past/2023/20230224_qa.jsonl

{"question_id": "20230224_0", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "President Joe Biden made a highly secretive trip to which country this week?", "choices": ["Russia", "Ukraine", "North Korea", "China"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "President Joe Biden <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/politics/biden-ukraine-zelensky-visit-one-year-war-anniversary-intl-hnk/index.html\">visited Ukraine’s capital</a>, Kyiv, for the first time since Russia invaded the country. The trip was shrouded in secrecy due to security concerns."}
{"question_id": "20230224_1", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Many people across the world celebrated Mardi Gras this week to mark the last day of Carnival season. In which city was the first Mardi Gras celebration held?", "choices": ["New Orleans, Louisiana", "Mobile, Alabama", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Port of Spain, Trinidad"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The first <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/14/world/mardi-gras-fast-facts/index.html\">Mardi Gras celebration</a> was held in 1703 in Mobile, Alabama."}
{"question_id": "20230224_2", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "A powerful aftershock struck southern Turkey on Monday – two weeks after an initial magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed more than 46,000. How strong was the aftershock?", "choices": ["Magnitude 6.3", "Magnitude 5.1", "Magnitude 3.4", "Magnitude 2.2"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "A <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/middleeast/turkey-quake-aftershock-intl/index.html\">magnitude 6.3 aftershock</a> on Monday killed at least six people and injured hundreds of others, reigniting panic in the region."}
{"question_id": "20230224_3", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "After spending nearly 10 months imprisoned in Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner is making her return to basketball in the upcoming season. Which team will she play for?", "choices": ["Chicago Sky", "Las Vegas Aces", "Phoenix Mercury", "Los Angeles Sparks"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Griner <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/sport/brittney-griner-phoenix-mercury-one-year-deal-spt/index.html\">signed a one-year deal</a> with the Phoenix Mercury, the team announced on Tuesday."}
{"question_id": "20230224_4", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Starbucks is going out on a limb with the announcement of a new drink featuring which bold ingredient?", "choices": ["Olive oil", "Butter", "Salt", "Eggs"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The coffee chain is rolling out a <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/business/starbucks-oleato/index.html\">new line of beverages</a> made with a spoonful of extra virgin olive oil."}
{"question_id": "20230224_5", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "The pandemic-era border restriction known as Title 42 is set to expire in which month?", "choices": ["March", "May", "October", "December"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Title 42, a rule that ensures federal officials will be able to continue to swiftly expel migrants at US borders, is set to expire in May. The Biden administration also <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/asylum-policy-biden-administration/index.html\">released a new rule</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/asylum-policy-biden-administration/index.html\">on</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/asylum-policy-biden-administration/index.html\">Tuesday</a> that largely bars migrants who traveled through other countries on their way to the US-Mexico border from applying for asylum in the US."}
{"question_id": "20230224_6", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Thousands of US flights were disrupted this week by which type of weather event?", "choices": ["Flooding", "Tornadoes", "Lightning", "Winter storms"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "A coast-to-coast <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/23/weather/winter-storm-us-thursday/index.html\">winter storm</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/23/weather/winter-storm-us-thursday/index.html\">system</a> with blizzard conditions and significant snowfall is hampering travel. Meanwhile, several other parts of the country are experiencing a summer-like heat that has never been felt before during the month of February."}
{"question_id": "20230224_7", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Scientists say climate change-fueled water shortages may disrupt the distribution and cultivation of agave – a key ingredient of which beverage?", "choices": ["Tequila", "Kombucha", "Ginger ale", "Beer"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "<a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/us/margarita-tequila-agave-climate-crisis/index.html\">Tequila</a> is being threatened by changing weather and a strain on the agave plant’s vital pollinator — the bat."}
{"question_id": "20230224_8", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Approximately how much money did Donald Trump’s leadership PAC spend on legal services in 2022?", "choices": ["$300,000", "$1 million", "$7 million", "$16 million"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Trump’s leadership PAC spent more than $16 million on legal services in 2022. The number represents a <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/trump-leadership-pac-legal-services-2022/index.html\">massive set of bills</a> from lawyers at a time when the former president faces multiple criminal inquiries, lawsuits and other challenges."}
{"question_id": "20230224_9", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/02/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-february-23-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which company said this week it will spend $1 billion this year to increase wages and other compensation for its employees?", "choices": ["Target", "Home Depot", "Walmart", "Walgreens"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Home Depot said it will <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/business/home-depot-earnings-hourly-pay/index.html\">increase</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/business/home-depot-earnings-hourly-pay/index.html\"></a><a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/business/home-depot-earnings-hourly-pay/index.html\">pay and benefits</a> for hourly workers by $1 billion this year, another sign of a tighter labor market and rising wages across the US economy."}
{"question_id": "20230224_10", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-24/", "question_sentence": "Days before the anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia agreed to a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with the U.S. True or false?", "choices": ["TRUE", "FALSE"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_11", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-24/", "question_sentence": "A new bill filed in Florida would prohibit dogs from:", "choices": ["Extending their heads out of car windows", "Going to the bathroom on private property", "Staying in outdoor dog houses past 10 p.m.", "Living in shelters for longer than 30 days"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_12", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-24/", "question_sentence": "Netflix announced a new series with NFL Films called \"Quarterback\" that will feature all these signal callers except:", "choices": ["Patrick Mahomes", "Marcus Mariota", "Kirk Cousins", "Dak Prescott"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_13", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-24/", "question_sentence": "Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Penguin Random House Children's Book announced which famous Seuss book will get a sequel?", "choices": ["\"Oh, The Places You'll Go!\"", "\"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\"", "\"Green Eggs and Ham\"", "\"Horton Hears a Who!\""], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_14", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-24/", "question_sentence": "Vivek Ramaswamy, biotech entrepreneur and author from Ohio, entered the Republican presidential primary race. He wrote a book titled:", "choices": ["\"Cancel Culture Corp.\"", "\"The Art of the Deal\"", "\"Spare\"", "\"Woke, Inc.\""], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_15", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-24/", "question_sentence": "Democrat Jennifer McClellan made history this week in a special election, becoming the first Black congresswoman from which state?", "choices": ["Florida", "Pennsylvania", "Virginia", "New York"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_16", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-24/", "question_sentence": "Stand-up comedian and actor Richard Belzer died this week at 78. He played Detective John Munch for 23 years on what TV show franchise?", "choices": ["\"Law & Order\"", "\"The Practice\"", "\"Blue Bloods\"", "\"Suits\""], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_17", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-24/", "question_sentence": "A woman was given a first-generation model of this device in 2007, and never opened it. It sold this week at auction for $63,000. What is it?", "choices": ["iPad", "iPod Touch", "iPhone", "iPod Shuffle"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_18", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-24/", "question_sentence": "Before he won this week, how many times had NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. taken home the Daytona 500 championship title?", "choices": ["0", "1", "2", "3"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_19", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-02-24/", "question_sentence": "Carnival season closed this week in fantastic fashion with colorful parades, masks and of course loads of beads. Mardi Gras is French for what?", "choices": ["Giant Parade", "Happy Day", "Party Day", "Fat Tuesday"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_20", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959818/quiz-of-the-week-19-25-february", "question_sentence": "A 4ft-long alligator captured in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park has been nicknamed what?", "choices": ["Mr Croc", "Razor", "Arnie", "Godzilla"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_21", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959818/quiz-of-the-week-19-25-february", "question_sentence": "Graham Norton will co-host the upcoming Eurovision 2023 with which star of hit TV comedy Ted Lasso?", "choices": ["Brett Goldstein", "Hannah Waddingham", "Jason Sudeikis", "Juno Temple"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_22", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959818/quiz-of-the-week-19-25-february", "question_sentence": "A new study suggests that which rodents may hold the key to reversing the human menopause?", "choices": ["Naked mole-rats", "Muskrats", "Murids", "Gerbils"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_23", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959818/quiz-of-the-week-19-25-february", "question_sentence": "A survey of funeral directors reportedly found that bizarre final requests included a British man asking his family to eat what following his death?", "choices": ["His pet dog", "His body weight in caviar", "His most-hated foods", "His body"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_24", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959818/quiz-of-the-week-19-25-february", "question_sentence": "Netflix adaptation All Quiet on the Western Front is being tipped for Oscars glory after winning how many Baftas?", "choices": ["Four", "Six", "Seven", "Ten"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_25", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959818/quiz-of-the-week-19-25-february", "question_sentence": "Environment Secretary Therese Coffey faced ridicule for suggesting that Brits eat which seasonal vegetable amid food shortages?", "choices": ["Turnips", "Parsnips", "Radishes", "Carrots"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_26", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959818/quiz-of-the-week-19-25-february", "question_sentence": "Which former England international footballer-turned-manager has inspired a new play?", "choices": ["Wayne Rooney", "Frank Lampard", "Gareth Southgate", "Steven Gerrard"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_27", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959818/quiz-of-the-week-19-25-february", "question_sentence": "Books by which children’s author are being revised to make them more “palatable” to modern readers?", "choices": ["Philip Pullman", "David Walliams", "Roald Dahl", "Judy Blume"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_28", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959818/quiz-of-the-week-19-25-february", "question_sentence": "Support for SNP leadership front-runner Kate Forbes collapsed after she said what?", "choices": ["She would have have voted against same-sex marriage", "She doesn’t think Scottish independence is likely", "She supported Brexit", "he opposes free meals for primary school children"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230224_29", "question_date": "2023/02/24", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959818/quiz-of-the-week-19-25-february", "question_sentence": "What is the “germiest” place in the kitchen, according to a new study?", "choices": ["Tap handles", "Chopping board", "Knife rack", "Spice jars"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""}