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Analysts who examine satellite images of North Korea reported on Wednesday that they had spotted some unexpected activity at the country’s nuclear test site.
What was that activity?
Nuclear warheads being attached to missiles.
Multiple games of volleyball.
An outdoor screening of the film, “The Interview.”
Preparations for a nuclear test.
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A slim majority of Turkish voters approved revisions to the constitution on Sunday to give the president sweeping new powers. Several videos circulated on social media that purported to be evidence of fraud in the conduct of the referendum. What did the videos show?
A village leader stuffing four ballots into a box.
An individual marking multiple “yes” ballots.
An election official validating ballots after the deadline.
All of the above.
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Protesters took to the streets of Venezuela this week to demand elections and a return to democratic rule, after an economic and political crisis that has lasted for months and led to severe shortages of medicine and food. According to the International Monetary Fund, at official government prices, how much does a dozen eggs now cost in Venezuela?
$10.50
$15
$150
$1,500
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“We’re sending an armada,” President Trump recently said about an American aircraft carrier and several smaller warships that were being sent to the waters near South Korea to deter North Korean agression. Only there was a problem. What was that problem?
The crew of the carrier, the Carl Vinson, forgot to load the ship with food for the trip.
Only a fleet of Spanish ships can correctly be called an armada.
The carrier was steaming in the opposite direction, on its way to conduct exercises 3,500 miles away.
The carrier was docked in Connecticut at that time for repairs.
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The first round of voting in the French presidential election will be held on Sunday, April 23. How many candidates are running?
3
5
11
42
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Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain announced this week that a snap election would be held on June 8, almost three years early. Some observers say the vote will effectively be a second referendum on a contentious issue. Which issue is it?
Scottish independence.
Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.
The peace process in Northern Ireland.
A national ban on fish and chips.
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The United States dropped the “mother of all bombs” — the most powerful conventional bomb in the American arsenal — on an Islamic State cave complex in Afghanistan last week. How large and how expensive was the bomb?
It is a 20,000-pound weapon that costs about $170,000.
It is a 120,000-pound weapon that costs about $1,700,000.
It is a 20,000-pound weapon that, if you have to ask, you cannot afford.
It is a 10,000-pound weapon that costs about $70,000.
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Each spring, tourists flock to the eastern coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland, hoping to see the huge frozen chunks of broken glacier that drift by offshore. What are those waters informally called?
Icebergistan
Titanic Town
Iceberg Alley
Canada Dry on the Rocks
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