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: Capitol Riot, Senate Runoffs, College Football Champion
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The Learning Network|Weekly News Quiz for Students
Weekly News Quiz for Students: Capitol Riot, Senate Runoffs, College Football Champion
Compiled byJOHN OTISandJEREMY ENGLEJAN. 12, 2021

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.
On Jan. 6, a large mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in a shocking display of violence that shook the core of American democracy. It was one of the most severe intrusions of the Capitol since the.
Civil War
Cold War
Great Depression
War of 1812
Republican lawmakers raised objections to the official certification of electoral votes in a joint session of Congress that went into the wee hours of Thursday morning, in a futile effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
0
14
72
147
Several Trump administration officials have announced that they are resigning in the wake of the Capitol violence. Which of the following officials has NOT resigned?
Betty DeVos, the education secretary
Elaine Chao, transportation secretary
Kayleigh McEnany, White House press secretary
Mick Mulvaney, special envoy to Northern Ireland
House Democrats introduced an article of impeachment on Jan. 11 against President Trump for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol, vowing to press the charge as Republicans blocked their move to formally call on Vice President Mike Pence to strip him of power under the.
20th Amendment
21th Amendment
25th Amendment
28th Amendment
Twitter said on Jan. 8 that it“due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
had limited the number of tweets President Trump could send per day
permanently barred President Trump from its service
suspended President Trump for the rest of his term
would add a warning to all of President Trump’s new tweets
Victories by Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock in’s Senate runoffs will give Democrats control of the White House and both houses of Congress for the first time in 10 years.
Arizona
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
A passenger jet carrying more than 60 people crashed into the Java Sea on Jan. 9, minutes after taking off from, the capital of, bringing renewed attention to a nation long cursed by aviation disasters.
Hanoi; Vietnam
Jakarta; Indonesia
Seoul; South Korea
Taipei; Taiwan
Thecapped a tumultuous season on the night of Jan. 11 with an immaculate offensive performance, eviscerating the Ohio State Buckeyes, 52-24, in the College Football Playoff championship in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Alabama Crimson Tide
Clemson Tigers
Georgia Bulldogs
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
The police in Hong Kong arrested 53 pro-democracy officials and activists under theimposed by Beijing.
coronavirus quarantine restrictions
national security law
travel ban
voting rights bill
Three of the articles about space and astronomy below were recently published in The New York Times Science section. One is from the satirical site The Onion. Which is the fake news story?
“‘Heroes of the Future’: NASA Picks 18 Astronauts for Moon Mission Training”
“Missions to Mars, the Moon and Beyond Await Earth in 2021”
“NASA Announces Moon Will Be Leaving Earth’s Orbit to Take on New Position With Bigger Planet”
“The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico Collapses”
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