In The News Week Ending September 20
- 1.What upcoming change to the GED exam has students trying to finish before the end of the year?
- A.
The cost is going up.
- B.
A foreign language component is being added.
- C.
Students will have to travel to South Carolina to take the exam.
- D.
The exam will be discontinued.
- 2.Why is as much as 40 percent of the country’s food supply wasted each year?
- A.
Spoilage caused by transportation delays.
- B.
Diners are unable to finish the “super-sized” served in most restaurants.
- C.
Failure to meet USDA processing standards.
- D.
Consumers are confused by expiration dates.
- 3.What was the cause of a fire that destroyed much of the Seaside Park boardwalk in New Jersey?
- A.
Arson
- B.
Faulty wiring
- C.
Lightning
- D.
A discarded cigarette
- 4.N.C. State’s marching band announced it will be playing for what upcoming event?
- A.
NASCAR’s Goody’s 500
- B.
Opening ceremonies at the N.C. State Fair.
- C.
Military Appreciation Day in Washington.
- D.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.
- 5.North Carolina’s newest state park, Carvers Creek is built on land once known for what?
- A.
Being owned by the Rockefeller family.
- B.
Being the state’s last remaining hunting preserve.
- C.
Being haunted.
- D.
Being part of South Carolina.
- 6.How did Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church mark the anniversary of the 1963 bombing?
- A.
President Obama attended the morning service.
- B.
They dedicated a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the church courtyard.
- C.
The church was designated a national historic site.
- D.
The same Sunday School lesson was taught.
- 7.A new technology allows grocery stores to better staff its cash registers by tracking what?
- A.
Coupon use.
- B.
Body heat.
- C.
Staff productivity.
- D.
Scanner speed.
- 8.What feature will DOT offer to riders for the long ferry runs across Pamlico Sound?
- A.
Snacks
- B.
Workout equipment
- C.
Sleeper compartments
- D.
Wi-Fi
- 9.Hannah Bond, a slave on a North Carolina plantation near Murfreesboro, is believed to have done what?
- A.
Written a best-selling novel.
- B.
Smuggled supplies to the Union army camped near Albemarle Sound.
- C.
Become the oldest living former American slave.
- D.
Been photographed by Matthew Brady.
- 10.Workers spent 19 hours doing what to the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground last year?
- A.
Raising it.
- B.
Dismantling it.
- C.
Photographing it.
- D.
Cleaning it.
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