Inspirational Latinx Women
Spiders into Robots
CNN 10 9/16/22
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First Latina to be appointed to the National Health Sciences Advisory Board

a. Elizabeth Yeampierre

b. Jennifer Lopez

c. Adrianna Ocampo Uria

a. Elizabeth Yeampierre

100

Manipulate means:

a. You control it

b. You share it

c. You abandon it

a. You control it

100

Name the British monarch who died Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years.

a. Queen Elizabeth II

b. Queen Elizabeth I

c. Queen Victoria 

a. Queen Elizabeth II

100

Which team was given the nickname “America’s Team” in the 1979 NFL season? 

a. New England Patriots

b. Dallas Cowboys

c. Pittsburg Steelers


b. Dallas Cowboys

100

What instrument did Dizzy Gillespie play? 

a. Trumpet

b. Trombone

c. Saxophone

a. Trumpet

200

Environmental justice advocate who worked with Moms Clean Air Force

a. Jessica Alba

b. Nicole Hernandez Hammer

c. Berta Carceres

b. Nicole Hernandez Hammer

200

Engineers used ________ to put the grippers back in place

a. metal rods

b. superglue

c. strong tape

b. superglue

200

Who is the U.S. president who said: “we choose to go to the moon speech” at Rice University in 1962?

a. Lyndon B. Johnson

b. Richard M. Nixon

c. John F. Kennedy

c. John F. Kennedy

200

Name of the current how for the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers

a. Qualcomm Stadium

b. Levi Stadium

c. Sofi Stadium

c. Sofi Stadium

200

Apples, pears, plums, peaches, and strawberries all belong to which family of flowering plants?

a. Brassicaceae family

b. Rose family

c. Solanaceae family 

b. Rose family

300

First Hispanic woman to go into space

a. Salma Hayek

b. Joan Baez

c. Ellen Ocha

c. Ellen Ocha

300

School where Faye Yap figured out how to "revive" dead spiders

a. Havard University

b. Rice University

c. Stanford University

b. Rice University

300

What South Asian nation, home to the Indus River, has seen a third of its land underwater this week following severe monsoon rains?

a. India

b. Pakistan

c. Iraq

b. Pakistan

300

Which city did the Rams originally play in? 

a. Cleveland

b. Boston

c. New York

a. Cleveland

300

What Manhattan intersection was America's first transfer circle? 

a. Times Square

b. Columbus Circle

c. Washington Square

b. Columbus Circle

400

Pioneering LBGT activists (put the T into LGBT)

a. Rita Moreno

b. Sylvia Rivera

c. Catherine Cortez Masto 

b. Sylvia Rivera

400

How were the engineers able to control the spider's grip?

a. Gently put it in warm water

b. Injecting fluid into the spider's corpse

c. Threading the corpse with wires

b. Injecting fluid into the spider's corpse

400

What’s the name of the NASA telescope that recently released an image of a newborn star in the Orion Nebula? 

a. Webb Telescope

b. Hubble Telescope

c. Astronoma Telescope

a. Webb Telescope

400

Which team used to play at Adelphia Coliseum?

a. Chicago Bears

b. Houston Texans

c. Tennesse Titans

c. Tennesse Titans

400

What purpose did the Colosseum serve when first built? 

a. Watching gladiators fight

b. Amphitheatre 

c. Shelter

b. Amphitheatre

500

First Latina to serve in the House of Representatives

a. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 

b. Eva Longoria

c. Loretta Sanchez

a. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

500

Scientists hope to cover spiders in this to make them last longer as robots. 

a. sealant

b. weatherproof glue

c. concrete gel

a. sealant

500

A recent report about what economic factor has analysts concerned that the U.S. is heading closer toward a recession?

a. inflation

b. deflation

c. reflation 

a. inflation

500

What city do the New York Giants play their home games?

a. New York, NY

b. Brooklyn, NY

c. East Rutherford, NJ

c. East Rutherford, NJ

500

What color is second from the top in a rainbow? 

a. purple

b. red

c. orange

c. orange