| {"question_id": "20230120_0_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/19", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-19-sec/", "question_sentence": "Temperatures in the world’s coldest city plunged to -80 degrees Fahrenheit this week. Which city holds the title of the coldest?", "choices": ["Anchorage, Alaska", "Yellowknife, Canada", "Duluth, Minnesota", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The coldest city in the world is <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/yakutsk-russia-cold-snap-freeze-intl-hnk/index.html\">Yakutsk, Russia</a>. Residents say they still manage to get outside for work and errands, even though temperatures have plunged to an unimaginable -80.9 degrees Fahrenheit."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_1_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/19", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-19-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which national holiday was celebrated this week?", "choices": ["Columbus Day", "Labor Day", "Veterans Day", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Monday was <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/us/mlk-i-have-a-dream-speech-blake-cec/index.html\">Martin Luther King Jr. Day</a>, a national holiday celebrating the birthday of the civil rights leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_2_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/19", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-19-sec/", "question_sentence": "A deadly plane crash recently occurred in which South Asian country?", "choices": ["Sri Lanka", "Bhutan", "India", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Yeti Airlines flight 691 crashed in Nepal on January 15. There were 72 people on board, including four crew members, according to an airline spokesperson. With all but one body recovered, the crash marks the <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/asia/nepal-plane-crash-yeti-airlines-video-intl-hnk/index.html\">country’s deadliest air disaster</a> in more than 30 years."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_3_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/19", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-19-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which major sports tournament is currently underway?", "choices": ["Australian Open", "Wimbledon", "FIFA World Cup", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Tennis greats from around the world are facing off at the <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/tennis/rafael-nadal-australian-open-injuries-spt-intl/index.html\">Australian Open</a>. In a major upset this week, 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal was knocked out in the second round by American Mackenzie McDonald."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_4_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/19", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-19-sec/", "question_sentence": "How many US states have taken action to restrict TikTok on government devices?", "choices": ["3", "10", "16", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "A total of 31 states have <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/tech/tiktok-state-restrictions/index.html\">restricted TikTok</a> on government devices. The accelerating backlash from both Republican and Democratic governors comes amid renewed security concerns about how the platform handles user data and fears that it could find its way to the Chinese government."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_5_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/19", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-19-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which major tech company announced 10,000 job cuts this week?", "choices": ["Apple", "Microsoft", "Uber", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Microsoft is the latest tech company to <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/tech/microsoft-layoffs/index.html\">reduce staff</a> because of growing economic uncertainty. The job cuts represent about 5% of the company’s total workforce, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_6_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/19", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-19-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which professional sports team was invited to the White House this week?", "choices": ["Golden State Warriors", "Los Angeles Rams", "Buffalo Bills", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "President Joe Biden <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/biden-golden-state-warriors-white-house/index.html\">welcome</a><a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/biden-golden-state-warriors-white-house/index.html\">d</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/biden-golden-state-warriors-white-house/index.html\">the Golden State Warriors</a> back to the White House on Tuesday to celebrate their 2022 NBA championship."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_7_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/19", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-19-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which country’s prime minister unexpectedly announced that she will resign within weeks?", "choices": ["Norway", "Finland", "New Zealand", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "New Zealand Prime Minister <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/asia/new-zealand-jacinda-ardern-not-seeking-reelection-intl-hnk/index.html\">Jacinda Ardern</a> announced that she will resign within weeks, saying she doesn’t believe she has the energy to seek reelection in the October polls."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_8_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/19", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-19-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which US state’s governor is pushing to permanently ban coronavirus vaccine mandates?", "choices": ["Florida", "Alabama", "Texas", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Amid rising Covid-19 cases across the US, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/politics/desantis-covid-policy-florida/index.html\">Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis</a> is pushing to permanently ban coronavirus vaccine and face mask mandates in his state. DeSantis, a vocal Covid-19 skeptic, also wants to prevent doctors from losing their medical licenses if they stake out positions that contradict medical consensus."} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_9_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/19", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/01/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-january-19-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which superstar singer announced a new world tour this week?", "choices": ["Celine Dion", "Madonna", "Rihanna", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Madonna fans were overjoyed about <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/entertainment/madonna-celebration-tour/index.html\">her new tour announcement</a> this week, which according to her site, <a href=\"https://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-announces-the-celebration-tour\"></a>“will take us on Madonna’s artistic journey through four decades and pays respect to the city of New York where her career in music began.”"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_10_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-20/", "question_sentence": "West Virginia announced an $87 million settlement with which company for its role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the state?", "choices": ["Rite Aid", "Costco", "CVS", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_11_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-20/", "question_sentence": "Which tech company confirmed this week that it was laying off 10,000 of its employees?", "choices": ["Meta", "Apple", "Microsoft", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_12_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-20/", "question_sentence": "Steve Martin announced the show ‘Only Murders in the Building’ has started filming again. Which actor is a new addition this upcoming season?", "choices": ["Meryl Streep", "Lupita Nyong'o", "Kate Hudson", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_13_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-20/", "question_sentence": "All of these stars will co-chair this year’s Met Gala with Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, except:", "choices": ["Dua Lipa", "Michaela Coel", "Leslie Odom Jr.", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_14_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-20/", "question_sentence": "China’s birth rate declined for the first time in decades in 2022. It has been the world’s most populous nation since at least:", "choices": ["1950", "1978", "1990", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_15_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-20/", "question_sentence": "This four-time WNBA champion stepped away from basketball in 2018, but finally made her retirement official this week on \"Good Morning America.\"", "choices": ["Diana Taurasi", "Seimone Augustus", "Elena Delle Donne", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_16_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-20/", "question_sentence": "The Mega Millions jackpot was won in back-to-back drawings, with the winning purchased tickets in which states?", "choices": ["Michigan and New Jersey", "California and Florida", "Nevada and Texas", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_17_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-20/", "question_sentence": "A French woman named Lucile Randon, believed to be the world’s oldest person, died this week. What age was she?", "choices": ["102", "114", "118", "None of the above"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_18_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-20/", "question_sentence": "Brendan Fraser won the Critics Choice award for best actor this past weekend. He has starred in all of these movies except:", "choices": ["The Whale'", "Notting Hill'", "Monkeybone'", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_19_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2023-01-20/", "question_sentence": "Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested Monday after how many years on the run?", "choices": ["20", "30", "35", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_20_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959340/quiz-of-the-week-14-20-january/", "question_sentence": "A newly unveiled $10m sculpture in Boston honouring Martin Luther King Jr. was created by which US artist?", "choices": ["Hank Willis Thomas", "Paul McCarthy", "Jennifer Holzer", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "The sculpture, called The Embrace, was inspired by a photo of the civil rights activist hugging his wife, Coretta Scott King, but has been criticised as ‘obscene’ and ‘pornographic looking’"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_21_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959340/quiz-of-the-week-14-20-january/", "question_sentence": "The chair of the Food Standards Agency warned this week that doing what was as harmful to health as passive smoking?", "choices": ["Buying alcoholic drinks in rounds", "Taking cake to work", "Adding sugar to tea and coffee", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Professor Susan Jebb warned against tempting colleagues with sweet treats, telling The Times that people ‘undervalue’ the impact of their environment on their eating choices"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_22_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959340/quiz-of-the-week-14-20-january/", "question_sentence": "Residents of which European capital are to vote on whether to ban e-scooters?", "choices": ["London", "Paris", "Berlin", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Scheduled for 2 April, the public referendum follows thousands of crashes, some fatal, involving the electric vehicles in the French capital"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_23_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959340/quiz-of-the-week-14-20-january/", "question_sentence": "Locals in the Spanish village San Bartolome de Pinares honour Saint Anthony every 16 January by doing what?", "choices": ["Throwing tomatoes at children", "Jumping over babies", "Climbing trees naked", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The tradition of riding horses through a string of bonfires in the village’s streets is a centuries-old purification ritual to ward off sickness"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_24_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959340/quiz-of-the-week-14-20-january/", "question_sentence": "Which woodland creatures have returned to Hampshire for the first time in 400 years?", "choices": ["Wolves", "Lynx", "Bears", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Beavers were hunted to extinction in England in the 16th century. But now a pair named Chompy and Hazel have been released into an enclosure at Ewhurst Park near Basingstoke, as part of a rewilding project"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_25_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959340/quiz-of-the-week-14-20-january/", "question_sentence": "The UK government is racing to replace thousands of EU laws that will lapse when?", "choices": ["1 September 2023", "30 November 2023", "1 February 2024", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Rishi Sunak this week doubled down on the end-of-year deadline to repeal or replace around 4,000 pieces of legislation that were retained after Britain quit the bloc"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_26_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959340/quiz-of-the-week-14-20-january/", "question_sentence": "Which UK religious group has reported a 200% increase in membership in the last five years?", "choices": ["The Wiccan Alliance", "Church of Scientology Advanced Organisation", "Spiritualists' National Union", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Chaplain Leopold of the Global Order of Satan UK told The Sunday Telegraph that young people were embracing alternatives to ‘outdated’ and ‘dogmatic’ traditional religions"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_27_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959340/quiz-of-the-week-14-20-january/", "question_sentence": "Tory MPs have reportedly been told not to use which Boris Johnson-era slogan?", "choices": ["Build Back Better", "Global Britain", "Get Brexit Done", "None of the above"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "Conservative MPs in key marginal seats told The Times they were being told to ditch the slogan in favour of alternatives because ‘no one knows what it means’"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_28_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959340/quiz-of-the-week-14-20-january/", "question_sentence": "Which pop icon will embark on her 40th anniversary tour this year?", "choices": ["Madonna", "Grace Jones", "Cyndi Lauper", "None of the above"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Marking the 40th anniversary of her breakout single Holiday, The Celebration Tour will start in Vancouver, in July, and finish in Amsterdam, in December"} | |
| {"question_id": "20230120_29_nota", "question_date": "2023/01/20", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/959340/quiz-of-the-week-14-20-january/", "question_sentence": "Jacinda Ardern has announced her resignation after serving as New Zealand’s prime minister since when?", "choices": ["2016", "2017", "2019", "None of the above"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Ardern said that after a ‘challenging’ five-and-a-half years, she no longer had ‘enough in the tank’ to continue as the country’s leader"} | |