Upfront Quiz: 11/6/2020

Venezuela has always been a poor country

Venezuela used to be a rich country and is now poor

Venezuela is a rich country that would like to sell more oil.

Venezuela is a rich country that is concerned about becoming poor

the head of a boarding school for children in need

the former president of Venezuela who nationalized parts of the economy

the current president of Venezuela who won what is thought to be a rigged election

the opposition lawmaker who has declared himself the rightful president of Venezuela

less than 2 percent

about 700 percent

nearly 3,000 percent

more than 1 million percent

six months

one year

four years

20 years

Obtaining the necessary supplies for testing is complicated

Recruiting scientists to work on a vaccine project can be difficult

Ensuring that a vaccine is safe requires multiple rounds of human testing

all of the above

New technology has sped up the process

Scientists have long known about coronaviruses

Hundreds of research teams around the world are working on a vaccine

Universities are graduating more immunologists and virologists than ever before

All rounds of testing were not completed

The vaccine has been proved to be ineffective

People given the vaccine have suffered side effects

The cost of the vaccine is three times that of most others

SALT

Trinity

Fat Man

Little Boy

All countries with nuclear weapons have agreed to reduce their arsenals

All countries with nuclear weapons have agreed to stop their development of new nuclear weapons

Several countries with nuclear weapons are shutting down their nuclear programs

none of the above

U.S. citizens who approved of the bombings of Japan

several scientists who encouraged the U.S. to begin a nuclear program

people who lived in U.S. communities in the path of nuclear fallout from testing

military officers who advised President Harry S. Truman on when to drop atomic bombs on Japan

Cuba

Japan

Germany

the Soviet Union