A new study has linked more sleep with more physical activity for teens. The U.S. government ends a controversial operation in Minnesota and reportedly sends 200 troops to Nigeria. A paraplegic amputee makes history by completing the "world's deadliest dive." We explain the Olympic tradition of pin trading. And competitors in Poland celebrate "Fat Thursday" by indulging in doughnuts. These are just a handful of the stories we're covering this Friday on The World from A to Z!
This news quiz covers topics featured throughout the week on The World from A to Z:
1. February 9 marked exactly 201 years since the U.S. House of Representatives chose what president – the sixth American leader, who ran in the 1824 election?
2. Mintonette – which was invented by an American named William G. Morgan on February 9, 1895 – is better known today as what sport?
3. Recent data from Pew Research indicates that in recent decades – under Democratic and Republican leadership – fewer than 50 percent of Americans have had a great deal of trust in what?
4. Every year around this time, there are petitions to establish a national holiday for the day after what sporting event (though experts say making that happen is a long shot)?
5. In what European city, which was established almost 2,000 years ago on the River Thames, is a 1930s-style train giving passengers a nostalgic ride on the Tube?
6. A Central American court recently declared it unconstitutional for a Chinese company to control two ports at what shipping location, angering China but pleasing the U.S.?
7. February 11 marked 2,686 years since Emperor Jimmu was said to have founded what Asian country, leading to that date becoming its National Foundation Day?
8. What is the two-word term for the percentage of U.S. workers who don’t have a job – a measure that slightly decreased from 4.4 percent in December to 4.3 percent in January?
9. As featured Thursday: A suspected thief in the United Kingdom who recently tried to escape through a farm was surrounded and blocked by what animals, eventually leading to his arrest?
10. About 200 U.S. troops are headed to what West African nation, where they’ll help train local forces to fight militant groups in the country’s north?
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