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Weekly News Quiz

Brush up on our biggest news stories of the past week

Randy Lilleston,

AARP

Published March 09, 2023

8 Questions

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Weekly News Quiz

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  "question" : "President Biden says the budget he recently proposed will extend Medicare solvency for this amount of time.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "5 years",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "10 years",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "25 years",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Indefinitely",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Biden’s proposal includes increasing Medicare taxes for people earning more than $400,000 a year.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "According to a new AARP report, family caregivers provided the equivalent of this amount in unpaid care in the U.S. in 2021.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "$200 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$400 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$600 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "$800 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "That was a $130 billion increase in just two years.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "True or false? In proposed new rules, the Food and Drug Administration says that eggs, although high in cholesterol, can be labeled a healthy food.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Recommendations have changed over the years, as evidence suggests the cholesterol in our diets is only weakly related to the cholesterol in our bloodstreams.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "We published an obituary recently about Judith Heumann, who died at age 75. Who was she?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "A disability rights activist",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "A former Clinton and Obama administration official",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Neither of the above",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Both of the above",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Heumann was a disability rights activist for decades and served two presidents.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "What is the term we used to describe older people who are active on social media spaces dominated by those under 30?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Phone Phreakers",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Grandfluencers",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "The Oldsters",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Walking Warriors",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Some grandfluencer channels on TikTok have millions of followers.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "As of early March, how many states have enacted auto IRAs, a type of workplace retirement plan?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "8",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "16",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "24",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "32",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The plans provide retirement savings for workers who don’t have access to a 401(k) or traditional pension.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "This retirement expense “will likely be the big tamale,” we said in a recent article.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Health care",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Home maintenance",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Travel",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Taxes",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Financial planners predict that health care costs will continue to outstrip inflation.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "True or false? California plans to end its face-mask mandate for health care facilities next month.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The mandate is scheduled to be lifted April 3.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
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} ]

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Randy Lilleston is the homepage editor for AARP.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and CNN.