November 11, 2024

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The new feature film "Conclave" tells the story of a rare and confrontational gathering of what?

Lowland gorillas Catholic cardinals Climate scientists Grateful Dead and Phish fans

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On Nov. 12, a federal judge struck down a new Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in all public school classrooms. The judge said the law could not take effect because it had what?

Misspelled "adultery" An overtly religious purpose Banned similar postings from the Quran Snuck in an 11th commandment exempting Bourbon Street

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Prabowo Subianto, the new president of Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, just visited both Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden. Which country is Subianto the president of?

Indonesia Singapore The Philippines Vietnam

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On Nov. 5, 10 states voted on measures seeking to expand access to abortion or recognize a right to abortion. What were the results for those measures?

All 10 measures passed 7 passed, 3 failed 3 passed, 7 failed All 10 measures failed

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Final vote counts from Nov. 5 now show that President-elect Donald Trump received 312 electoral votes to Kamala Harris' 226. Who was the last presidential candidate to win over 400 electoral votes?

Barack Obama (2008) George W. Bush (2004) George H.W. Bush (1988) Ronald Reagan (1984)

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A recent study of the 1,643 books banned by school districts across America during the 2021-2022 school year showed that 39% of the banned books were written by whom?

LGBTQ+ people Registered Republicans People of color Stephen King

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Two people from Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, claim to have done what each day without fail for the past 43 years?

2,500 pushups Fished for Ogromon, an elusive giant carp Spoken with the Virgin Mary Flossed after lunch *and* after dinner

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University of Richmond researchers have trained rats to drive a tiny car. What behavior do the lab rats exhibit that makes them similar to many human drivers?

They refuse to ask for directions They like to eat in the car They have bouts of road rage They just enjoy driving

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