Monday, 3 July 2017

Post Quizzes | Know Your News: It's getting hotter

"Harry Potter" turns 20. How much do you know about the seven-book series?; It's officially summer. Let's play.;
 
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It's getting hotter
1
A modified U.S. travel ban took effect Thursday. Under the new guidelines, which relatives are not considered "close family"?
Spouses. Sons-in-law.
Grandparents. Adult children.
2
A massive cyberattack hit Europe again this week. More than half the infected computers were in:
Russia. The Netherlands.
Ukraine. Britain.
3
Cardinal George Pell, a senior Vatican official, was charged with multiple sexual offenses in Australia. What is his job at the Vatican?
Climate-change policy adviser. Communications chief.
Finance chief. Security adviser.
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"Harry Potter" turns 20. How much do you know about the seven-book series?
1
Warner Bros. Pictures
On which street did Harry Potter live with his aunt, uncle and cousin? 
Charring Cross Road Wisteria Walk
Privet Drive Magnolia Road
2
Warner Bros. Pictures
Minerva McGonagall is a professor of what subject?
Charms Transfiguration
History of magic Herbology
3
John Raoux/AP
Harry and his friends often bought treats on the Hogwarts Express trolley. Which of these treats wasn't available?
Cauldron Cakes Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans 
Pumpkin Pasties Jelly Beetles 
It's officially summer. Let's play.
1
Dozens of flights were canceled at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport this week. Why?
Flight attendants went on strike. The flights were dramatically undersold. 
Extreme heat. A fuel shortage.
2
The Georgia special election for a House seat was:
Won by the widest margin in House history. The most expensive House race in history.
The first special election for a House seat this year. All of the above.
3
Who wrote on Facebook that "fundamental meanness" was at the core of the Senate's Obamacare repeal bill:
Hillary Clinton Barack Obama
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Sen. Chuck Schumer
 
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