In The News Week Ending February 21

1. Child Nutrition Services in the Durham Public Schools are trying what to overcome the stigma attached to eating a free breakfast at school?

Having eligible children arrive earlier.

Delivering breakfast to children's homes.

Offering healthy breakfast foods through school vending machines.

Serving free breakfast to all students.

The Universal Free Breakfast program lets all students, no matter their family’s income, eat breakfast at school for free.

Explanation

The Universal Free Breakfast program lets all students, no matter their family’s income, eat breakfast at school for free.

2. Why did some workers trapped in an abandoned gold mine shaft remain behind?

They were injured.

They were too fat.

They were there illegally.

They became disoriented and climbed deeper into the mine.

Some miners who were trapped while working illegally in an abandoned mine shaft near Johannesburg remained inside because they were afraid of being arrested.

Explanation

Some miners who were trapped while working illegally in an abandoned mine shaft near Johannesburg remained inside because they were afraid of being arrested.

3. Companies providing "mobile location analytics" to retailers can track customer traffic by what?

Customer surveys.

Closed circuit video.

Cell phone addresses.

Heat maps.

Mobile location analytics can capture the MAC addresses of shoppers’ smartphones to measure customer traffic.

Explanation

Mobile location analytics can capture the MAC addresses of shoppers’ smartphones to measure customer traffic.

4. Cary leaders are calling what a crown jewel of the town's efforts to revitalize downtown?

An ice rink.

A theater.

A library.

A pedestrian mall.

The Cary, a renovated 1940s theater, is the first of several projects planned for downtown Cary.

Explanation

The Cary, a renovated 1940s theater, is the first of several projects planned for downtown Cary.

5. What action at UNC-CH has helped cut back on automobile traffic on campus?

Free bus passes.

Increased parking rates.

Limiting parking permits to graduate students and employees.

One-way streets.

Traffic on the UNC-CH campus has dropped in part because students and employees get free regional bus passes accounting for more than 35percent of all Triangle Transit ridership.

Explanation

Traffic on the UNC-CH campus has dropped in part because students and employees get free regional bus passes accounting for more than 35percent of all Triangle Transit ridership.

6. A new study in animal behavior has observed what human-like activity in captive elephants?

Developing hiccups.

Playing practical jokes.

Bullying.

Comforting each other.

Researchers studying Asian elephants in a sanctuary in northern Thailand said they recorded a number of behaviors that they concluded were specifically intended to comfort distressed herd members.

Explanation

Researchers studying Asian elephants in a sanctuary in northern Thailand said they recorded a number of behaviors that they concluded were specifically intended to comfort distressed herd members.

7. What caused NCSU grad Helena Price to gain almost instant notoriety in Brazil?

She represented Brazil in Olympic alpine skiing.

She was mistaken for a soap opera character.

She was a winner on the TV game show Brazilian Millionaire.

Her Olympic torch design was selected for the 2016 Summer Games.

Helena Price became an Internet sensation after being connected on Twitter to a Brazilian soap opera character. She changed her Twitter profile to say she was “Not the actress, DJ, Brazilian soap opera star, or state capital.”

Explanation

Helena Price became an Internet sensation after being connected on Twitter to a Brazilian soap opera character. She changed her Twitter profile to say she was “Not the actress, DJ, Brazilian soap opera star, or state capital.”

8. What kept a ship from carrying a much-needed 40,000 tons of rock salt from Maine to New Jersey?

It had not paid import fees.

It was threatened by a storm system forming in the Atlantic.

It was not sailing under a U.S. flag.

It was too large to dock at the N.J. port.

A century-old maritime law requires that any shipment going directly from one U.S. port to another be carried on vessels built in the United States and operated by a U.S. crew.

Explanation

A century-old maritime law requires that any shipment going directly from one U.S. port to another be carried on vessels built in the United States and operated by a U.S. crew.

9. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is reporting what trend among aging drivers?

They are more likely to voluntarily give up their drivers licenses.

They are less likely to be involved in a crash.

They are more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a car crash.

They are driving fewer miles.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers ages 70 and older are less likely to be involved in crashes than previous generations and are less likely to be killed or seriously injured if they do crash.

Explanation

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers ages 70 and older are less likely to be involved in crashes than previous generations and are less likely to be killed or seriously injured if they do crash.

10. What is unusual about the patrons of artist Sally Barker, who recreates signature works by Picasso, Matisse and other painters?

They are art dealers learning how to spot forgeries.

They are blind.

They are visiting scholars from South America.

They are in prison.

Sally Barker has developed a kind of Braille for artwork, using different textures to represent different colors.

Explanation

Sally Barker has developed a kind of Braille for artwork, using different textures to represent different colors.