Current Events Quiz May 6, 2025

Mark Carney, the Liberal Party leader, won the race to become Canada’s next prime minister on a platform opposing Trump’s aggression. The Liberals’ rallying cry, “Elbows up,” has its origin in which pastime?

• Ice fishing

• Ice hockey

• Ice climbing

• Ice canoe racing

This image shows Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s prime minister, meeting where?

• The White House

• The UK's Palace of Westminster

• The U.S. Capitol

• The Vatican

What U.S. state announced last week that it would require schools to ban smartphone use during school hours?

• New York

• California

• Virginia

• Massachusetts

Beyoncé kicked off her Cowboy Carter Tour last week in California with her daughters joining her onstage. What are her two daughters’ names?

• Caroline

• North

• Blue Ivy

• Rumi

Who answers the student dilemma in this week's edition of The ISB Ethicist?

• Brady Hintz

• Finn Akin

• Jaya Baluci

• Riley Thomas

Recreational drinking habits among high school students is falling.

• True

• False

What did President Trump recently post on social media that caused outrage?

• An AI-generated image of him as a Nobel Prize winner

• An AI-generated image of him as a king

• An AI-generated photo of him as the pope

• An AI-generated image of him as the winner of the Masters golf tournament

After 50 years of strict enforcement, what rule is now being relaxed for Thai school students?

• The rule about skirt length

• The rule about hair length

• The rule about uniforms

• The rule about compulsory homework

What is the name of the AI tool ISB provides to all of its high school students?

• OpenAI

• ChatGPT

• Poe

• Gemini

ChatGPT commodifies (makes money on) user information and makes no guarantee to keep information priviate?

• True

• False