Monday, 27 November 2017

Post Quizzes | Know Your News: Special announcements

 
Post Quizzes | Know Your News
 
 
Special announcements
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Tens of thousands of people with outstanding warrants were removed from an FBI database that prohibits fugitives from:
Voting. Buying firearms.
Becoming police officers. Adopting children.
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Scores of people were killed in an attack on a mosque in this region on Friday.
The Gaza Strip. Dagestan.
The Sinai Peninsula. Kurdistan.
3
A submarine and its crew disappeared off the coast of Patagonia. The submarine is part of which country's military?
Chile. Brazil.
Bolivia. Argentina.
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The end of an era, a powerful quake and more
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For now, President Trump has decided to keep a ban on importing the remains of this animal killed for sport in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Leopards. Rhinos.
Lions. Elephants.
2
The American Heart Association and several other groups redefined high blood pressure as a reading of:
120 over 80. 130 over 80.
140 over 90. 150 over 90.
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Zimbabwe's military took control of the country Wednesday and detained its leader, President Robert Mugabe, who has been in power since:
1960. 1970.
1980. 1990.
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What are some of the lesser-known museums in Washington?
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Matt McClain / The Washington Post
While sometimes mistaken as part of the Smithsonian, this museum has a sculpture garden that features an ice rink in the winter.
National Gallery of Art National Portrait Gallery
American Art Museum Renwick Gallery
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Alex Wong / Getty Images
Design and architecture are the focus of this museum known for its annual summer exhibitions that uses the wide, typically empty space in the center.
Arts and Industries Building National Building Museum
Cooper Hewitt Hirshhorn
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Paul Morigi / Getty Images
This museum shows the history of communication through the media and only began its residency in Washington in 2008, after moving from across the river in Arlington, Virginia.
National Postal Museum The Torpedo Factory
National Geographic Museum Newseum
 
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