CNN10 News Quiz - Current Events 12/8/23

COP28, the annual international climate summit hosted by the UN, is taking place where this year?

• Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Kabul, Afghanistan

• Chicago, USA

In the upcoming 2024 presidential election season, the Biden campaign is preparing any possible legal fight against what?

• Computer Hackers

• 1. AI-generated images/election deep fakes

• Fake News

With the help of “urban surfers”, this country has become one of the best recycling nations on the planet.

• Kenya

• Sudan

• South Africa

Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly on a referendum to approve the takeover of an oil-rich region in which neighboring country?

• Guyana

• Brazil

• Peru

The world’s oldest living land animal, a Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan, has just celebrated his latest birthday. How old is he estimated to be now?

• 187 yrs old

• 191 yrs old

• 200 yrs old

A global exam taken by 15-year-olds showed students from around the world had a drop in which subject?

• English

• Science

• Mathematics

NCAA President Charlie Baker proposed a change that will allow top division one schools to do what for the first time?

• Pay their student-mathematicians directly

• 1. Pay their student-athletes directly

• Pay their student-artists directly

What’s the name of this type of restaurant business that boomed during the pandemic but is now crashing?

• Soup Kitchens

• Food Trucks

• Ghost Kitchens

Who was the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?

• Former Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor

• Former Justice, Sandra Sotomayor

• Former Justice, Ruth Ginsberg

The National Transportation Safety Board recently had a roundtable discussion with aviation and medical experts addressing this topic?

• Pilot's mental health

• Pilot salaries

• Pilot carelessness