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Student News Quiz

Weekly Student News Quiz: Super Bowl, U.S. Trade, Oldest American

Bridget Bennett for The New York Times

Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed this past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you'll find the answer.

Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.

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What conclusion can we draw from the above graph?

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John Locher/Associated Press

The Kansas City Chiefs’ thrilling 25-22 overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII has many people calling the champs a dynasty. Why?

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Hellmann’s Mayonnaise

A cat meowing for Hellmann’s mayonnaise, Cardi B rapping about lip gloss and Kris Jenner twisting an Oreo cookie. They all have one thing in common: Those companies paid lots of money to advertise during this year’s Super Bowl.

How much was the average cost of a 30-second ad spot?

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Arshad Arbab/EPA, via Shutterstock

The results of Pakistan’s recent elections threw that country’s political system into chaos. Why?

5 of 10

Nick Hagen for The New York Times

This week a mother was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each student her son killed in Michigan’s deadliest school shooting. Why did this verdict make national headlines?

Pete Marovich for The New York Times;Sean Rayford for The New York Times

Which TWO statements by President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump made front-page news this week?

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Alexandra Hootnick for The New York Times

Last week, the town of Willits, Calif., hosted its annual celebration of its most treasured resident, Edith Ceccarelli, pictured above. At 116, she is the nation’s oldest person.

Which of the following events did Ms. Ceccarelli NOT live through?

Sergei Guneyev/Sputnik, via Associated Press; Roberto Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The presidents of Russia and Ukraine were both in the news this week. Which TWO are actual New York Times headlines?

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Julia Nikhinson for The New York Times

On Feb. 6, in a stunning defeat for Republicans, the House rejected impeachment charges against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, as rank-and-file lawmakers balked at what they considered a misuse of the process.

Republicans had initiated impeachment charges against Mr. Mayorkas over his handling of what?

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Clara Mokri for The New York Times

What is the personal tech columnist for The New York Times, Brian X. Chen, doing in the picture above?