Following a week of winter weather in the U.S. Northeast, we're explaining how a fresh snowfall can sometimes bring a hushed silence. Our Around the World in 80 Seconds segment reports on landslides in Brazil and nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. And This Date in World History covers a Chilean earthquake, the Constitution's 22nd Amendment, and New Orleans' first-ever Mardi Gras. Plus: training dogs to protect honeybees and a "flour war" in Greece. It's all part of this Friday's edition of The World from A to Z!
This news quiz covers topics featured throughout the week on The World from A to Z:
1. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled against what part of the Trump Administration’s trade policy, saying the government lacked authority for it without more involvement from Congress?
2. Sunday marked the first time in exactly 46 years that a U.S. men’s team won an Olympic gold medal in what sport – which followed a U.S. women’s gold in the same event three days earlier?
3. What nation’s Special Forces troops fatally wounded a drug lord named Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday, leading to a flare-up of violence in the country?
4. On February 24, 1582, a pope issued a decree that instituted what calendar – a change from the Julian calendar and one that would eventually be adopted by most countries worldwide?
5. What is the formal name of the speech that U.S. President Donald Trump gave Tuesday night – officially the first such address of his second term in office?
6. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who gave the official rebuttal to the speech mentioned in question 5, is a member of what U.S. political party?
7. According to a recent Pew study: The younger Americans are, the less likely they are to say it’s important for people to follow what?
8. February 26 marked exactly 35 years since British scientist Tim Berners-Lee presented his colleagues with what new invention, which was put online later that year?
9. In a Carnival tradition dating back hundreds of years, revelers in a town of Greece cover each other with what powdery substance, which is shaded by food coloring?
10. What nation’s nuclear program has been a subject of controversy for years, with the country insisting it’s for peaceful purposes but others concerned it could be used to make a weapon?
