Monday, 7 August 2017

Post Quizzes | Know Your News: Honors and firsts: Are you up to date on the news?

The big rant, the giant jamboree and more; Can you tell which animal sounds the most excited?;
 
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Honors and firsts: Are you up to date on the news?
1
In a transcript of a Jan. 27 call with Mexico's president, which state did President Trump call "a drug-infested den"?
Maine. New York.
Illinois. New Hampshire.
2
This city reached a deal with International Olympic Committee leaders to host the 2028 Summer Games:
Paris. Beijing. 
Los Angeles.  Mexico City.
3
Russia capped the number of personnel at U.S. missions in the country at 455. Why 455?
It's exactly half the current number. Russia and the United States negotiated that number.
It's the number of Russian counterparts in the United States. It's a modest increase over the current number.
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The big rant, the giant jamboree and more
1
Where was Defense Secretary Jim Mattis when President Trump announced a ban on transgender troops?
At the White House with the president. Visiting service members in Iraq.
At the Pentagon. On vacation.
2
White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci ranted about the White House chief of staff in an obscenity-filled interview with:
The New York Times.  The New Yorker.
NPR. "Fox & Friends."
3
In an immigrant smuggling operation, several people were found dead in a tractor-trailer packed with people near a Walmart in:
Corpus Christi.  San Diego.
San Antonio. Phoenix.
Can you tell which animal sounds the most excited?
1
These are two recordings of a person speaking Tamil.A: https://soundcloud.com/bbguari/humanAB: https://soundcloud.com/bbguari/humanB(Credit: Daniel Bowling)
A B
2
This is a pig.
 
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