In The News Week Ending February 21
- 1.A new study in animal behavior has observed what human-like activity in captive elephants?
- A.
Developing hiccups.
- B.
Playing practical jokes.
- C.
Bullying.
- D.
Comforting each other.
- 2.Why did some workers trapped in an abandoned gold mine shaft remain behind?
- A.
They were injured.
- B.
They were too fat.
- C.
They were there illegally.
- D.
They became disoriented and climbed deeper into the mine.
- 3.What is unusual about the patrons of artist Sally Barker, who recreates signature works by Picasso, Matisse and other painters?
- A.
They are art dealers learning how to spot forgeries.
- B.
They are blind.
- C.
They are visiting scholars from South America.
- D.
They are in prison.
- 4.Child Nutrition Services in the Durham Public Schools are trying what to overcome the stigma attached to eating a free breakfast at school?
- A.
Having eligible children arrive earlier.
- B.
Delivering breakfast to children's homes.
- C.
Offering healthy breakfast foods through school vending machines.
- D.
Serving free breakfast to all students.
- 5.Companies providing “mobile location analytics” to retailers can track customer traffic by what?
- A.
Customer surveys.
- B.
Closed circuit video.
- C.
Cell phone addresses.
- D.
Heat maps.
- 6.The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is reporting what trend among aging drivers?
- A.
They are more likely to voluntarily give up their drivers licenses.
- B.
They are less likely to be involved in a crash.
- C.
They are more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a car crash.
- D.
They are driving fewer miles.
- 7.What caused NCSU grad Helena Price to gain almost instant notoriety in Brazil?
- A.
She represented Brazil in Olympic alpine skiing.
- B.
She was mistaken for a soap opera character.
- C.
She was a winner on the TV game show Brazilian Millionaire.
- D.
Her Olympic torch design was selected for the 2016 Summer Games.
- 8.What action at UNC-CH has helped cut back on automobile traffic on campus?
- A.
Free bus passes.
- B.
Increased parking rates.
- C.
Limiting parking permits to graduate students and employees.
- D.
One-way streets.
- 9.Cary leaders are calling what a crown jewel of the town’s efforts to revitalize downtown?
- A.
An ice rink.
- B.
A theater.
- C.
A library.
- D.
A pedestrian mall.
- 10.What kept a ship from carrying a much-needed 40,000 tons of rock salt from Maine to New Jersey?
- A.
It had not paid import fees.
- B.
It was threatened by a storm system forming in the Atlantic.
- C.
It was not sailing under a U.S. flag.
- D.
It was too large to dock at the N.J. port.
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