How well did you follow the news this past week? How many of these 10 questions can you get right?
How well did you follow the news this past week? How many of these 10 questions can you get right?
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The Learning Network|Weekly News Quiz for Students: Iran Missile Attack, Earthquake, College Football Champion
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The Learning Network|Weekly News Quiz for Students
Weekly News Quiz for Students: Iran Missile Attack, Earthquake, College Football Champion
Compiled byJEREMY ENGLEandJOHN OTISJAN. 14, 2020

Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed over the past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you’ll find the answer.
Have you been paying attention to the news recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
Iran attackedwith a barrage of missiles early Jan. 8, Iranian official news media and United States officials said, fulfilling Tehran’s promise to retaliate for the killing of a top Iranian commander.
an American commercial airplane
two bases in Iraq that house American troops
Israeli nuclear sites
oilfields in Saudi Arabia
After maintaining for days that there was no evidence that one of its missiles was responsible, Iran’s military announced early Jan. 11 that it had accidentally shot down.
an American drone
an Egyptian weather balloon
a French telecommunications satellite
a Ukrainian passenger jet
Thedeath rate in the United States fell 2.2 percent from 2016 to 2017 — the largest single-year decline in mortality ever reported, thereported on Jan. 8.
cancer; American Cancer Society
diabetes; American Diabetes Association
heart disease; American Heart Association
tuberculosis; World Health Organization
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struckon Jan. 11, rattling residents who were already reeling from a 6.4-magnitude earthquake off the coast on Jan. 7.
Barbados
Hispaniola
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, announced on Jan. 8 that they were.
expecting a second child
founding a nonprofit organization
renouncing their royal titles
“stepping back as ‘senior members’ of the royal family”
European scientists have confirmed what had been suspected: 2019 was a very hot year, with global average temperatures thehighest on record.
single
second
third
fourth
L.S.U. capped a magical season with a 42-25 victory over, last year’s title winner, to win the national championship at the Superdome.
Alabama
Clemson
Ohio State
Oklahoma
in the United States leapt to a record on Jan. 9, as investors looked past recent chaos in the Middle East and saw a rosy backdrop for the market.
Corporate profits
Federal interest rates
G.D.P.
Stocks
The New York Public Library system, the largest of its kind in the United States, compiled the 10 most checked-out books in its 125-year history. No. 1 on the list:.
“Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling
“The Cat In the Hat” by Dr. Suess
“The Snowy Day,” by Ezra Jack Keats
Three of the fast food-related articles below were recently published in The New York Times. One is from the satirical site The Onion. Which is the fake news story?
“Chipotle Has a Plan to Pay Tuition. Will it Actually Help?”
“McDonald’s Announces New Spearmint After-Dinner Big Mac”
“Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Returns, but Will the Hype?”
“Taco Bell to Test Paying Managers $100,000 a Year”
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