The late U.S. President Jimmy Carter is laid to rest after a state funeral and private ceremony. A journalist describes what it's like to flee through the flames of the wildfire she'd reported on. A Greek island is sinking, threatening the ancient ruins spread across it. A robot dog on display at the Consumer Electronics Show is being touted as a helpmate to dementia patients. And nothing floats a boat that was available for $1 in Florida.
This news quiz covers topics featured throughout the week on The World from A to Z:
1. Name the longest-lived U.S. president in history, who passed away on December 29 at the age of 100.
2. Experts believe that part of a jaw, which was discovered recently in New York, belonged to what kind of ancient animal that is related to the modern-day elephant?
3. In what nation would you find the city of Harbin, which hosts an annual ice and snow festival that has attracted millions of visitors since it began in 1983?
4. Name the prime minister of Canada, who announced this week that he would resign his position as soon as his Liberal Party chooses a new leader.
5. What city did U.S. President Joe Biden visit this week, following a deadly terrorist attack that was carried out there on New Year’s Day?
6. What city bore the brunt of several fast-moving wildfires this week, which were spread and made harder to control by the powerful Santa Ana winds?
7. What is the name of the U.S. company that owns Facebook and Instagram and that announced a controversial change to its content moderation policies this week?
8. At an auction at a large fish market in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, a group of sushi restaurants paid $1.3 million for a single catch of what kind of fish?
9. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake recently struck what autonomous region of China, which shares a border with India and Nepal and whose capital is Lhasa?
10. What famous world leader made history on January 10 in the year 49 B.C. by crossing the Rubicon, starting the Roman civil war?