"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Pope Francis paid tribute this week to his predecessor, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/europe/pope-benedict-xvi-funeral-intl/index.html\">former Pope Benedict XVI</a>, in a funeral attended by tens of thousands of mourners at St. Peter’s Square. Benedict, the first pontiff in almost 600 years to resign his position rather than hold office for life, died at age 95 on December 31 at a monastery in Vatican City."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_2", "question_date": "2023/01/05", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-5-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which seed did the FDA recently add to its list of major food allergens?", "choices": ["Chia seeds", "Sesame seeds", "Pumpkin seeds", "Poppy seeds"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Sesame joined the list of major food allergens defined by law, meaning foods containing sesame will be subject to new labeling and manufacturing requirements. For several years, the FDA has been reviewing whether to put <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/01/health/sesame-joins-major-food-allergens-list-fda-wellness\">sesame seeds</a> on the major food allergens list — which also includes milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_3", "question_date": "2023/01/05", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-5-sec/", "question_sentence": "Huge crowds lined the streets of which country this week to pay tribute to soccer great Pelé?", "choices": ["Brazil", "Argentina", "France", "United States"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Hundreds of thousands of people poured in the city of Santos, Brazil, to <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/football/pele-wake-tuesday-santos-lula-spt-intl/index.html\">view Pelé’s funeral procession</a> this week. The three-time World Cup winner died last month at the age of 82 due to the progression of colon cancer."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_4", "question_date": "2023/01/05", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-5-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which airline announced it will give 25,000 frequent flier miles to passengers who were impacted by its holiday travel meltdown?", "choices": ["American Airlines", "Southwest Airlines", "United Airlines", "Alaska Airlines"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Some Southwest passengers who were affected by a <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/southwest-airlines-frequent-flyer-miles-meltdown/index.html\">wave of cancellations</a> over the holidays are now receiving thousands of frequent flier miles as a “gesture of goodwill,” the company said."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_5", "question_date": "2023/01/05", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-5-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which Covid-19 variant of Omicron has become the most dominant in the US, causing the most new coronavirus cases?", "choices": ["BQ.1", "BA.5", "BQ.1.1", "XBB.1.5"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Scientists have been monitoring a rise in several Omicron subvariants, but <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/health/covid-variant-xbb-explainer/index.html\">XBB.1.5 cases</a> have shown the greatest spike, rising from about 4% to 41% of new infections over the month of December."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_6", "question_date": "2023/01/05", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-5-sec/", "question_sentence": "A bomb cyclone is slamming California this week, causing widespread flooding. Which part of the state is experiencing the storm’s heaviest rain?", "choices": ["San Francisco Bay Area", "Mount Shasta", "Los Angeles County", "Big Sur"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The storm’s heaviest rain and strongest winds have <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/weather/california-bomb-cyclone-flooding-powerful-winds/index.html\">wreaked havoc in the Bay Area</a> just days after a different storm brought deadly floods."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_7", "question_date": "2023/01/05", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-5-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which company is the latest tech giant to announce significant layoffs?", "choices": ["Snapchat", "Amazon", "Apple", "Microsoft"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Amazon plans to lay off more than <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/business/amazon-layoffs/index.html\">18,000 employees</a> as the global economic outlook continues to worsen, the company announced this week."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_8", "question_date": "2023/01/05", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-5-sec/", "question_sentence": "The Republican Party has been at odds this week over who should become the next House speaker. Which GOP leader sparked a dayslong stalemate?", "choices": ["Steve Scalise", "Kevin McCarthy", "Rand Paul", "Ted Cruz"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "House Republicans disagreed for days over <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-leadership-vote-01-05-23/index.html\">electing a speaker</a>, with GOP leader Kevin McCarthy failing to secure the necessary support after multiple rounds of voting."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_9", "question_date": "2023/01/05", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-5-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which home goods chain recently said it has “substantial doubt” it can stay in business?", "choices": ["IKEA", "Target", "Pottery Barn", "Bed Bath & Beyond"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "<a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/business/bed-bath-and-beyond-future/index.html\">Bed Bath & Beyond</a> recently issued a warning that a bankruptcy filing is a possible outcome for the company. There is “substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue” because of its worsening financial situation, the home goods chain said in a regulatory <a href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886158/000119312523001983/d443321dnt10q.htm\">filing</a> Thursday."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_10", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-06/", "question_sentence": "The U.S. House was stuck in a stalemate over electing a new speaker this week. Which Republican suffered a string of defeats in multiple votes?", "choices": ["George Santos", "Kevin McCarthy", "Steve Scalise", "Donald Trump"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_11", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-06/", "question_sentence": "The Vatican held a funeral for a former pope this week for the first time in how many years?", "choices": ["150 years", "250 years", "400 years", "600 years"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_12", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-06/", "question_sentence": "The maximum value of the Pell Grant awarded to college students will be raised by how much in the 2023 fiscal year?", "choices": ["$500", "$1,500", "$3,100", "$5,000"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_13", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-06/", "question_sentence": "NFL safety Damar Hamlin was hospitalized this week after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game on Monday. What team does he play for?", "choices": ["Cincinnati Bengals", "New England Patriots", "Tampa Bay Buccaneers", "Buffalo Bills"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_14", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-06/", "question_sentence": "True or false: Rolling Stone ruffled feathers with its updated 200 Greatest Singers of All Time list by snubbing powerhouses like Celine Dion.", "choices": ["TRUE", "FALSE"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_15", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-06/", "question_sentence": "Believed to be the oldest person in the U.S., Bessie Hendricks died this week in Iowa. How old was she?", "choices": ["101", "105", "115", "125"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_16", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-06/", "question_sentence": "Which company is being sued for failing to pay rent at one of its offices in San Francisco?", "choices": ["Twitter", "Tesla", "Meta", "Uber"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_17", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-06/", "question_sentence": "Rapper Gangsta Boo, also known as Lola Mitchell, died this week at age 43. She got her start in the industry with which group?", "choices": ["De La Soul", "Goodie Mob", "Three 6 Mafia", "The Diplomats"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_18", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-06/", "question_sentence": "Starting this week, travelers from which country now need to provide a negative COVID-19 test to enter the U.S.?", "choices": ["Canada", "China", "Australia", "India"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_19", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-06/", "question_sentence": "Up against the Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell scored the eighth-most points in an NBA game. How many did he score?", "choices": ["64", "68", "71", "77"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_20", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959153/quiz-of-the-week-31-december-6-january/", "question_sentence": "In which European country is former reality TV star and online influencer Andrew Tate being held in pre-trial detention?", "choices": ["Bulgaria", "Hungary", "Poland", "Romania"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "A Bucharest court agreed to a police request to extend Tate’s detention to 30 days following his arrest on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_21", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959153/quiz-of-the-week-31-december-6-january/", "question_sentence": "Prince Harry reportedly claims in his upcoming memoir Spare that his brother William did what during a row about Meghan Markle?", "choices": ["‘Kicked a corgi’", "‘Knocked me to the floor’", "‘Stamped on my foot’", "‘Smashed a window’"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "According to a leaked extract published by The Guardian, Harry claims William physically attacked him during a 2019 row that began after the future heir to the throne described Markle as ‘difficult’, ‘rude’ and ‘abrasive’"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_22", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959153/quiz-of-the-week-31-december-6-january/", "question_sentence": "The recently deceased Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pope to resign from the role in how many centuries?", "choices": ["Two", "Four", "Six", "10"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Benedict died last week at the age of 95, almost a decade after resigning because of ill health. He became the first pope to stand down since Gregory XII in 1415"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_23", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959153/quiz-of-the-week-31-december-6-january/", "question_sentence": "Which virus is England set to eradicate almost five years ahead of a target set by the World Health Organization (WHO)?", "choices": ["Coronavirus", "Hepatitis C", "Chicken Pox", "Rotavirus"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The NHS is on track to eliminate the virus in the community by 2025. Targeted screening campaigns and effective drug treatments have reduced the number of deaths from Hepatitis C by 35% in the past five years"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_24", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959153/quiz-of-the-week-31-december-6-january/", "question_sentence": "Japan’s government is to offer families how much to relocate from Tokyo to less densely populated areas?", "choices": ["500,000 yen per child", "800,000 yen per child", "1m yen per child", "1.5m yen per child"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Parents in the Japanese capital can already claim 300,000 yen (£1,900) per child to relocate, but the subsidy is set to triple from April. Find out more with The Week Unwrapped podcast"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_25", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959153/quiz-of-the-week-31-december-6-january/", "question_sentence": "The value of which tech giant fell below $2tn this week after shares dropped by as much as 4.3%?", "choices": ["Apple", "Meta", "Spotify", "Microsoft"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Mounting concerns over Apple’s global supply chain and a wider sell-off in America left the company’s value at $1.98tn, down from a peak of $3tn at the start of 2022"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_26", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959153/quiz-of-the-week-31-december-6-january/", "question_sentence": "Which US state is represented by congressman Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader whose bid to be voted House speaker was blocked by GOP hardliners this week?", "choices": ["Georgia", "California", "New York", "Washington"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "McCarthy became the first majority leader in 100 years to lose an initial vote to be elected speaker of the House of Representatives, and suffered further defeats in a series of ballots after failing to win over Republican rebels"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_27", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959153/quiz-of-the-week-31-december-6-january/", "question_sentence": "Who has returned to TV screens in the role of Sergeant Catherine Cawood in hit BBC series Happy Valley?", "choices": ["Suranne Jones", "Holliday Grainger", "Michelle Dockery", "Sarah Lancashire"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The third and final season of the popular crime drama debuted this week, seven years after the second season concluded"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_28", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959153/quiz-of-the-week-31-december-6-january/", "question_sentence": "Which climate action group has announced plans to ‘quit’ in 2023?", "choices": ["Extinction Rebellion", "Just Stop Oil", "Insulate Britain", "Friends of the Earth"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The climate action group released a statement on New Year’s Day titled ‘We Quit’. The activists plan to temporarily shift away from public disruption and focus on building a wider movement"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230106_29", "question_date": "2023/01/06", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959153/quiz-of-the-week-31-december-6-january/", "question_sentence": "Newly released figures show that the amount of electricity produced by which type of renewable energy hit a record high in Britain last year?", "choices": ["Wind power", "Solar power", "Hydropower", "Geothermal energy"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The National Grid said that on a single day in November, more than 70% of electricity in Britain was produced by wind – ‘enough power to heat about 1700 homes for a year’, the BBC reported"} | |