| {"question_id": "20220722_0", "question_date": "2022/07/21", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/07/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-july-21-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which high-ranking US official tested positive for Covid-19 this week?", "choices": ["Secretary of State Antony Blinken", "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi", "Vice President Kamala Harris", "President Joe Biden"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "<a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/21/politics/joe-biden-covid-19/index.html\">President Joe Biden</a> tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_1", "question_date": "2022/07/21", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/07/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-july-21-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which type of extreme weather swept through several European countries this week, including the UK, Spain, and France?", "choices": ["Hail storms", "Monsoon rains", "Heat waves", "Lighting storms"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Europe has been sweltering in <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/18/weather/europe-uk-heatwave-wildfires-france-spain-intl/index.html\">extreme heat</a> this week, with raging wildfires in France and Spain forcing thousands of evacuations. The UK also saw its third-hottest day on record on Monday."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_2", "question_date": "2022/07/21", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/07/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-july-21-sec/", "question_sentence": "What special announcement did celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck make this week?", "choices": ["They bought a house together", "They got married", "They’re expecting a baby", "They’re co-starring in a new film"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/17/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-married/index.html\">officially tied the knot</a>. Lopez confirmed in the couple wed during an “intimate ceremony in Las Vegas.”"} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_3", "question_date": "2022/07/21", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/07/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-july-21-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which product remains difficult to find in many US stores due to a nationwide shortage?", "choices": ["Paper towels", "Toilet paper", "Baby formula", "Toothpaste"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "Despite dozens of international flights loaded with <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/20/business/baby-formula-farmworkers/index.html\">baby formula</a> that have already come into the US, experts say the product hasn’t been replenished in stores."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_4", "question_date": "2022/07/21", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/07/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-july-21-sec/", "question_sentence": "San Francisco officials opened a massive park this week in which unusual location?", "choices": ["On top of a freeway tunnel", "On the top of a high-rise building", "On the Golden Gate Bridge", "On Alcatraz Island"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Since space is a hot commodity in San Francisco, developers used the <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/presidio-tunnel-tops-parkland-san-francisco-california/index.html\">top of a</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/presidio-tunnel-tops-parkland-san-francisco-california/index.html\">busy</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/presidio-tunnel-tops-parkland-san-francisco-california/index.html\">freeway tunnel</a> to create a 14-acre urban oasis."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_5", "question_date": "2022/07/21", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/07/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-july-21-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which state has the highest average price for a gallon of regular gas?", "choices": ["Alaska", "Texas", "Florida", "California"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "While gasoline prices are <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/18/energy/gas-less-than-4-dollars-a-gallon/index.html\">decreasing in some areas</a>, all 50 states still have an average price of more than $4 a gallon, with California at the highest at around $5.80."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_6", "question_date": "2022/07/21", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/07/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-july-21-sec/", "question_sentence": "US first lady Jill Biden met with the first lady of which country this week?", "choices": ["Ukraine", "Nigeria", "Mexico", "North Korea"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/19/politics/jill-biden-olena-zelenska-ukraine/index.html\">met with Jill Biden at the White House</a> this week as part of her high-profile trip to the US. Biden and Zelenska first met in person in May when Biden made a <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/08/politics/jill-biden-ukraine-visit/index.html\">stealth trip to Ukraine</a>."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_7", "question_date": "2022/07/21", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/07/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-july-21-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which company’s stock became substantially cheaper for everyday investors after a massive 20-for-1 stock split this week?", "choices": ["Tesla", "Google", "Amazon", "Nintendo"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "One share of Google’s parent company Alphabet is <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/18/investing/google-alphabet-stock-split/index.html\">suddenly a lot more affordable</a> following a huge stock split that took effect Monday. The split reduced the price of one share from just over $2,200 to about $110."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_8", "question_date": "2022/07/21", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/07/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-july-21-sec/", "question_sentence": "How many minutes did then-President Donald Trump let violence play out at the US Capitol during the insurrection on January 6, 2021?", "choices": ["17", "45", "103", "187"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "For <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/20/politics/what-we-learned-trump-187-minutes/index.html\">187 minutes</a>, Trump failed to make any effort to tell the rioters to leave the Capitol or to try to help lawmakers, according to the House select committee investigating the insurrection. The committee is trying to make the case that Trump was derelict in his duties during that period of a little more than three hours."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_9", "question_date": "2022/07/21", "question_source": "CNN", "question_url": "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/07/us/cnn-5-things-news-quiz-july-21-sec/", "question_sentence": "Which menu item did KFC roll out this week to attract a younger crowd?", "choices": ["Hot dogs", "Chicken nuggets", "Hamburgers", "Grilled cheese sandwiches"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Kentucky Fried Chicken is offering <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/18/business/kfc-chicken-nuggets/index.html\">nuggets</a> in some restaurants to “target younger customers, like Gen Z and Millennials,” according to a KFC company spokesman. Earlier this year, the chicken chain also offered a plant-based chicken nugget alternative for a limited time."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_10", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-07-22/", "question_sentence": "MLB held its annual All-Star Game on Tuesday. Who was the game’s MVP?", "choices": ["Clayton Kershaw", "Giancarlo Stanton", "Byron Buxton", "Shohei Ohtani"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_11", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-07-22/", "question_sentence": "Scientists this week placed which insect on the endangered list?", "choices": ["Monarch butterflies", "Western honeybee", "Madagascar hissing cockroach", "Spotted lanternfly"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_12", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-07-22/", "question_sentence": "A school district based in which city will require students to use clear or mesh backpacks?", "choices": ["Miami, Florida", "Seattle, Washington", "Dallas, Texas", "Des Moines, Iowa"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_13", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-07-22/", "question_sentence": "Netflix says it lost how many subscribers in the three months ending June 30?", "choices": ["200,000", "350,000", "640,000", "970,000"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_14", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-07-22/", "question_sentence": "Devon Allen was disqualified in the 100-meter hurdles finals at the championships after leaping out of the blocks too quickly by:", "choices": ["One second", "One-tenth of a second", "One-hundredth of a second", "One-thousandth of a second"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_15", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-07-22/", "question_sentence": "Author Delia Owens is wanted for questioning in a decades-old murder in Zambia. What's the title of her best-selling novel?", "choices": ["\"Gone Girl\"", "\"Where the Crawdads Sing\"", "\"Beasts of the Southern Wild\"", "\"Verity\""], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_16", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-07-22/", "question_sentence": "Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot over the weekend, nearly 20 years after breaking their first engagement. Where did the couple meet?", "choices": ["On the set of \"Gigli\"", "At the Grammy Awards", "On the set of \"Jersey Girl\"", "At the Super Bowl"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_17", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-07-22/", "question_sentence": "The United Kingdom broke its record for highest recorded temperature during a scorching heat wave this week. What was the new high mark?", "choices": ["102.4 F", "103.1 F", "104.5 F", "105.1 F"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_18", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-07-22/", "question_sentence": "A protest at the Supreme Court resulted in the arrest of 35 people, including 17 members of Congress. What were they protesting for?", "choices": ["Gun control", "Climate change", "Abortion rights", "Green energy"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_19", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "USAtoday", "question_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/quiz/news-quiz/2022-07-22/", "question_sentence": "True or false: A case of polio was reported in the US this week for the first time since 1979, when the disease was declared eliminated.", "choices": ["TRUE", "FALSE"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": ""} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_20", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957441/quiz-of-the-week-16-23-july/", "question_sentence": "As temperatures in the UK hit record highs this week, where was the hottest temperature of 40.3C recorded?", "choices": ["Heathrow airport", "Coningsby, Lincolnshire", "St James’s Park, London", "Charlwood, Surrey", ""], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Coningsby reached 40.3C at approximately 4pm on Tuesday, beating the previous record of 38.7C at Cambridge Botanic Garden in 2019."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_21", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957441/quiz-of-the-week-16-23-july/", "question_sentence": "Which two candidates are in the final ballot to become the next Conservative Party leader and prime minister?", "choices": ["Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak", "Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt", "Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt", "Rishi Sunak and Tom Tugendhat"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Sunak and Truss face a summer of campaigning before the winner is announced on 5 September. The latest polling of Conservative Party members found 62% back Truss and 38% favour Sunak."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_22", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957441/quiz-of-the-week-16-23-july/", "question_sentence": "The prime minister of which European nation stepped down this week?", "choices": ["United Kingdom", "Italy", "Greece", "France"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Mario Draghi won a confidence vote on Wednesday, but three of his coalition partners did not take part. He quit, triggering the dissolution of parliament and forcing President Sergio Mattarella to call an election."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_23", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957441/quiz-of-the-week-16-23-july/", "question_sentence": "What social media platform is the fastest growing news source for UK adults, according to a survey by Ofcom?", "choices": ["Facebook", "BeReal", "TikTok", "Instagram"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "TikTok is used by 7% of adults for news, according to the survey, with nearly half of users getting their news from fellow TikTokers rather than traditional media outlets."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_24", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957441/quiz-of-the-week-16-23-july/", "question_sentence": "According to the National Fire Chiefs Council, how many wildfires have there been in England and Wales since the start of the year?", "choices": ["220", "320", "420", "520"], "answer": ["2"], "evidence": "The number so far this year is double that of the whole of 2021, which saw 247 wildfires, and there were 200 the year before that, according to the NFCC."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_25", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957441/quiz-of-the-week-16-23-july/", "question_sentence": "Texas State University is running a course on which British pop star?", "choices": ["Adele", "Harry Styles", "Dua Lipa", "Sam Smith"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "The university will run a course entitled “Harry Styles and the cult of celebrity: identity, the internet, and European pop culture”. The Telegraph noted that US colleges have previously offered courses on Lady Gaga and Beyoncé."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_26", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957441/quiz-of-the-week-16-23-july/", "question_sentence": "The Football Association is to trial a ban on which commonly used skill in under-12s matches?", "choices": ["Slide tackling", "Heading", "Step overs", "Scorpion kicks"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Described as a “landmark” trial by The Telegraph, England will become the first European country to ban heading in young children’s football due to fears over the link between head impacts and neurological diseases."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_27", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957441/quiz-of-the-week-16-23-july/", "question_sentence": "Which country confirmed its first ever cases of Marburg virus this week, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola?", "choices": ["Ghana", "Germany", "Uganda", "France"], "answer": ["0"], "evidence": "Two people who tested positive for the illness in Ghana died earlier this month. Medical staff in Ghana said 98 people are now under quarantine as suspected contact cases, but none has developed symptoms so far."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_28", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957441/quiz-of-the-week-16-23-july/", "question_sentence": "Which UK supermarket launched its Christmas campaign in the middle of July?", "choices": ["Waitrose", "Tesco", "Marks & Spencer", "Sainsbury’s"], "answer": ["1"], "evidence": "Tesco released a Christmas advert in midsummer to try to help its customers spread the cost of the festive season as food prices rise sharply. Clubcard members can now save vouchers and be sent them in November."} | |
| {"question_id": "20220722_29", "question_date": "2022/07/22", "question_source": "THE WEEK", "question_url": "https://www.theweek.co.uk/quiz-of-the-week/957441/quiz-of-the-week-16-23-july/", "question_sentence": "By what percentage will council tax bills rise in Wales for second homes, under new plans to control the number of holiday homes and lets in the country?", "choices": ["50%", "100%", "200%", "300%"], "answer": ["3"], "evidence": "The Welsh government has given councils powers to “set a ceiling” on second home numbers. Second homes are blamed for property value inflation that has priced out locals in holiday hotspots."} | |