AAPI Heritage Month
Evolution and NS
CNN 10 5-19-23
NBA Playoff Trivia
Random Trivia
100

Railroad built by Chinese and Irish immigrants

a. Transcontinental Railroad

b. Pennsylvannia Railroad

c. Norfolk Southern Railroad


a. Transcontinental Railroad
100

The change in the gene pool of a popuation over time

a. Biological evolution

b. Geological evolution

c. Topological evolution


a. Biological evolution

100

The end of what covid-era immigration policy has so far brought fewer migrants than expected? 

a. Title 42

b. Title IX

c. Non-proliferation policy

a. Titile 42

100

What two teams are facing off in the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals?

a. Celtics vs. Heat

b. Sixers vs. Pacers

c. Celtics vs. Hawks

a. Celtics vs. Heat

100

A Medusa is a marine creature better known by what other name? 

a. Jellyfish

b. Portugeese Man-of-War

c. Stingray 

a. Jellyfish

200

Court case that ruled racial segregation was legal

a. Plessy v. Ferguson

b. Brown v. Board of Education

c. Marbury v. Madison

a. Plessy v. Ferguson

200

Present organisms related to past organisms

a. natural selection

b. common descent

c. descent with modification 

b. common descent

200

From our CNN Heroes spotlight, what’s the name of the nonprofit that provides scholarships and mentoring to college bound students who have incarcerated parents? 

a. NOHA Scholarship Pride Fund

b. LSP Scholarship Fund

c. ScholarCHIPS

c. ScholarCHIPS

200

What two teams are facing off in the 2023 Western Conference Finals?

a. Lakers vs. Suns

b. Lakers vs. Nuggets

c. Suns vs. Clippers

b. Lakers vs. Nuggets

200

In which classic children's book does the protagonist only eat cabbage?

a. Where the Wildthings Are

b. Goodnight Moon

c. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

c. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

300

A system of rankning people or things

a. oligarchy

b. monopoly

c. hierarchy

c. hierarchy

300

The __________ shows some of the events that happens in the past.

a. fossil records

b. theory of continental drift

c. inheritance of traits

a. fossil records

300

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the government could run out of money to pay its bills by this date if Congress does not raise the debt limit. 

a. May 31st

b. June 1st

c. July 4th

b. June 1st

300

Who faced off in the 1999 Eastern Conference Finals?

a. Sixers vs. Pacers

b. Knicks vs. Pacers

c. Pistons vs. Bulls

b. Knicks vs Pacers

300

Which state is home to the oceanside city Myrtle Beach? 

a. North Carolina

b. South Carolina

c. Georgia

b. South Carolina

400

In the Asian American documentary, what city were Moksad and Ella buried together?

a. Houston

b. Tallahassee

c. New Orleans

c. New Orleans

400

The fossil of a crab is found in an old layer of rock. A starfish fossil is in a younger layer. The _______ of the starfish is younger than the crab.

a. absolute age

b. size

c. relative age

c. relative age

400

Featured on CNN 10 this week, mandatory military service in what country has resulted in many women filling dangerous jobs historically performed by men? 

a. Russia

b. Poland

c. Ukraine

c. Ukraine

400

Who faced off in the 1999 Western Conference Finals?

a. Lakers vs. Suns

b. Nuggets vs. Mavericks

c. Trail Blazers vs. Spurs

c. Trail Blazers vs. Spurs

400

Flour cooked together with fat is known as what? 

a. Omega rich flax

b. Roux

c. Crust flow

Roux

500

While white workers recieved $35 a month with food and accomdations, how much did Chinese workers recieve with food and accomdations?

a. The same amount

b. $26 a month

c. $15 a month

b. $26 a month

500

Stated that traits combine to produce patterns of inheretence

a. Larmark

b. Darwin

c. Mendel

a. Larmark

500

Which European country, featured in Thursday’s program, has seen major flooding this week following years of drought? 

a. France

b. Italy

c. England

b. Italy

500

What teams were in the 2002 Western Conference Finals?

a. Lakers vs. Kings

b. Suns vs. Trail Blazers

c. Supersonics vs. Mavericks

a. Lakers vs. Kings

500

Who hold the record for the oldest player in American football?

a. Tom Brady

b. Jason Peters

c. George Blanda 

c. George Blanda

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