past/2023/20230317_qa.jsonl

{"question_id": "20230317_0", "question_date": "2023/03/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which film swept several major categories at the Oscars?", "choices": ["“The Woman King”", "“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”", "“Everything Everywhere All at Once”", "“Babylon”"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "“Everything Everywhere All at Once” dominated the Oscars on Sunday. The film <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/entertainment/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-academy-awards-takeaways/index.html\">won</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/entertainment/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-academy-awards-takeaways/index.html\">most of</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/entertainment/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-academy-awards-takeaways/index.html\">the big awards</a>, including best picture and directing. Michelle Yeoh won best actress in a leading role, while Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis won best actor and best actress in supporting roles."}
{"question_id": "20230317_1", "question_date": "2023/03/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Many Americans were on edge this week following the collapse of which two banks?", "choices": ["Silicon Valley Bank & Signature Bank", "Chase Bank & Wells Fargo Bank", "PNC Bank & Citizens Bank", "Huntington Bank & U.S. Bank"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The stunning collapse of <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/11/business/svb-bank-collapse-explainer-timeline/index.html\">two American banks</a> – Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank – led to wild market swings after alarming Wall Street investors."}
{"question_id": "20230317_2", "question_date": "2023/03/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which state was hammered by an atmospheric river event this week, prompting widespread evacuations?", "choices": ["Idaho", "Utah", "Georgia", "California"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The majority of California’s counties were under a state of emergency due to <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/us/california-atmospheric-river-flood-monday/index.html\">excessive rain</a> and flooding."}
{"question_id": "20230317_3", "question_date": "2023/03/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "President Joe Biden green lit a massive oil drilling venture in Alaska this week. What is it called?", "choices": ["The Birch Project", "The Willow Project", "The Spruce Plan", "The Cedar Plan"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The Biden administration approved the controversial <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/willow-project-oil-alaska-explained-climate/index.html\">Willow Project</a> in Alaska. It is a massive and decades-long oil drilling venture on Alaska’s North Slope in the National Petroleum Reserve, which is owned by the federal government."}
{"question_id": "20230317_4", "question_date": "2023/03/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Most of the US and many other countries recently “sprang forward” for Daylight Saving Time. Clocks were moved forward by how much time?", "choices": ["One hour", "Two hours", "Three hours", "Four hours"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Clocks moved forward <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/health/daylight-saving-time-sleep-tips/index.html\">one hour</a>. They will fall back an hour to standard time on the first Sunday of November."}
{"question_id": "20230317_5", "question_date": "2023/03/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Disney enthusiasts were thrilled this week when the full trailer was released for which upcoming live-action remake?", "choices": ["“Snow White”", "“Frozen”", "“The Little Mermaid”", "“Moana”"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "A <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/little-mermaid-trailer-oscars/index.html\">new trailer</a> for the live-action remake of 1989’s animated “The Little Mermaid” debuted during the Oscars ceremony."}
{"question_id": "20230317_6", "question_date": "2023/03/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "The best college basketball teams from across the US are going head-to-head for prestigious NCAA titles this month. What are the tournaments informally called?", "choices": ["March Madness", "March Mayhem", "March Matchup", "March Marathon"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "March Madness is upon us<span class=\"cnnix-highlight\">."}
{"question_id": "20230317_7", "question_date": "2023/03/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which country announced it would fully reopen to tourists this week after three years of pandemic border restrictions?", "choices": ["Canada", "South Korea", "France", "China"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "China is <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-reissues-foreign-visas-intl-hnk/index.html\">fully reopening</a> to foreign visitors – including tourists. The country resumed issuing all categories of visas for foreigners on Wednesday."}
{"question_id": "20230317_8", "question_date": "2023/03/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which fruit holds the top spot on the Dirty Dozen list of nonorganic produce with the most pesticides?", "choices": ["Peaches", "Strawberries", "Apples", "Grapes"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "For another year in a row, strawberries continue to hold the top spot on the <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/health/dirty-dozen-produce-pesticides-2023-wellness/index.html\">Dirty Dozen list</a> with the most pesticides, the US Department of Agriculture announced this week."}
{"question_id": "20230317_9", "question_date": "2023/03/16", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/03/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-march-16-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which is the US’ favorite dog breed, according to new statistics from the American Kennel Club released this week?", "choices": ["Labrador Retriever", "French Bulldog", "Goldendoodle", "Husky"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "For the first time in 31 years, the Labrador Retriever has been unseated as the most popular dog breed in the US, according to the American Kennel Club’s latest statistics. Taking its place is the cute and compact <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/us/french-bulldogs-popularity-akc-cec/index.html\">French Bulldog</a>."}
{"question_id": "20230317_10", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-17/", "question_sentence": "Sci-fi comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” dominated at Sunday’s Oscars. It won in all of these categories except:", "choices": ["Best actor", "Best directing", "Best supporting actress", "Best supporting actor"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230317_11", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-17/", "question_sentence": "Which of these teams that missed out on the men’s NCAA Tournament also declined an invitation to the National Invitational Tournament?", "choices": ["Michigan", "Villanova", "North Carolina", "Florida"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230317_12", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-17/", "question_sentence": "Which country recently banned solo hiking at its national parks for safety reasons?", "choices": ["Canada", "Nepal", "Bangladesh", "Georgia"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230317_13", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-17/", "question_sentence": "Which NBA team was the first to get to 50 wins for the 2022-23 season and clinch a playoff spot?", "choices": ["Denver Nuggets", "Boston Celtics", "Milwaukee Bucks", "Philadelphia 76ers"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230317_14", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-17/", "question_sentence": "Pi Day, the annual holiday in honor of the mathematical constant π (pi), was this week. Which day was it?", "choices": ["Monday, March 13", "Tuesday, March 14", "Wednesday, March 15", "Thursday, March 16"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230317_15", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-17/", "question_sentence": "Season 3 of “Ted Lasso,” the beloved Emmy-winning comedy series, premiered this week. You can find it on which streaming platform?", "choices": ["Hulu", "Netflix", "Peacock", "Apple TV+"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230317_16", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-17/", "question_sentence": "Which communications company is set to acquire Ryan Reynolds’ prepaid wireless brand, Mint Mobile?", "choices": ["AT&T", "T-Mobile", "Verizon", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230317_17", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-17/", "question_sentence": "Which dog breed, according to the American Kennel Club, is now the most popular in the U.S., ending a 31-year reign of the Labrador retriever?", "choices": ["French Bulldog", "Rottweiler", "Maltese", "German Shepherd"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230317_18", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-17/", "question_sentence": "True or false: Travelers from China to the U.S. are no longer required to present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flights.", "choices": ["TRUE", "FALSE"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230317_19", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-03-17/", "question_sentence": "This week, former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was finally confirmed as ambassador to which country after a 20-month fight?", "choices": ["Brazil", "Argentina", "India", "Australia"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""}
{"question_id": "20230317_20", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/960086/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-march/", "question_sentence": "Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the 95th Academy Awards?", "choices": ["Angela Bassett", "Kerry Condon", "Jamie Lee Curtis", "Stephanie Hsu"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Bassett was considered the front runner for the gong, for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but lost out to Everything Everywhere All at Once star Curtis, in one of the biggest upsets of the night at Sunday’s awards ceremony."}
{"question_id": "20230317_21", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/960086/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-march/", "question_sentence": "What has Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Statement been dubbed?", "choices": ["The “levelling up” Budget", "The “back to work” Budget"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Presenting his first Budget to Parliament on Wednesday, Hunt laid out a range of measures intended to encourage economic growth by boosting employment, including extending free childcare and lifting a cap on tax-free pension savings."}
{"question_id": "20230317_22", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/960086/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-march/", "question_sentence": "UK ministers and civil servants have been banned from having which social media app on their work phones?", "choices": ["WhatsApp", "Twitter", "Instagram", "TikTok"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The ban on using the Chinese-owned video app on government devices follows a review by the National Cyber Security Centre and brings the UK in line with the US, Canada and the EU, amid worsening relations with Beijing."}
{"question_id": "20230317_23", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/960086/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-march/", "question_sentence": "A US man with the world's longest tongue has set another Guinness record by using it to do what?", "choices": ["Remove five Jenga blocks from a stack in 55.526 seconds", "Lick his elbow 72 times in 30 seconds", "Lap up a litre of ice cream in 94.45 seconds", "Seal 84 envelopes in 60 seconds"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "California resident Nick Stoeberl also uses his record-breaking tongue, which measures 3.97in (10.1cm), to paint pictures.<strong> </strong>"}
{"question_id": "20230317_24", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/960086/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-march/", "question_sentence": "Which popular holiday destination wants to swap British holidaymakers for “higher quality” tourists?", "choices": ["Lanzarote", "Gran Canaria", "Santorini", "Madeira"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The head of Lanzarote’s local government told a tourism trade fair in Berlin that the Canary island’s resorts had become overly reliant on “mass market” holidaymakers from the UK and should be focusing on visitors from Germany, “who spend more when they are here”."}
{"question_id": "20230317_25", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/960086/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-march/", "question_sentence": "Which annual sports event declared a “war on wee”?", "choices": ["Royal Ascot", "London Marathon", "Cheltenham Festival", "Six Nations"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "In a bid to prevent racegoers from urinating in public during this week’s meeting, Cheltenham Council provided liquid-repelling hydrophobic paint to residents and businesses. Officials in the Gloucestershire town also produced a poster showing a man and a woman peeing against a tree, with the slogan: “Have fun this race week but remember our town isn’t your toilet.”"}
{"question_id": "20230317_26", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/960086/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-march/", "question_sentence": "Scientists have warned that a 5,000-mile-long mass of what species of seaweed is drifting towards Florida’s coast?", "choices": ["Cladophora", "Ulva", "Sargassum", "Fucus"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt extends from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico and is on course to reach Florida during the region’s busiest summer months. As well as wreaking havoc on local ecosystems, after coming ashore the rotting seaweed emits toxic fumes that may be harmful to humans. Find out more with The Week Unwrapped podcast."}
{"question_id": "20230317_27", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/960086/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-march/", "question_sentence": "The newly revealed format for the 2026 World Cup features a total of how many matches?", "choices": ["68", "80", "96", "104"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Football’s global governing body Fifa has confirmed that the tournament – being co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico – is expanding from 32 to 48 teams, which will require 40 games more than the 64 played in Qatar last year."}
{"question_id": "20230317_28", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/960086/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-march/", "question_sentence": "A property dubbed “Britain’s loneliest home” after being put on the market is located where?", "choices": ["Yorkshire Dales", "Outer Hebrides", "Cumbria", "Dartmoor"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Estate agent Fisher Cooper has slashed £50,000 off the original £300,000 asking price for 3 Bleamoor Cottages, which isn’t accessible by car and is seven miles from the nearest town, Ingleton."}
{"question_id": "20230317_29", "question_date": "2023/03/17", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/960086/quiz-of-the-week-11-17-march/", "question_sentence": "The UK Space Agency has given £2.9m to Rolls-Royce to develop what for a future Moon base?", "choices": ["a  thermal battery system", "a lunar exploration buggy", "a nuclear micro-reactor", "a hovercraft for collecting samples"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Engineers and scientists at the British engineering giant are aiming to create a small and lightweight nuclear micro-reactor to provide power needed for humans to live and work on the Moon."}