THE PRESS
This organization publishes an annual press freedom index every year ranking 180 countries.
Reporters without borders
What is the name of the geological epoch characterised by the overwhelming influence of mankind?
the anthropocene
What is the name of the mission that took 4 tourists into space at the end of September?
(1 single answer!)
Inspiration4
to abandon a plan when you think it is flawed for instance
you JETTISON the plan/ project
A journalist, computer expert or anyone who informs on a person or organisation regarded as engaged in an illegal or unlawful activity.
a whistleblower
Who is the famous person who initiated the programme to hunt down polluters from the sky?
Why is he famous?
Al Gore
He is a former US Vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner (under Clinton's presidency)
What is specific to the mission that was launched at the end of September? (at least 3 ideas)
- First woman pilot
- First all-civilian crew w/o real astronauts
- Three passengers out of four have not paid for their flight as the mission was sponsored by multi-millionaires
Benefits make people dependent, but without them, they cannot survive. It is a …..................... (an impossible predicament)
a catch-22 situation.
It guarantees the freedom of the press in the US
The first Amendment of the constitution
What messages did the cover of The Guardian (with the earth on fire) wish to convey? (at least 2)
- a cataclysmic vision of the world ahead: impending catastrophe
- a warning that southern countries are already bearing the brunt of climate change.
How has Russia managed to rekindle the space race with the US?
By launching a crew of actors who will shoot the first film ever in the ISS.
When you only support something in words, not in deeds.
to pay lip service.
She is the one who exposed the Cambridge Analytica scandal and who showed how Brexit had been made possible.
Carol Cadwallader
In "the costs of climate change in 10 figures", what does 4 million correspond to?
Estimated global deaths attributable to air pollution
What is the name of the film that describes Armstrong's first steps on the moon?
First Man
The system for marking A-level exams is …................................. by scandal. (afflicted)
plagued
A journalist and dissident who was assassinated in 2018, whose murder repeatedly hit the headlines.
Jamal Kashoggi
Give three solutions advocated by Lord David Attenborough to avert the imminent disaster.
- restore the wild wherever possible to help decarbonise,
- keep temperatures below the daunting 1.5° C level.
- a new industrial revolution in green-powered energies
Name at least two cosmonauts who stepped on the moon in 1969.
Neil Armstrong + Buzz Aldrin + Michael Collins
According to the report, there is still …........... corruption among the police.
deep-rooted