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Weekly News Quiz

Brush up on the biggest news stories of the past week

Randy Lilleston,

AARP

Published August 18, 2022

8 Questions

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Weekly News Quiz

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  "question" : "A landmark measure that, among other actions, will help millions of Medicare enrollees better afford prescription drugs has been signed into law. What is the name of the legislation?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "The Medicare Reform Act of 2022",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "The Prescription Drug Negotiation Act of 2022",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The Comprehensive Omnibus Act of 2022",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Among its numerous provisions, the measure will allow Medicare to negotiate the prices of some high-cost prescription drugs for the first time.",
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}, {
  "question" : "True or false? The Food and Drug Administration recently voted against a proposal to allow the sale of some types of over-the-counter hearing aids.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The agency actually voted for the measure, which is expected to transform the market for people who have mild to moderate hearing loss.",
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}, {
  "question" : "We recently reported about an organizational system in which people arrange items by color. What acronym does the article use to describe this system?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "PEMDAS",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "FIZBO",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "ROYGBIV",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "SWOT",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The acronym stands for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet — the colors of the rainbow.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is expected to take a significant hike next year because of inflation. When is the new COLA slated to be announced?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Lung cancer",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Prostate cancer",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Stroke",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "All of the above",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "This year’s COLA was 5.9 percent, raising the average retirement benefit by $92 a month.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "We recently spotlighted 10 standout movie roles by this performer, who was better known as a musician.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Frank Sinatra",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Elvis Presley",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Prince",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "David Bowie",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Bowie played everyone from Andy Warhol to Pontius Pilate in films.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "True or false? Expanded premium assistance subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans will expire at the end of 2022.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "They were recently extended under a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "The Social Security system recently marked the anniversary of its creation. In what year was the program started?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "1930",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1935",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "1940",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1945",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The program pays benefits to more than 70 million Americans.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "We recently reported on the factors that go into eye color. What is the rarest color?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Hazel",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Blue",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Green",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Brown",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Only about 2 percent of the world’s population has green eyes, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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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.