Thursday, October 14, 2010

Friday Morning Scavenger Hunt

NAME___________________________ Journalism 2010
Current Events Scavenger Hunt

Task: The object of this scavenger hunt is to increase your knowledge of current events and the places to find reliable information. Please answer the questions and write down where you found this information.


1. What is the top story in the news today?



2. What is the first advertisement you saw on a news website?



3. What time is Life as We Know it playing at the Sayville Theater today?



4. What day is Global Handwashing Day?



5. Who are Sharron Angle and Harry Reid?



6. Explain the controversy over the Ole Miss (a college) mascot.



7. Who wrote the new book The Warmth of Other Suns?



8. What are the topics of today’s New York Times’ editorials?



9. What Smithtown news made today’s local news?



10. What is the price of a barrel of crude oil?




11. What were yesterday‘s Win Four numbers for New York State?



12. Name one sports columnist for Newsday.



13. What was yesterday’s highest temperature in the US?



14. What was yesterday’s low temperature in Tokyo?



15. Who is the manager of the Texas Rangers?



16. Yesterday, President Obama made a proclamation that this month is _________ heritage month.



17. How much does a cemetery plot cost at the Mt. Hebron cemetery in Flushing?



18. How were 17 people killed on a Moscow train over a three-year period?



19. How much does an electric blue cat wig cost from the website kittywigs.com?



20. What problem is France currently facing?

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