Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022 | 2 a.m.
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You remember the people who made news in 2022. But what about the places where important events unfolded? As this year draws to a close, take a moment and test your knowledge with this geography-based quiz.
1. The reign of Great Britain’s longest-ruling monarch ended Sept. 8 when Queen Elizabeth II passed away at which royal residence?
A: Buckingham Palace
B: Balmoral Castle
C: Windsor Castle
D: Sandringham House
2. On March 31, the Biden administration announced it would release 1 million barrels of oil daily for 180 days from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat rising fuel prices. The Reserve is stored where?
A: New York and New Jersey
B: Pennsylvania and Delaware
C: California and Rhode Island
D: Louisiana and Texas
3. When Russia outraged the world by invading Ukraine in February, many people expected the Kyiv government to quickly fall. Instead, Ukraine has fought Russia to a standstill, a fact highlighted when Ukraine took back this key city from the Russians in November:
A: Kherson
B: Donetsk
C: Kyiv
D: Odessa
4. Two months before the midterm elections, President Joe Biden delivered a controversial and highly partisan speech, featuring ominous red backlighting, outside what famous American landmark?
A: The Statue of Liberty
B: The Liberty Bell
C: Valley Forge
D: Independence Hall
5. A shortage of baby formula sent parents on a desperate search for supplies this spring. The shortage was partly sparked by the shutdown of a single factory in this state.
A: Massachusetts
B: Ohio
C: Texas
D: Michigan
6. This upscale East Coast destination made headlines when 50 migrants flown there by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were quickly whisked away to a military base by the National Guard.
A: Hilton Head, S.C.
B: Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.
C: Newport, R.I.
D: The Hamptons, N.Y.
ANSWERS: 1-B (Balmoral Castle in northern Scotland was the Queen’s summer residence during the 70 years and 214 days of her reign0; 2-D (the Reserve is held in massive tanks located at sites along the Gulf Coast); 3-A (“We feel free, we are not slaves, we are Ukrainians,” a resident of Kherson told reporters when Ukrainian armed forces liberated the city); 4-C (Biden was criticized for assailing his political adversaries while having U.S. Marines standing at attention in the background at the historic site); 5-D (Abbott produces about 40% of the nation’s powdered formula, much of it at the company’s Sturgis, Mich., factory); 6-B (the migrants were taken to nearby Joint Base Cape Cod, and 125 National Guardsmen were called up to address this “humanitarian crisis” in Martha’s Vineyard.
J. Mark Powell is vice president of communications at Ivory Tusk Consulting, a former TV journalist and author of the political thriller “Tell It Like Tupper.” He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
