Questions on the April 17th The New York Times Headlines
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The document poses 24 questions about various current event headlines from April 17th. The questions cover topics like Turkey's status in the EU, reactions to Erdogan's election victory, opinions on Trump's North Korea policy, the relationship between lower birthrates and fiscal problems, a group of girl scouts in Chicago, Democratic election strategies, lobotomies, enforcing alcohol bans in India, the Banksy hotel in Palestine, comparisons between French politicians Jean-Luc Melenchon and Bernie Sanders, environmental commands for pastors, an Egyptian nonprofit founder imprisoned in Egypt, perspectives on Pakistan and militants, what a movie studio executive would want to know about upcoming films, challenges with an oil well in Alaska, targets of natural body care
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Questions on the April 17th The New York Times Headlines
- 1. Answer these questions on the April 17th Headlines: 1.- How is Turkey considered in the EU? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2.- What was the attitude of the opposition after Erdogan’s narrow victory? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3.- How do David E. Sanger and William J. Broad feel about Trump’s plans for North Korea? What will the outcome be? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4.- In what way may a lower birthrate result in fiscal problems? Provide an example. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5.- What is special about Troop 6000? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6.- Why would it be a good idea for Democrats to invest heavily in turnout rather than in TV ads? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7.- Why may performing a lobotomy be compared to throwing the baby out with the bathwater ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8.- What do you imagine an Indian woman who chose to get tough might do when her husband didn’t comply with alcohol ban? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9.- What do you think about the rooms of the Walled Off Hotel you can see on this page: http://banksy.co.uk/rooms.html? What is special about it? Would you like to stay there? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10.- What difference does Adam Nossiter find between Jean-Luc Mélanchton and Bernie Sanders?
- 2. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11.- What do you think an environmental command would be for these Pastors? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12.- The Sisi government in Egypt has taken a very virulent anti-American and anti- western policy and has turned Aya Hijazi into a scapegoat. What do you think Aya challenged when she founded a nonprofit to care for street children in Cairo? What image did the official government want to destroy? Have a look at this article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/17/aya-hijazi-american-egypt- detention ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13.- Why should Pakistan take a harder line on militants in your opinion? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14.- What would Thomas Rothman, Sony Pictures chairman, like to know about the films scheduled for release? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15.- What went wrong with a well in the Alaskan Arctic? What is BP (British Petroleum) trying to do? Is this easy? Why (not)? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 16.- What kind of target are companies of natural body care products aiming at? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17.- Who does the basketball court belong to? How long have they had it? Can regular basketball games be played there? Why (not)? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 18.- What conflict is there with Sparky Lyle? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19.- What’s wrong with the Rangers? How did the Madison Square Garden crowd feel about it? Why? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20.- How does Kendrick Lamar feel about his new album? Would you like to listen to it? Why (not)?
- 3. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 21.- What aspect of this series is this review talking about? In your opinion, do you think it is positive? Would you like to watch it? Why (not)? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 22.- Come from Away is a musical that tells the remarkable true story of the small town that welcomed the world. Read this article http://www.inspiremore.com/plane- diverted-to-canada-on-9-11/ In what ways people may find the episode inspiring? 23.- What pieces of information do you get from Jim Rutenberg’s comments from Moscow? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 24.- Find out about Mar-a-Lago: http://www.maralagoclub.com/ What can you do there? Now it belongs to Donald Trump. He calls it the Winter White House. How is Shannon Donnelly connected with President Trump? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….