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Weekly News Quiz

Brush up on our biggest stories of the past week

Randy Lilleston,

AARP

Published October 26, 2023

8 Questions

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Weekly News Quiz

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 "question" : "We price-shopped groceries at BJ’s Wholesale Club, Costco and Sam’s Club locations on Long Island in New York. Which membership chain had the cheapest prices in our survey?",
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 "answer" : "BJ’s",
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 }, {
 "answer" : "Costco",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Sam’s Club",
 "correctAnswer" : true
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 "explanation" : "For 30 similar items, the price at Sam’s was $68.94. It was $81.33 at BJ’s and $81.60 at Costco.\n",
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 "question" : "Precut packages of this vegetable have been linked to an outbreak of salmonella that has infected at least 73 people across 22 states as of Oct. 25.",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "Green peppers",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Cucumbers",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Onions",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "Carrots",
 "correctAnswer" : false
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 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "The 73 known infections include 15 hospitalizations.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "Actor Richard Roundtree died at 81. His most famous character was this man, “that would risk his neck for his brother man.”",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "Alex Cross",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "John Shaft",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "Linc Hayes",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "P.K. Highsmith",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "“Richard’s work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men,” Roundtree’s agent, Patrick McMinn, said in a statement confirming Roundtree’s death.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "True or false? Everyone must sign up for Medicare when they are 65 or face a penalty when they do enroll.",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "True",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "False",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "If you have comprehensive health insurance through your employer or are covered under a spouse’s health benefit, you may be able to defer enrollment.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "Our critic reviewed the new Hallmark holiday movies for the upcoming season. How many movies are coming out?",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "10",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "20",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "30",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "40",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "This year, in addition to more traditional Hallmark locales, there are movies set in France, Australia, Germany, Scotland, England and Norway.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "We reported on the 2023 Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index, which compares retirement systems around the world. Which nation had the top retirement system in the index?",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "Iceland",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Denmark",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "The Netherlands",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "The United States",
 "correctAnswer" : false
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 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "The U.S. finished 22nd out of the 47 countries rated in the index.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "The Federal Communications Commission wants to use this tool to battle robocalls, its chairwoman told us.",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "Quantum computing",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Artificial intelligence",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "Massively multi-threaded computer processing",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Joshua/WOPR",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "AI “is better than any human being at identifying fraud and junk on networks. So let’s put it to use for good,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel told AARP.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "This actor told us this about his 5-year-old son: “He can be anything he wants, except for an Instagram model.”",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "John Stamos",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "Hal Wilkerson",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "George Michael Bluth",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Reuben Kincaid",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "Stamos has written a memoir titled If You Would Have Told Me.\n",
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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.