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January 29, 2016
Three days ahead of the Iowa caucuses, CNN Student News is explaining what exactly will happen in the state and why its nomination contests are the first in the U.S. As a mosquito-borne virus spreads “explosively” in the Americas, we’re telling you what’s known about it, how many infections are predicted, and what actions are being considered in response to it. A nearly priceless potato photo and a Character Study involving definitions of success wrap up our Friday coverage!
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WEEKLY NEWSQUIZ
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1. The winter storm system that struck the U.S. last weekend caused more flooding in some parts of the New Jersey Shore than what named storm from 2012?
2. Name the African country that has seen months of political violence since President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a controversial third term.
3. What nation includes Amami Oshima island, which received snow for the first time in 115 years as unusually cold weather swept across the region?
4. Health officials expect that the Zika virus will spread to all but two nations in the Western Hemisphere. Name one of these two countries that’s NOT likely to be affected.
5. What nation’s legislature passed a controversial law this week concerning the potential confiscation of migrants’ valuables?
6. What two-word term is used to describe the series of uprisings that began in the Middle East and North Africa in 2010?
7. Name the place once considered the “Gateway to America,” where millions of people were identified and given permission to enter the U.S. between 1892 and 1954.
8. Following the arrest of their leader, a group of armed protesters continues to occupy a federal building in a rural part of what U.S. state?
9. During what decade was the Zika virus discovered in Africa?
10. What U.S. state holds the first-in-the-nation contests that help determine the Democratic and Republican nominees for president?
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