The star players of the annual, political "Super Bowl" are featured in today's program. We're giving you a little history of the president's State of the Union address and the opposing party's response. And after we feature some highlights from the speeches of U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Katie Britt, we're remembering how International Women's Day got started, and we're going sledding with the "Cardboard Classic."

This Friday's news quiz covers topics featured throughout the week on The World from A to Z:

1. Tensions are high as China pushes for reunification with what island, which is off China’s southeastern coast and whose democratic government wants to keep things as they are?

2. Arborists in Lahaina, Hawaii are trying to salvage the roots of what type of fruit tree, which is in the mulberry family and which can be used to make everything from food to cloth to glue?

3. In what island chain off the coast of Ecuador did the La Cumbre volcano erupt this week, potentially threatening the diverse wildlife that the islands are known for?

4. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states don’t have the authority to enforce the 14th Amendment against a presidential candidate. What state was the first to attempt this regarding former President Donald Trump?

5. In what island nation, often cited as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is widespread gang violence threatening to plunge the country into chaos?

6. What country, whose farmers say they’re suffering from low levels of the Tigris River, was once a large part of the ancient region of Mesopotamia?

7. What is the capital of Vietnam – a place that took the infamous title of world’s most polluted city earlier this week due to extreme smog and dust?

8. What U.S. state has the most cattle in the nation, though thousands of these animals have been killed by the historic wildfires that burned there throughout the week?

9. In what U.S. state did “Bloody Sunday” occur on March 7, 1965, when armed state troopers advanced against civil rights demonstrators in the city of Selma?

10. Statisticians estimate that between 27 million and 47 million Americans watch what annual event, which traditionally occurs in winter and was established by the U.S. Constitution?