Q 01/05

Which US state received a false ballistic missile alert on January 13, 2018?

A) Alaska

B) California

C) Oregon

D) Hawaii

Answer · why

D) Hawaii

Hawaii's alert went out because a worker mistook a drill for a real attack, and it took 38 minutes to send a correction.

Q 02/05

Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, announced in 2018, were the first of which animals cloned the way Dolly the sheep was?

A) Dogs

B) Horses

C) Pigs

D) Monkeys

Answer · why

D) Monkeys

Monkeys had been cloned before only from split embryos or embryonic cells; Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua came from a fetal body cell's nucleus, as Dolly did...

Q 03/05

Which company flew its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time on February 6, 2018?

A) Blue Origin

B) Rocket Lab

C) Boeing

D) SpaceX

Answer · why

D) SpaceX

SpaceX's test payload was Elon Musk's own red Tesla Roadster, with a dummy astronaut named Starman at the wheel, launched off into deep space.

Q 04/05

The 2018 Winter Olympics were held in Pyeongchang in which country?

A) Japan

B) Kazakhstan

C) North Korea

D) South Korea

Answer · why

D) South Korea

South Korea marched into its own opening ceremony alongside North Korea under a unification flag, and the two fielded a joint women's ice hockey team.

Q 05/05

Which country won the most medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics, with 39?

A) Norway

B) Canada

C) United States

D) Germany

Answer · why

A) Norway

Norway's 39 beat the 37-medal record the US set in 2010, and before the Games a Google Translate slip got its chefs 15,000 eggs instead of 1,500.