WR News Smarts Issue #10
Write in the correct answers for each question. Then write the page you found the answer on and the headline of the story.


1. Who is the librarian of Congress?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline _____________________________________ 

 

2.  How long did it take the Concorde passenger jet to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________


 
3. Where did people recently build an upside-down house?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________ 
 


4. Who is the secretary of the U.S. Treasury?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________ 


 

5. What country is Greenland part of?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline __________________________________


 
6. What jobs did Laura Bush have before she became first lady?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________

 
7. How long did the USS Intrepid serve in the U.S. Navy?  

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline __________________________________


 
8. How much prize money will the Eyewitness to History contest winner receive?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ___________________________

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Vocabulary Challenge!
Match each new word below with its definition.

____ 1. global warming ____ 2. glacier ____ 3. mortgage ____ 4. illiterate ____ 5. aircraft carrier ____ 6. bankruptcy ____ 7. moulin ____ 8. eventually ____ 9. economy ____ 10. bailout

A. a large sheet of ice that moves slowly over land B. a loan to buy a home  C. in time  D. a tunnel in a glacier E. rescue F. unable to read or write G. the slow rise of Earth's temperature H. a ship that's a moving base for airplanes I. a system of making, selling, and buying products J. the situation of being unable to pay off debts

Get Writing!
Encourage students to write letters to the editors about articles in WR News. Students can e-email their letters to wrnews@weeklyreader.com. We will print selected letters in WR News.

Answer Key:

1. James Billington

found on page 3, Read All About It

2. less than 3 hours

found on page 6, Ship Ahoy!

3. Germany

found on page 2, Picture of the Week

4. Hank Paulson

found on page 5, Money Trouble

5. Denmark

found on page 2, The Mighty Ducks (map)

6. librarian and teacher

found on page 3, Read All About It

7. 31 years

found on page 6, Ship Ahoy!

8. $200

found on page 7, Travel Back in Time

Vocabulary Challenge!

1. G

2. A

3. B

4. F

5. H

6. J

7. D

8. C

9. I

10. E