They've have been appearing at night for weeks and reportedly hovering near important infrastructure, but there seem to be more questions than answers about drones in New Jersey. Also featured today: progress on a new quantum computer chip, the many benefits of giving, and a constitutional quiz about the legislative branch. We're also showing you how zoo animals reacted to flavorful gifts in Belgium.
This news quiz covers topics featured throughout the week on The World from A to Z:
1. As featured on Monday’s show: Some prison inmates in the Czech Republic are participating in a rehabilitation program that helps train what kind of animal?
2. In what Middle Eastern nation did a rebel group sweep to power in recent weeks, quickly taking over territory and deposing the regime of President Bashar al-Assad?
3. As part of an effort to stop the poaching of rhinos, scientists in South Africa recently began planting radioactive chips into what?
4. What application, which is reportedly used by more than half the U.S. population, is facing a January 19th deadline to either sell its American assets or become banned in the country?
5. What instrument, from where we get the phrase “pull out all the stops,” was once called the king of instruments by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
6. The powerful Santa Ana winds, which heat up as they sweep toward the ocean from inland deserts, have been blamed for spreading recent wildfires in what U.S. state?
7. December 11th marked 88 years since King Edward VIII became the first ruler to voluntarily abdicate the throne of what country?
8. What kind of leader (e.g. a prime minister, prince, etc.) did the Bamoun people of Cameroon recently put “on trial,” judging his work with both severity and humor in a centuries-old tradition?
9. On part of the island of Kauai, 22 native Hawaiian families carry on the ancestral tradition of making pa’akai, which is the Hawaiian word for what?
10. In what U.S. state have most of the recent sightings of mysterious drones occurred, causing concerns among residents, leaders, lawmakers and law enforcement?