How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
Kidnappings in France scare cryptocurrency traders
New concerns increase appeal of European colleges for U.S. students
Colleges across the Atlantic suddenly look more attractive to some Americans amid federal spending cuts and crusades against campus protests, policies and foreign scholars. "Universities across the United States have become targets of a new Whit...
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⇒ Elementary (K-4)
Paraglider accidentally soars more than 5 miles high
A 55-year-old paraglider testing some equipment in China got caught in a strong updraft that sent him up to an altitude of more than 28,200 feet above sea level, nearly as high as Mount Everest and airliner flight paths. “I felt the lack of oxygen. M...
This week's word in the news: NORMALCY
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"It brings back a sense of normalcy, after years of social distancing and the pandemic and all that," she said.
The Albuquerque Journal -- 06/02/2025
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