Assignments

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4	5 Assignment #39 CNN10 4/5 1) What year was Amazon launched as a company? What did Amazon originally sell? 2) Amazon is one of the top five most valuable companies on the planet. About how much is it worth? 3) What is founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos's net worth? 4) 3 years ago, Amazon was paying it's average salary employee only 28,000 dollars a year. How far below the national average was this? 5) What is a negative affect Amazon has had on physical retail stores and employees? 6) What is a privacy concern people have with smart speakers like Amazon's Alexa? 7) In 2020, when other companies were struggling, about how many new employees did Amazon hire? About how many total employees does Amazon have? 8) What is different about Amazon Go stores than other grocery stores? 9) Do you think Amazon is a monopoly? Do you think Amazon has gotten to big as a company? Why or why not? 11:59 PM	6 Assignment #40 CNN10 4/6 1) According to the US Department of Labor, how many jobs were added to the US Economy in March? In January? In February? 2) When was the last time we had an employment jump in the US this big? 3) What is the current unemployment rate? Did it decrease or increase last month? 4) About how many jobs in the US vanished a year ago at the start of the pandemic? 5) About how many jobs in March were added in the area of leisure/hospitality? Why such a large increase? 6) What country is the world's largest democracy? What is the population? 7) India recorded it's largest number of new COVID-19 cases yesterday? How many positive cases? 8) On what coast is Alexandria, Egypt located? 9) How did Egypt decide to move 22 pharaoh mummies from an old museum to their new museum location in Cairo? Why did they make it into such a big event? 11:59 PM	7 Assignment #41 CNN10 4/7 1) When was Myanmar/Burma taken over in a military coup? 2) About how many people have died in the violence/protests in Myanmar? 3) What was the largest naval battle of World War 2? When did it take place? 4) Who was fighting in the largest naval battle of World War 2? How many warships did the US lose? About how many American soldiers/sailors died? 5) What is the world's deepest known shipwreck? How deep? 6) How many crew members died on the USS Johnston during World War 2? 7) In 1912 what gift did Japan ship across the ocean that you can see now in Washington DC each year? 11:59 PM	8 Assignment #42 CNN10 4/8 1) About how many Facebook users information showed up on a hackers website in 2019? 2) About how many people were regularly using Facebook in the world in the summer of 2019? 3) About how many Facebook users that were hacked were from the US? 4) In cryptocurrency, about how much is 1 ethereum worth in US dollars? 5) What does NFT stand for? What is an NFT? 6) How much was digital artist Beeple's NFT sold for at an auction? 7) What happened to a man's car in New Mexico when he decided to go into a store and left his window's down? 11:59 PM	9 Assignment #43 CNN10 4/9 1) What is a vaccine passport? 2) Which country was the first country to require vaccine passports? 3) Does President Biden plan on requiring vaccine passports in the US? 4) Which state governor has banned vaccine passports from his state? Why? 5) Are you for or against vaccine passports being required? Why? 6) What did Dr. James Mease invent in 1812? 7) What product currently has a shortage in the US and is in high demand? 8) Who is the largest producer of ketchup in the US? What increase in production do they plan to launch this month to help with the shortage? 9) What new roller coaster will be breaking all of the Guinness World Records for tallest, fastest, and longest? Where is it located? 11:59 PM	10
11	12 Assignment #44 CNN10 4/12 1) What Caribbean island had a volcanic eruption last week? 2) What is the name of the volcano that erupted in the Caribbean's? 3) When was the last time this volcano erupted? 4) What is it called when a deadly mix of lava, ash, and volcanic gas rush down the slopes of a volcano? 5) What asteroid is NASA currently collecting samples from? About how much did this mission cost? 6) What is the name of the full moon in April? 7) Where is the Miniature Wonderland, a model train and miniature replica of famous places around the world? 8) What world record does the Miniature Wonderland hold? How many glasses do they use for their music? 9) In what state was their a giant waterspout off the coast that created some damage like a tornado? 11:59 PM	13 Assignment #45 CNN10 4/13 1) What bill did President Biden sign into law on his 51st day? 2) What was Biden's 100 day US goal for vaccines? Did he reach that goal? 3) When did people begin judging US presidents by their first 100 days? 4) When did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) become president? 5) How many bills did President FDR sign into law his first 100 days? 6) What year anniversary is it for the NASA space shuttle program? 7) By 2011, about how much money had NASA spent on the Space Shuttle Program? How many missions? How many people had been sent into space? How many pounds of cargo? 8) In what year was the NASA rocket perfected? 9) What year was the International Space Station completed? About how far above the Earth's surface is it located? 10) Where is the first traffic light for camels located? 11:59 PM	14 Assignment #46 CNN10 4/14 1) Why have violent protests been taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota? 2) Why did police pull over 20 year old Daunte Wright? 3) What were Daunte's two misdemeanors for on his outstanding warrant? 4) Which police officers resigned following the Daunte Wright incident? 5) Where was a riot declared on Monday in protests of the Daunte Wright incident? 6) What COVID vaccine has been put on pause because of dangerous blood clot concerns? About how many doses of this vaccine have already been administered? 7) What island is located about 100 miles off the Eastern Coast of China? 8) About how many military troops does China have? About how many troops does Taiwan have? 9) Why is the current tension between China and Taiwan important to the US? 11:59 PM	15 Assignment #47 CNN10 4/15 1) Yesterday President Biden announced he would pull US troops out of Afghanistan. When will all troops be removed by? 2) What is the significance of the date that the US will have all troops out of Afghanistan? 3) As of January 2021, how many troops still remained in Afghanistan? 4) What powerful terrorist group still remains in Afghanistan? 5) About how old is the ancient city archaeologists recently discovered in Egypt? Where was it discovered? 6) What national emblem features 4 lions? 7) On average, how many people are killed each day in India by wild animals? 8) How do wild animals threaten farmers well being in India? 9) Where in the US is a robot named Nuro delivering pizzas for Dominos? 11:59 PM	16 Assignment #48 CNN10 4/16 1) Yesterday, what did President Biden announce that will punish Russia? 2) What will these sanctions do? 3) What is the US accusing Russia of? 4) How long ago was the Boston Marathon terrorist bombing? How many people were killed? How many were injured? 5) What happened to Heather Abbott in the Boston Marathon bombing? 6) What is the goal of The Heather Abbott Foundation? 7) How many people has The Heather Abbott Foundation helped? About how much money have they used to help others? 8) According to scientists, how many species of spiders are there? 11:59 PM	17
18	19	20 Assignment #50 CNN10 4/20 1) According to CNN10, in simple terms, what is inflation? 2) How much have gas prices gone up from March 2020 to March 2021? 3) How do gas prices affect how much we pay for products? 4) Why were gas prices so low in 2020? 5) What average rate of inflation are banks okay with each year? What inflation rate did we experience from March 2020 to March 2021? 6) When was the airline Qantas founded? 7) About how much did airline travel decrease in 2020? 8) How has the decreased air travel affected airplanes? 9) How many new officers is TSA hiring as air travel increases? 10) What type of waste has shown a huge increase in the last year? What items are creating more waste? 11:59 PM	21 Assignment #51 CNN10 4/21 1) What new guidelines has the CDC released in regards to washing hands/surfaces? 2) In comparison to 2018 & 2019, how many poison control calls were made in 2020? 3) What does the CDC say is the main way COVID-19 is spread? 4) Which two prestigious US universities have just announced they will require all students to be vaccinated? 5) Due to COVID travel restrictions, about what percentage of countries around the world will be put on "do not travel" status by the Biden Administration? 11:59 PM	22 Assignment #52 CNN10 4/22 1) How did Japan prevent a radioactive power plant meltdown in 2011 when a plant was damaged from an earthquake and tsunami? 2) What controversial material does Japan want to dump into the Pacific Ocean? About how much would they be dumping? 3) What two countries neighboring Japan are extremely concerned with Japan disposing of this material in the Pacific? 4) About how many people live in the country of Chad? About what percentage of Chad's people live below the poverty line? 5) What happened to Chad's President Idriss Deby this week? Who will now rule the country? 6) When did President Idriss Deby first become President of Chad? 7) What model and year Tesla is currently under investigation in Texas for an accident that killed two people? Who was driving the car at the time of the accident? 8) What two countries have decided to open up a "travel bubble"? What is a travel bubble? 9) How much money will this new travel bubble bring into New Zealand? 11:59 PM	23 Assignment #53 CNN10 4/23 1) When was Earth Day? 2) What type of virtual meeting did President Biden hold with dozens of world leaders yesterday? 3) What environment greenhouse goal did President Biden set for the US by 2030? 4) What approximate percentage of body weight does your skin make? About how much area does your skin cover? 5) What technology has Professor Someya at the University of Tokyo been working on? How much was the estimated worth of this growing industry in 2019? 6) What hotel concept have Turkish designers come up with? What year is the projected completion date for this project? 11:59 PM	24
25	26 Assignment #54 CNN10 4/26 1) What speech is President Biden scheduled to give Wednesday night to the Senate and House? 2) How often does this speech need to be given according to Article 2 Section 3 of The Constitution? 3) Traditionally in the US, what was the State of the Union speech called? 4) Which president was the first to give an "Annual Message" or "State of the Union" address? When? Where? 5) Which president began referring to this "Annual Message" address as the "State of the Union"? In what year? 6) When did we change over to the name "State of the Union" address and get rid of the name Annual Message? 7) What was the world's first skyscraper? When was it completed? How many stories was it? 8) What country came up with the term skyscrapers? When? 9) How tall is The Empire State Building? What year was it built? 10) How tall was the World Trade Center when it was first built? What year were the original towers completed? 11:59 PM	27	28	29 Assignment #56 CNN10 4/29 1) What speech did President Biden give to a joint session of Congress last night? 2) What does Article II Section 3 of the Constitution say about giving updates to Congress about The State of the Union? 3) How many times in the past have US presidents given this type of speech? 4) How long typically are these annual message speeches? 5) What was the shortest annual message speech? What was the longest annual message speech? 6) How many jobs does President Biden think his American Jobs Plan will create? 7) How many years will the American Jobs Plan take? 8) Of the jobs the American Jobs Plan will create, what percentage of these good paying jobs will NOT require a college degree? 9) Who gave the Republican response to President Biden's speech? How long has he been a senator for? 10) What year was the Pulitzer Prize founded? 11:59 PM	30	1