| {"question_id": "20230203_0", "question_date": "2023/02/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which NFL teams are headed to the Super Bowl on February 12?", "choices": ["Cincinnati Bengals & San Francisco 49ers", "Buffalo Bills & Minnesota Vikings", "Philadelphia Eagles & Kansas City Chiefs", "Dallas Cowboys & Baltimore Ravens"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will face off in <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/29/us/nfl-conference-championships-chiefs-bengals-eagles-49ers/index.html\">Super Bowl LVII</a>."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_1", "question_date": "2023/02/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "President Joe Biden intends to end the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies in which month of this year?", "choices": ["March", "May", "July", "December"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Biden intends to end the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, the White House said Monday. That means that many Americans could have to <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/30/politics/may-11-end-of-covid-and-public-health-emergencies/index.html\">start paying for Covid-19 testing and treatment</a> after the declarations cease."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_2", "question_date": "2023/02/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which state has been bearing the brunt of a dangerous ice storm this week?", "choices": ["Texas", "Washington", "New York", "Rhode Island"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "A combination of <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/weather/winter-storm-south-northeast-us/index.html\">t</a><a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/weather/winter-storm-south-northeast-us/index.html\">reacherous wintry conditions</a> in Texas caused power outages for more than 400,000 homes and businesses, according to PowerOutage.US."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_3", "question_date": "2023/02/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "A record $3.8 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from various services last year. Some of the biggest thefts were driven by hackers linked to which country?", "choices": ["Russia", "United States", "North Korea", "France"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Some of the biggest crypto thefts were driven by <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/tech/crypto-hacks-2022/index.html\">North Korean-linked hackers</a>, according to a new report. US officials worry Pyongyang will use money stolen from crypto hacks to fund its illicit nuclear and ballistic weapons program."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_4", "question_date": "2023/02/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "Beloved actress Cindy Williams died this week at age 75. She was best known for her role on which popular sitcom?", "choices": ["“Happy Days”", "“Laverne & Shirley”", "“All in the Family”", "“Mork & Mindy”"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Cindy Williams was a dynamic actress known best for <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/30/entertainment/cindy-williams-dead/index.html\">playing Shirley Feeney</a> on “Laverne & Shirley.”"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_5", "question_date": "2023/02/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "A tiny radioactive capsule was found in which country this week following a frantic search?", "choices": ["Germany", "Mexico", "Ukraine", "Australia"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Search teams found a <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/business/australia-radioactive-capsule-investigation-intl-hnk/index.html\">missing radioactive capsule</a>, no bigger than a coin, along a road in Western Australia on Wednesday."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_6", "question_date": "2023/02/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "What is approximately the average age of a first-time mother in the US?", "choices": ["21 years old", "24 years old", "27 years old", "30 years old"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The average age of a first-time mother in the US <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/health/us-birth-rate-fertility-trends-2021/index.html\">climbed above 27 years</a> – marking a record high – in 2021, according to a CDC report. Birth rates increased among women ages 25 to 44, while the teen birth rate reached a record low."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_7", "question_date": "2023/02/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "A NASA orbiter recently captured craters and formations on Mars that resembled the face of which animal?", "choices": ["Bear", "Dog", "Rat", "Lion"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter used its high-resolution camera to capture craters and formations that <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/30/world/mars-bear-face-image-scn/index.html\">resembled a bear’s face</a> on Mars."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_8", "question_date": "2023/02/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "Workers brought which major city to a standstill this week following a second mass strike over pension reforms?", "choices": ["Berlin", "Tokyo", "London", "Paris"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "French schools and transportation networks were heavily disrupted Tuesday for the second time this month as unions staged <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/business/france-strikes-pensions/index.html\">another mass strike</a> against government plans to raise the retirement age for most workers."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_9", "question_date": "2023/02/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which music superstar announced she will soon embark on a global tour?", "choices": ["Britney Spears", "Lady Gaga", "Beyoncé", "Jennifer Lopez"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Beyoncé announced her eagerly awaited <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/entertainment/beyonce-renaissance-tour/index.html\">“Renaissance World Tour”</a> is coming."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_10", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-03/", "question_sentence": "Tom Brady said he is ‘retiring for good’ this week. How many seasons did he play in the NFL?", "choices": ["15", "20", "21", "23"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_11", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-03/", "question_sentence": "Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Groundhog Day this year. True or False?", "choices": ["TRUE", "FALSE"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_12", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-03/", "question_sentence": "Genetic engineering company Colossal announced this week that it wants to bring which species back to life?", "choices": ["Dodo", "Megalodon", "Stegosaurus", "Baji white dolphin"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_13", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-03/", "question_sentence": "This Republican is set to be the first to announce a challenge to former President Donald Trump in the next GOP presidential primary.", "choices": ["Mike Pence", "Ron DeSantis", "Nikki Haley", "Asa Hutchinson"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_14", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-03/", "question_sentence": "Dr. Carter G. Woodson, who helped develop Black History Month in the 1920s, was the second African American to earn a Ph.D from which university?", "choices": ["Harvard", "University of Southern California", "Yale", "Cornell"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_15", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-03/", "question_sentence": "Former WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart became one of the latest stars to switch teams. Who will she play for next season?", "choices": ["Chicago Sky", "New York Liberty", "Las Vegas Aces", "Connecticut Sun"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_16", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-03/", "question_sentence": "Which of these was one of the committees Rep. George Santos resigned from this week?", "choices": ["House Small Business Committee", "House Ethics Committee", "House Transportation Committee", "House Judiciary Committee"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_17", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-03/", "question_sentence": "Although the Federal Reserve eased its aggressiveness in beating back price increases, it still raised its key short-term interest rate by how much?", "choices": ["0.15 percentage point", "0.25 percentage point", "0.5 percentage point", "0.75 percentage point"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_18", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-03/", "question_sentence": "Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce fired back at Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval after beating the Cincinnati Bengals, by borrowing a phrase from which wrestler?", "choices": ["Stone Cold Steve Austin", "The Undertaker", "Roman Reigns", "The Rock"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_19", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-03/", "question_sentence": "Actress Cindy Williams, who played Shirley in the hit show ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ died at 75. She also appeared in which of these films?", "choices": ["\"American Graffiti\"", "\"Jurassic Park\"", "\"Fargo\"", "\"1984\""], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_20", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959533/quiz-of-the-week-28-january-4-february/", "question_sentence": "A Chinese food blogger was fined the equivalent of £15,000 for eating which sea creature?", "choices": ["Blue whale", "Great white shark", "Colossal squid", "Sea turtle"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Police began investigating after the blogger, known as Tizi to her almost eight million followers, <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/crime/959493/chinese-food-blogger-fined-for-cooking-and-eating-great-white-shark\">posted footage on Chinese social media</a> site Douyin last year showing her illegally buying and then cooking the endangered shark."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_21", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959533/quiz-of-the-week-28-january-4-february/", "question_sentence": "Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open victory this week brings his total tally of grand slam wins to how much?", "choices": ["20", "21", "22", "23"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The 35-year-old tennis player is now level with rival Rafael Nadal on 22 grand slam titles, and is <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/sport/tennis/959512/novak-djokovic-surely-unrivalled-tennis-history\">once again No.1</a> in the ATP world rankings."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_22", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959533/quiz-of-the-week-28-january-4-february/", "question_sentence": "YouTube legend MrBeast is facing criticism for doing what in his latest online stunt?", "choices": ["Paying for 1,000 people to have cataract removal surgery", "Cooking a three-course meal of roadkill for friends", "Giving $50,000 to drug addicts", "Organising a mass wedding in Las Vegas"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The YouTuber, real name Jimmy Donaldson, has <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/people/959518/mr-beast-benevolent-youtuber-facing-monster-backlash\">been accused of “charity porn”</a> after posting a now-viral video documenting how he paid for life-changing operations for people blinded by the condition."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_23", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959533/quiz-of-the-week-28-january-4-february/", "question_sentence": "Which film star is at the centre of a “race row” after being nominated for Best Actress at the upcoming Oscars?", "choices": ["Andrea Riseborough", "Michelle Williams", "Cate Blanchett", "Ana de Armas"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The British actor is up for the gong for her role in To Leslie following a celebrity-backed campaign, but has become the <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https://www.theweek.co.uk/arts-life/culture/film/956248/what-is-the-academy-people-oscars\">focal point of an ongoing row</a> about racism in Hollywood as critics point to the lack of black nominees."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_24", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959533/quiz-of-the-week-28-january-4-february/", "question_sentence": "Which “sleepy” town is the UK’s capital for Satanists, according to latest census data?", "choices": ["Rye, East Sussex", "Great Yarmouth, Norfolk", "Braintree, Essex", "Bungay, Suffolk"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The 2021 census found that 70 out of around 8,500 people living in Bungay and nearby villages <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/world-news/959509/uks-satanic-capital-is-named\">identified as devil-worshippers</a> – more than a hundred times the national average."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_25", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959533/quiz-of-the-week-28-january-4-february/", "question_sentence": "An independent review found that “too many” of which broadcaster’s journalists “lack understanding of basic economics”?", "choices": ["Sky", "GB News", "BBC", "ITV"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "In a BBC-commissioned report on its <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/uk-news/959500/the-bbc-the-next-election-and-economic-ignorance\">coverage of government financial policies</a>, economic experts Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot warned that impartiality was “at risk” because some of the broadcaster’s journalists “make assumptions and have gaps in their knowledge”."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_26", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959533/quiz-of-the-week-28-january-4-february/", "question_sentence": "New research found that which UK coffee chain brews up the most caffeine-packed cappuccinos?", "choices": ["Starbucks", "Greggs", "Costa", "Pret a Manger"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "According to a <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959497/ten-things-you-need-to-know-today-1-february-2023\">Which? analysis</a>, a medium cappuccino from Costa contains a “massive” 325mg of caffeine – almost five times more than the Starbucks version, with 66mg. Pret a Manger has the strongest espresso, with 180mg per shot."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_27", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959533/quiz-of-the-week-28-january-4-february/", "question_sentence": "Which billionaire has fallen off Forbes’s top ten rich list following fraud allegations?", "choices": ["Bernard Arnault", "Gautam Adani", "Bill Gates", "Elon Musk"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "A New York-based research group has <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https://www.theweek.co.uk/business/959503/gautam-adani-asias-richest-man-and-the-largest-con-in-corporate-history?amp\">accused the Indian industrialist’s Adani Group</a> of “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud” that amounted to “the largest con in corporate history”."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_28", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959533/quiz-of-the-week-28-january-4-february/", "question_sentence": "Which energy giant has announced the highest profit in its 115-year history?", "choices": ["Shell", "BP", "Exxon Mobil", "Chevron"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The British multinational oil and gas company has <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959523/ten-things-you-need-to-know-today-3-february-2023\">recorded an annual profit of $40bn</a> (£32bn) after energy prices surged following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230203_29", "question_date": "2023/02/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959533/quiz-of-the-week-28-january-4-february/", "question_sentence": "A Jewish family is suing the Guggenheim over a painting by which artist that was allegedly sold under duress during Nazi rule?", "choices": ["Pablo Picasso", "Claude Monet", "Piet Mondrian", "Pierre-Auguste Renoir"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Picasso’s Woman Ironing was bequeathed to the New York museum decades after being sold at a cut-price by Jewish art dealer Karl Adler in order to fund his family’s escape from Nazi Germany. Find out more with <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https://www.theweek.co.uk/the-week-unwrapped\">The Week Unwrapped</a> podcast."} | |