News quiz for week of July 18

Compiled by Kathy Laskowski, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
·3 min read

(Find the answers at the end of the quiz.)

1. The largest wildfire currently in the United States, burning in southern Oregon and started by a lightning strike, is one of the blazes responsible for a smoke haze that has spread across much of the central and eastern portion of the nation. What is the name of the fire?

A. Dixie.

B. Crooked Creek.

C. Tiger.

D. Bootleg.

2. A man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag was sentenced to eight months in jail, the first punishment handed down for a felony charge in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Where was the man from?

A. Texas.

B. Illinois.

C. Florida.

D. Arizona.

3. The Biden administration and its allies formally blamed what country for a massive cyberattack in March on Microsoft Exchange email server software?

A. Russia.

B. China.

C. Iran.

D. North Korea.

4. Pope Francis has reversed a decision made by one of his predecessors, and restricted the use of the old Latin Mass, saying it was a source of division in the Catholic Church. Which pope had relaxed the rules, allowing traditionalists to use the ancient liturgy?

A. Benedict.

B. John Paul II.

C. John Paul I.

D. Paul VI.

5. A treasure hunter in a cornfield found a cache of silver coins minted more than 1,100 years ago, and scholars are entertaining theories about the origin of the booty as it relates to Vikings extorting cities for protection. In what country were the coins found?

A. France.

B. Ukraine.

C. Poland.

D. Bulgaria.

6. The Biden administration has announced that 2,500 Afghans who assisted the U.S. military would be resettled where pending approval of their visas?

A. Virginia.

B. Switzerland.

C. Germany.

D. Indiana.

7. According to new research based on 17 years of injury reports in California, more workplace injuries than officially recorded are caused by what?

A. Mechanical equipment.

B. Fights among employees.

C. Slips and falls.

D. Heat.

8. Biz Markie, a New York rapper known for his ebullient charisma, has died at the age of 57. He was known for his 1989 single “Just a Friend” that became a pop-culture stable. He was a key figure in a 1991 lawsuit that helped define emerging law about what?

A. Licensing rights.

B. Sampling.

C. Advertising use of popular songs.

D. Video licensing.

9. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, 82-year-old Wally Funk and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen lifted off to space aboard Bezos’ spacecraft named the New Shepard, after America’s first astronaut Alan Shepard. The Blue Origin flight from west Texas lasted just under 11 minutes, less than Shepard’s Freedom 7 flight in 1961. How long was Shepard in space?

A. 12 minutes.

B. 13 minutes.

C. 14 minutes.

D. 15 minutes.

10. Sue Bird, a basketball player and four-time Olympic champion, and baseball player Eddy Alvarez were selected to carry the U.S. flag in the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympics. Alvarez is a silver medalist in what sport?

A. Sculls.

B. Shotput.

C. Speedskating.

D. Skateboarding.

Answers: 1. (D); 2. (C); 3. (B); 4. (A); 5. (C); 6. (A); 7. (D); 8. (B); 9. (D); 10. (C)