Weekly Student News Quiz: Climate Summit, Supreme Court, Word ... - The New York Times
Weekly Student News Quiz: Climate Summit, Supreme Court, Word of the Year - The New York Times
Student News Quiz
Weekly Student News Quiz: Climate Summit, Supreme Court, Word of the Year
Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed over the past week. Do you know what it shows? You’ll find the answer at the bottom of this quiz.
But first, here are 10 questions about current events. How many can you answer correctly?
1 of 10
World leaders are currently holding climate talks in Dubai amid dire warnings of planetary catastrophe.
All of the following are true EXCEPT:
2 of 10
What is this?
3 of 10
The most powerful secretary of state of the postwar era, a man who was both celebrated and reviled, died on Nov. 29.
Who was he?
4 of 10
What did a document made public last week reveal about Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel?
5 of 10
What word has been named Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year?
6 of 10
Sandra Day O’Connor died on Dec. 1.
What office was she the first woman to hold?
7 of 10
For 1,000 straight days, a 27-year-old art student has inserted a character he loves into scenes from popular films and television shows.
What character is it?
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The man in this picture is Evan Gershkovich. He has now been held in Russia for 250 days on an espionage charge that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently reject.
What was Mr. Gershkovich’s job when he was arrested?
9 of 10
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week over a bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma that would give billions of dollars to those harmed by what?
10 of 10
Emma Stone hosted “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, but as a Times recap explains, one news event dominated the show.
For instance, here is how Colin Jost began the show’s “Weekend Update” segment:
“This week, we said goodbye to a former first lady, a former secretary of state and the Supreme Court’s first female justice. And also a guy who claims to be all three of those things.”
Who is that guy?
Related Knowledge Center: Air emissions
More than 30 years after the last major update of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has upended the ability of Congress to give the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies broad scope to combat air pollution, including the emission of greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, further Biden administration efforts to limit emissions face opposition in the courts.