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Weekly News Quiz

Brush up on the biggest news stories of the past week

Randy Lilleston,

AARP

Published July 14, 2022

8 Questions

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Weekly News Quiz

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  "question" : "This omicron strain of coronavirus recently became the dominant one in the U.S.",
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    "answer" : "BA.1",
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  }, {
    "answer" : "BA.3",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "BA.5",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "BA.7",
    "correctAnswer" : false
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  "explanation" : "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the strain made up 65 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases as of July 12.",
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  "question" : "True or false? Health privacy rules extend to mobile phone tracking.",
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    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : true
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  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Regulations written to cover Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provisions generally do not cover tracking, as we reported.",
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  "question" : "As we recently reported, fingernails that have a blue hue could be a sign of this.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Influenza",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Staph infection",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "COVID-19",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Common cold",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "The hue can be caused by low levels of oxygen in the blood.",
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}, {
  "question" : "This year’s Emmy Award nominations have been announced. How many nominations did performers over 50 receive?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Anything higher than 140/90",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Anything higher than 120/80",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Anything higher than 90/60",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Anything higher than 50/20",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The winners will be announced Sept. 12.",
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  "question" : "True or false? Medicare is allowed to negotiate prescription drug prices with suppliers.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "That could change soon. As of mid-July, a provision allowing the negotiations was expected to be part of a budget proposal the Senate will bring up.",
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  "question" : "According to travel industry experts, the number of people traveling with their pets is ...",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Increasing",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Decreasing",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "“People fell in love with their new pets, and when it came time to start traveling again, they didn’t want to leave their best buddy behind,” Amy Burkert, founder of GoPetFriendly.com, told AARP.",
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}, {
  "question" : "We recently ranked the top on-screen heroines who were based on Jane Austen book characters. Which actress finished in the top spot?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Jennifer Ehle",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Kate Winslet",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Emma Thompson",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Gwyneth Paltrow",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Ehle played Elizabeth Bennet in the six-episode BBC 'Pride and Prejudice' series in 1995.",
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}, {
  "question" : "“I’ve got friends from high school and junior high. My only rule is to never cross me,” this actor/producer/rapper recently told AARP.",
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    "answer" : "Ice Cube",
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  }, {
    "answer" : "Flavor Flav",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Bun E. Carlos",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Ice-T",
    "correctAnswer" : true
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  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Ice-T has appeared on \"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\" for 20 years.",
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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.