Quiz created: 2024-01-10

Numbers in the News, 2023 (Quiz 1 With Hints)

Instructions: For each item in the left column enter the number of the corresponding item in the white box. If the number you enter is correct, the right answer will be copied to the adjacent yellow box. Otherwise a "sad faced smiley" will appear in that space. NOBODY wants to deal with a "sad faced smiley"!

When all the boxes are correctly filled in, the screen will change color to show its manic enthusiasm.

The first item is done for you as an example. Some items in the list on the right may be used more than once or not used at all.

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Media consumers are assumed to understand why certain numbers are associated with various abbreviations. The assumption is nearly always wrong, but with practice the abbreviations can at least be associated with the numbers, a testimony to the wonders of rote learning. Many of the following items entered the news in connection with Russia’s 2022-24 invasion of Ukraine.
Example:
AK
   
B
D
F
Hwasong
KF
Leopard
MH
PAC
1. 18 (North Korean missile)
2. 2 (German tank)
3. 21 (bomber)
4. 3 (missile)
5. 30 (howitzer canon)
6. 35 (stealth fighter plane)
7. 47 (gun)
8. 65 (helicopter)
9. 94 (mask)


Possible points: 8

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