{"question_id": "20230303_0_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "SpaceX and NASA launched a fresh crew of astronauts on a mission to space this week. What is their destination?", "choices": ["Mars", "International Space Station", "China’s Tiangong space station", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The mission, called Crew-6, kicks off a trip to the International Space Station where astronauts will spend roughly six months carrying out science experiments and maintaining the two-decade-old station."}
{"question_id": "20230303_1_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "Advisers to the FDA this week voted to approve new vaccines for which virus?", "choices": ["RSV", "Covid-19", "Chickenpox", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Two new RSV vaccine candidates, made by Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, could become the world’s first approved shots against the common respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The FDA, which typically follows the committee’s recommendations, is expected to decide on approval in May, ahead of RSV’s typical winter surge."}
{"question_id": "20230303_2_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "According to authorities, what was the primary cause of a fatal train collision in Greece this week?", "choices": ["Poor weather", "Damaged train tracks", "Human error", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The train collision was due to “tragic human error,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotaki said. Authorities have since arrested a station manager in connection with the collision that left dozens of people dead."}
{"question_id": "20230303_3_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "The Supreme Court took up two challenges this week concerning which of President Joe Biden’s key programs?", "choices": ["Infrastructure", "Student loan forgiveness", "Renewable energy", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "President Biden voiced clear concern this week that the Supreme Court may decide to strike down his student loan debt forgiveness program after several conservative justices expressed skepticism about the administration’s authority."}
{"question_id": "20230303_4_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "New York City received its biggest snowfall of the season this week. About how many inches were measured in Central Park?", "choices": ["2", "15", "20", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Due to an unusually warm winter, New York City received only 1.8 inches of snow this week — and 2.2 inches of snow this entire winter season. It is the lowest seasonal snowfall on record and more than 2 feet below the seasonal average of just under 30 inches. Meanwhile, a storm system on the West Coast brought feet of snow and unusually cold temperatures this week."}
{"question_id": "20230303_5_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "The White House recently announced a 30-day deadline for federal agencies to remove which app from all government-issued devices?", "choices": ["Instagram", "TikTok", "Twitter", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Federal officials were instructed to remove TikTok from their government-issued devices within 30 days. This comes amid concerns that the Chinese government could pressure ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to hand over information collected from users that could be used for intelligence purposes."}
{"question_id": "20230303_6_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "Eli Lilly, one of the biggest players in the US insulin market, announced this week it will cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at which amount?", "choices": ["$1,000", "$50", "$35", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The major drugmaker said it will cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 for many people with diabetes. “Insulin costs less than $10 to make, but Americans are sometimes forced to pay over $300 for it. It’s flat wrong,” President Biden said in a statement on Wednesday, calling the announcement “a big deal.”"}
{"question_id": "20230303_7_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "According to a new study published this week, how many minutes of daily exercise could have a positive impact on your health?", "choices": ["3 minutes", "11 minutes", "30 minutes", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "A new study shows just 11 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous daily activity can lower your risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases."}
{"question_id": "20230303_8_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "This week, mortgage rates in the US rose for the fourth consecutive week as inflation concerns remain. What is the current average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage?", "choices": ["2.2%", "4.4%", "6.6%", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "While rates had been trending downward after hitting 7.08% in November, current rates are now steadily increasing above 6%. This is causing home buyers to pull back even as the spring home buying season should be heating up."}
{"question_id": "20230303_9_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/02", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-2-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which popular Netflix show will return as a stage play?", "choices": ["“Squid Game”", "“Stranger Things”", "“Wednesday”", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Fans bracing themselves to say goodbye to “Stranger Things” after its fifth and final season are getting excited that it will soon take on a new life as a London stage play."}
{"question_id": "20230303_10_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-03/", "question_sentence": "Which movie won for best ensemble cast at this past weekend’s Screen Actors Guild Awards?", "choices": ["“The Banshees of Inisherin”", "“Everything Everywhere All at Once\"", "“The Woman King”", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230303_11_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-03/", "question_sentence": "Numerous newspapers, including the USA TODAY Network, announced it would drop which comic strip after its creator made racist remarks?", "choices": ["Garfield", "Dilbert", "The Far Side", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230303_12_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-03/", "question_sentence": "True or False: Portland Trail Blazers Damian Lillard is the only player in the NBA to score more than 70 points in a game this season.", "choices": ["TRUE", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230303_13_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-03/", "question_sentence": "More than 300 new words were added to Dictionary.com this week. Which of these words is one of the new additions?", "choices": ["Hellscape", "Deadass", "All of the above", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230303_14_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-03/", "question_sentence": "In an effort to speed up the pace of play, MLB is instituting new rules this season. The rules will prompt changes to all of these except:", "choices": ["Infield shifts", "Bat flips and celebrations", "A pitch clock", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230303_15_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-03/", "question_sentence": "Which former “Friends” cast member received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony this week?", "choices": ["Matt LeBlanc", "Lisa Kudrow", "Jennifer Aniston", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230303_16_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-03/", "question_sentence": "Which famous action movie from the 1990s premiered this week as a rebooted weekly TV drama series on CBS?", "choices": ["“U.S. Marshals”", "“True Lies”", "“Enemy of the State”", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230303_17_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-03/", "question_sentence": "Voters in Chicago went to the polls this week to elect a new mayor. Two candidates advanced to a runoff. Who didn’t?", "choices": ["Brandon Johnson", "Paul Vallas", "All of the above", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230303_18_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-03/", "question_sentence": "Following her ouster from Congress last year, former Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney accepted job teaching at which university?", "choices": ["Georgetown University", "William & Mary University", "American University", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230303_19_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-03/", "question_sentence": "Power from zero-carbon sources made up a record-breaking __% of the US electricity mix in 2022, according to a new factbook.", "choices": ["21%", "31%", "41%", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230303_20_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959936/quiz-of-the-week-26-february-4-march/", "question_sentence": "UK ministers reportedly considered a nationwide cull of which household pets at the start of the Covid pandemic?", "choices": ["Dogs", "Guinea pigs", "Cats", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Former health minister James Bethnell told Channel 4 News this week that the government talked about whether “we might have to ask the public to exterminate all the cats in Britain”, because “we were very unclear about whether domestic pets could transmit the disease”."}
{"question_id": "20230303_21_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959936/quiz-of-the-week-26-february-4-march/", "question_sentence": "The European Space Agency wants to give which celestial body its own time zone?", "choices": ["The Sun", "The Moon", "Ceres", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Announcing the joint international effort, the agency argued that “as dozens of missions will be operating on and around the Moon and needing to communicate together and fix their positions independently from Earth, this new era will require its own time”."}
{"question_id": "20230303_22_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959936/quiz-of-the-week-26-february-4-march/", "question_sentence": "Which popular energy drink is reportedly being traded on black markets at schools across the UK?", "choices": ["Monster", "Prime", "Red Bull", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "High demand for the drink, launched last year by YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI, has reportedly seen some children paying “dealers” many times more than the retail price of £2 per 500ml bottle."}
{"question_id": "20230303_23_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959936/quiz-of-the-week-26-february-4-march/", "question_sentence": "What is the name of Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal with the European Union?", "choices": ["The Windsor Framework", "The King Charles Covenant", "The Brexit Bargain", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Sunak met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Windsor on Monday to finalise the deal, which is designed to settle the long-running dispute between the UK and the EU over Northern Ireland trading arrangements."}
{"question_id": "20230303_24_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959936/quiz-of-the-week-26-february-4-march/", "question_sentence": "Why has London’s Young Vic Theatre issued a trigger warning for audiences of its latest production?", "choices": ["Nudity on stage", "Use of stage blood", "Cooked eggs are handled on stage", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "A notice on the theatre’s website warned that along with references to “sexual violence, mental illness, death and implied suicide”, the revival of Zinnie Harris’s Further than the Furthest Thing “involves the handling of cooked egg”. The theatre said the warning was for people with egg allergies."}
{"question_id": "20230303_25_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959936/quiz-of-the-week-26-february-4-march/", "question_sentence": "Which of the following bands will reportedly headline King Charles’s coronation concert?", "choices": ["One Direction", "Take That", "Belle and Sebastian", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald are said to have agreed to perform at the coronation bash in May. Kylie and Dannii Minogue and Lionel Richie are also reported to be on board, but Elton John, Harry Styles and Adele have turned down invitations owing to scheduling clashes."}
{"question_id": "20230303_26_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959936/quiz-of-the-week-26-february-4-march/", "question_sentence": "Which football team won the Carabao Cup final on Sunday?", "choices": ["Manchester City", "Newcastle United", "Liverpool", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The Red Devils secured a 2-0 victory over Newcastle United at Wembley stadium."}
{"question_id": "20230303_27_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959936/quiz-of-the-week-26-february-4-march/", "question_sentence": "Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis has taken control of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district after the corporation opposed which of his bills?", "choices": ["Stop Woke Act", "Don’t Say Gay Bill", "Sexual Related Offences Bill", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The Republican has signed a bill giving his state control over Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District – a move widely viewed as “punishment” after the entertainment giant last year protested against his law restricting sexual orientation discussion in schools."}
{"question_id": "20230303_28_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959936/quiz-of-the-week-26-february-4-march/", "question_sentence": "What percentage of the world’s population will be obese by 2035 unless action is taken, according to a new report?", "choices": ["25%", "51%", "79%", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The World Obesity Federation predicts that more than 4bn people across the world will be obese or overweight within the next 12 years if current trends prevail."}
{"question_id": "20230303_29_nota", "question_date": "2023/03/03", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/959936/quiz-of-the-week-26-february-4-march/", "question_sentence": "Research for the BBC found that the average price of pasta has risen by how much in the past two years?", "choices": ["90%", "80%", "60%", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The cost of a standard 500g bag of pasta has increased from 50p to 95p, according to research firm Assosia. The analysis of 15 “everyday essentials” at Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s found that the overall cost had risen by 34%."}