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World News

100

What London airport lost power for nearly a day after a nearby electrical substation caught fire?

Heathrow

200

1. Babcock Ranch is a town in what US state, engineered to withstand flooding and high winds from storms?

Florida

300

And from today’s episode, the militant group Hamas took control of Gaza in what year?

2007

400

1. A project in what African nation is empowering locals to grow cash crops like coffee to save gorilla populations by decreasing poaching, habitat loss, and disease?

Uganda

500

1. What Greek island is now reopeing to tourists after experiencing thousands of earthquakes between January 26th and February 22nd, prompting evacuations?

Santorini

Tech and Science

100

1. Scientists in the UK are using using artificial intelligence algorithms and facial recognition to determine stress levels of what animal?

Pigs

200

1. Driverless cars are also known as what type of vehicle?

Autonomous

300

1. In what month of the year does the city of Phoenix, Arizona normally begin to experience temperatures of 100 degrees or more?

May

400

What car maker did the autonomous car testing in the U.K.?

Nissan

500

What region of the brain processes and regulates emotions, behavior, and motivation?

Limbic System

Politics

100

1. There are how many variations of the Medal of Honor, the highest award for valor in the US military?

Three

200

Who is the current president of the United States.

Trump

300

What country is at war with Russia?

Ukraine

400

How old do you have to be before you can vote?

18

500

What political party is the president affiliated with?

Republican.

Misc I

100

How long was the airport closed?

18 hours

200

Which hurricane name has been used the most during hurricane seasons in the Atlantic?

Arlene

300

What is the name of the robot dog?

Luna

400

What is the name of the principal of MHS?

Lillenkamp

500

What is the name of one of the ASSISTANT principals at MHS?

Murphy, Branch, Corbell, White

Misc II

100

What country was the gorilla story from?

Uganda

200

What is the name of the program that researchers are using to stop people from poaching in the forests?

To hunt or catch game on land that is not one's own

300

What did engineers do in the mountains of Utah?

Trigger an avalanche.

400

What did lightning hit in Tennessee?

Tree.

500

What year was the Medal of Honor first authorized?

1861