NewsTracker Answers for week of July 18, 2016

Q: A large truck rammed into a crowd in Nice, France, during a celebration of the nation’s most important holiday. More than 80 people were killed and dozens more injured before the driver was shot by police. Where is France?

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Q: The truck drove more than a mile through crowds who had gathered to watch fireworks along the southern shore of France on which body of water?

A. Bay of Biscay

B. English Channel

C. Mediterranean Sea

D. North Sea


C. The Mediterranean is on the southern shore of France; the Bay of Biscay is on the western shore; and the English Channel and North Sea are to the north. All of these bodies of water are part of the Atlantic Ocean.


Q: The attack in Nice struck at the heart of a popular tourist and vacation destination on France’s Mediterranean coast which is known as the . . .

A. Ritz

B. Riviera

C. Rhone

D. Rue de Rivoli


B. Nice is the largest city on the French Riviera, which was one of the first modern resort areas. It began as a winter health resort for the British upper class at the end of the 18th century. The Rhone is a river that empties into the Mediterranean on the French coast.


Q: The Ritz is a hotel and the Rue de Rivoli is a street in the French capital which has been the site of recent terrorist attacks. What is the capital?

A. Paris

B. Strasbourg

C. Toulouse

D. Versailles


A. The Nice attack was the third major terrorist attack in France in 18 months. A total of 147 people were killed in terrorist attacks in and around Paris in January and November of last year.


Q: The bloody attack came at the end of France’s National Day holiday on the anniversary of the attack on the Bastille during the French Revolution 226 years ago. The Bastille was a . . .

A. Castle

B. Church

C. Palace

D. Prison


D. It was a prison-fortress which often jailed people – including political prisoners – at the arbitrary will of the French king. The people of Paris stormed the Bastille on July 14, 1789, to arm themselves with ammunition and gunpowder stored there and to free the prisoners. The holiday is commonly called Bastille Day in English-speaking nations.