[Printer Friendly Version] [How to E-mail This Article to A Friend] Answer all of the questions on the quiz, then select the Score button to grade the quiz. There are 15 Questions total. 1. An important skeleton discovered in 1974 was named: homo sapiens Lucy The link Charlie 2. What is the service that will allow MP3s to be downloaded without a computer? QuickFast network Wi-Fi Napster Now 3. Who is the formal baseball player that has a son performing on American Idol? Mark McGuire Ozzie Smith Jose Canseco Ted Williams 4. Senator Daniel Inouye, of _________, wants the FCC to investigate whether news stories made by government are against the law. Washington, D.C. Hawaii Ireland Nebraska 5. If current obesity trends continue, average life expectancies are projected to drop by how much in the future? 2 to 5 months 2 to 5 days 2 to 5 years 2 to 5 decades 6. What event did three judges score incorrectly at the Athens Summer Olympics, resulting in their recent suspensions? women’s gymnastics men’s basketball women’s synchronized swimming men’s gymnastics 7. How much money did high-tech robbers try to steal from a bank in London? $400,000 $5 million $421.2 million $1.25 million 8. As a child, author John Feinstein planned on being what? Quarterback for the Giants President of the United States Point guard for the Knicks An Olympic swimmer 9. What is the name of the place in Alaska where drillers want to drill for oil? Artic National Wildlife Refuge The Wildlife Refuge of Artic Alaska Yosemite National Park The Igloo National Wildlife Refuge 10. When was the first St. Patrick's Day parade? 2002 1762 2005 1854 11. How many members were elected to Iraq’s first National Assembly? 200 250 275 300 12. The U.S. government group that protects the country’s environment is called: The Environment Rangers The Pollution Patrol Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Department of Pollution 13. What disease has caused 43 horses to be put under quarantine in Kentucky? Strangles Asthma E. Coli The flu 14. What does RHIC stand for? Real Hip Icon’s Couch Red Hole In Collusion Realistic Heavy Ion Collider Real Hard Ion Core 15. Where is Zimbabwe? South America Africa Latin America Southeast Asia [Site Map] [[Cool Schools] (c)1999-2006 Kidsnewsroom.org, All Rights Reserved.
1. An important skeleton discovered in 1974 was named:
homo sapiens Lucy The link Charlie
2. What is the service that will allow MP3s to be downloaded without a computer?
QuickFast network Wi-Fi Napster Now
3. Who is the formal baseball player that has a son performing on American Idol?
Mark McGuire Ozzie Smith Jose Canseco Ted Williams
4. Senator Daniel Inouye, of _________, wants the FCC to investigate whether news stories made by government are against the law.
Washington, D.C. Hawaii Ireland Nebraska
5. If current obesity trends continue, average life expectancies are projected to drop by how much in the future?
2 to 5 months 2 to 5 days 2 to 5 years 2 to 5 decades
6. What event did three judges score incorrectly at the Athens Summer Olympics, resulting in their recent suspensions?
women’s gymnastics men’s basketball women’s synchronized swimming men’s gymnastics
7. How much money did high-tech robbers try to steal from a bank in London?
$400,000 $5 million $421.2 million $1.25 million
8. As a child, author John Feinstein planned on being what?
Quarterback for the Giants President of the United States Point guard for the Knicks An Olympic swimmer
9. What is the name of the place in Alaska where drillers want to drill for oil?
Artic National Wildlife Refuge The Wildlife Refuge of Artic Alaska Yosemite National Park The Igloo National Wildlife Refuge
10. When was the first St. Patrick's Day parade?
2002 1762 2005 1854
11. How many members were elected to Iraq’s first National Assembly?
200 250 275 300
12. The U.S. government group that protects the country’s environment is called:
The Environment Rangers The Pollution Patrol Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Department of Pollution
13. What disease has caused 43 horses to be put under quarantine in Kentucky?
Strangles Asthma E. Coli The flu
14. What does RHIC stand for?
Real Hip Icon’s Couch Red Hole In Collusion Realistic Heavy Ion Collider Real Hard Ion Core
15. Where is Zimbabwe?
South America Africa Latin America Southeast Asia
