Current Events Weekly Sample Issue Answer Sheet

Issue# 0  - 5/28/2025

Game 1 10 20 40 80 Bonus
National Affairs   FALSE -- gas down, travel up   c) New Orleans -- 2 still at large   c) $1,000,000   George Floyd   b) Kilauea
Business   a) Round up -- things will cost slightly more   c) Apple   c) In-N-Out -- Habit was No. 1 last year   Europe   a) July 9
The Arts   Netflix b) Connie Francis -- she was biggest female singer back then     Cannes   Universal Epic Universe   c) Antisemitic
Science   a) 2014   b) Hydrogen bomb   c) Mammals   Sneezing or coughing into their hand   a) 11 -- youngest in California history
Politics   foreign   b) $600 million (goal is $1 billion)   West Point (US Military Academy)   Temporary Protected Status   c) Venezuela
World Affairs   "Palestine"   b) Alberta   Kim Kardashian   Raw sewage into the Pacific   Egypt
Sports   b) the US won 1-0 in overtime   c) Vanderbilt (one of 13 SEC teams in)   Rafael Nadal   Alex Palou   b) unapproved car modifications
Odds & Ends   Pigeon   c) spoons   a) cow   Chicks (baby chickens)   a) 1938 (Virginia Tech)


Game 2 10 20 40 80 Bonus
National Affairs   a) San Diego -- no one on ground died   b) Pit Bull -- 27% of all bites, 61 fatalities   Horse-drawn carriages -- two horses had died   Civil War -- 1st observance in 1868   c) 1971
Business   Apple -- especially iPhones   a) Ralph Lauren/Polo Bitcoin     Checked bag fees   b) Rooftop solar -- for houses
The Arts   "Mission Impossible -- The Final Reckoning"   c) Miley Cyrus   Kermit the Frog   Billy Joel -- fell over during a performance   Taylor Swift
Science   TRUE   a) China   c) Vit. D   Razor blades -- often called "razor blade throat"   a) Soap and water
Politics   a) House--now goes to the Senate   b) Catholic   Arlington   "Golden Dome"   Qatar
World Affairs   South Africa -- Ramaphosa strongly denied   b) Warship   d) 1,000   Venezuela   Mount Everest
Sports   a) strike out a batter   c) 55 (Gil Hodges, Cody Bellinger)   SGA (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander)   Lacrosse (men's)   b) Ross Chastain
Odds & Ends   a) a Chinese rocket   c) 143,000   b) 400   Cargo ship (run aground)   c) Smurfs

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