Current Event 4/1/21 and Biden Cabinet

A mammoth cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal was finally set free on March 29, six days after it became stuck. The canal, located in Egypt, is one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries.

Which country shown above is Egypt?

• A

• B

• C

• D

On March 22, a gunman opened fire at a grocery store in __, killing 10 people, including a police officer. It was the second mass shooting in the United States in less than a week.

• Boulder, Colorado

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Kansas City, Mo.

• Portland, Ore.

Georgia Republicans on March 25 passed a sweeping law to________________- in the state.

• change admissions policies for private schools

• legalize recreational marijuana

• restrict voting access

• strengthen background checks for gun buyers

Beverly Cleary, who enthralled tens of millions of young readers with the adventures and mishaps of many beloved characters, died on March 25 at 104.

Which of the following children’s books did she NOT write:

• “Charlotte’s Web”

• “Henry Huggins”

• “Ramona Quimby, Age 8”

• “The Mouse and the Motorcycle”

Residents of Georgia and Alabama on March 26 began cleaning up the wreckage after powerful_____________ ripped through the two states during the night, killing at least six people, downing power lines and trees and shredding residential neighborhoods.

• tornadoes

• wildfires

• flash floods

• earthquakes

Insurgents seized control of much of a town in______________ on March 27, after a three-day siege that has left at least several people dead and hundreds of other civilians unaccounted for as government forces try to regain control.

• Algeria

• Rwanda

• South Africa

• Mozambique

The Library of Congress added 25 recordings to the National Recording Registry, including Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation 1814,” Nas’s 1994 album “Illmatic” and an 1878 Thomas Edison recording that may be the oldest playable recording of an American voice.

Which popular children’s song was also included in this year’s selection?

• Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark”

• Elsa’s “Let It Go” from “Frozen”

• Kermit the Frog’s “The Rainbow Connection” from “The Muppet Movie"

• The “Barney & Friends” theme song "I Love You"

On March 24, the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, an international team of radio astronomers, released the striking image above. What is it a photo of?

• The collision between two planets

• The polarized light from a galaxy’s giant black hole

• An unidentified flying object

• A shooting star

“Sophia Instantiation,” a 12-second video file that sold for nearly $700,000, was the latest in the frenzied market for digital art — and possibly the first created in part by __________________

• a child under 5 years old

• a chimpanzee

• an unknown artist

• a robot

Three of the articles below about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were recently published in The New York Times. One is from the satirical site The Onion. Which is the fake news story?

• “In a Boost to Reopening Schools, C.D.C. Says Students Can Be 3 Feet Apart”

• "C.D.C. Places Star Stickers On Bulletin Board Next To Names Of Americans Who Followed Rules Whole Pandemic"

• "The C.D.C. Links Restaurant Dining and Lack of Mask Mandates to Virus’s Spread in the U.S.”

• “Vaccinated Americans Getting Their Second Doses on Time, the C.D.C. Says”