Monday, 29 May 2017

Post Quizzes | Know Your News: The pope asks a question, the president's big trip and more

What's a butte? What's a mesa? Study up before you archipelago out of town this summer.; 10 questions from a turbulent week;
 
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The pope asks a question, the president's big trip and more
1
In a speech during his first overseas trip, President Trump called this gathering "historic and unprecedented."
The summit at the new NATO headquarters. His visit with the pope.
His meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders. The Group of Seven summit in Italy.
2
Authorities say the father and brother of the suicide bomber in the Manchester attack were both arrested in: 
Germany. Libya.
Syria. Turkey.
3
Which Trump Cabinet member said this in an interview: "I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind."
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
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What's a butte? What's a mesa? Study up before you archipelago out of town this summer.
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Carol M. Highsmith
You may have seen these rock formations in Monument Valley, along the Arizona-Utah border, in Western movies or TV shows. What are they?
Mesas Buttes
Hillocks Mini mountains
2
Sterling Zumbrunn/Conservation International
What do you call a group of islands, like these in Indonesia?
Archipelago Islet
Sea stack Skerry
3
Shamil Zhumatov/AP
This spacecraft is landing in a vast, flat grassland that stretches from Asia to Eastern Europe. What do you call this kind of place?
Bush Scrub
Desert Steppe
10 questions from a turbulent week
1
According to U.S. officials, the highly classified information President Trump revealed to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador was about:
Iran's nuclear ambitions. An al-Qaeda threat.
An Islamic State threat. North Korea's missile program.
2
Trump kicked off his first overseas trip as president in Saudi Arabia this weekend. Which of these is not true:
His daughter Ivanka was on the trip to Saudi Arabia. From Saudi Arabia, Trump will fly to Brussels for a G7 summit.
Trump is the first U.S. president to make Saudi Arabia his first foreign visit. He received Saudi Arabia's highest honor for a foreign dignitary.
3
What is EternalBlue?
A newly discovered planet in a nearby solar system. The Pantone Color Institute's color of the year.
A powerful hacking tool apparently stolen from the National Security Agency. A new chat app popular with post-millennials.
 
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