Current Events Trivia 3/24

The 2023 COVID-19 and flu season is finally waning. In what two months was there a peak of illness across the nation?

• Dec - Jan

• Jan - Feb

• Nov - Dec

• July - Aug

Earlier this month, news broke that what California institution had failed, creating concern and panic across the nation as Americans wondered how it would affect them in their state?

• bank failure

• hospital failure

• school failure

• prison failure

March is “Women’s History Month.” In 1847, who was the first woman to run for President of the United States?

• Antoinette Blackwell

• Geraldine Ferraro

• Jane Goodall

• Victoria Woodhull Martin

This week is “National Agriculture Week.” In the past three decades, the average age of a U.S. farmer has risen to what age?

• 38

• 43

• 58

• 63

Last week, President Biden was in what state to sign a gun control executive order?

• New York

• Illinois

• Oregon

• California

Mary Lou McDonald is the leader of Sein Fein, a political party in Great Britain. The party is known for its strong stance for what land’s sovereignty?

• Ukraine

• Ireland

• Scotland

• Whales

What nation recently confirmed that its intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity?

• Iran

• Israel

• North Korea

• China

Hamas is the Islamic militant group that rules what territory, a narrow strip of land on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea that borders Egypt?

• Bahrain

• Gaza Strip

• Judea

• West Bank

The European Union has much economic and social power in Europe. The European Union is made up how many European states?

• 12

• 18

• 24

• 27

The Holy See is the universal government of the Catholic Church and operates from a “City State” called the Vatican. The Vatican is a sovereign, independent territory located in what southern European nation?

• Greece

• France

• Italy

• Spain