CNN Student News: Ten Questions

(CNN Student News) -- March 17, 2008

1. Where in the U.S. state of Georgia did severe weather recently strike?

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2. According to the program, what damage did this weather cause?

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3. What are your thoughts regarding the survival story featured in today's show? Can you think of other examples of when an adrenaline rush has helped someone in a life-threatening situation? Explain.

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4. What scale is used to rate the severity of tornadoes? According to this scale, what category was the tornado that hit Atlanta on Friday night?

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5. Why do you think that many people are fascinated by tornadoes and other extreme weather conditions?

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6. What are legislative earmarks? What was the result of last week's vote in the U.S. Senate to ban legislative earmarks for one year? According to the segment, how has U.S. presidential candidate John McCain responded to the vote?

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7. Why do you think that McCain has asked his surrogates not to wage personal attacks against the Democratic presidential candidates? What is your view on this policy? Do you think that it could impact the outcome of the presidential race? If so, how? If not, why not?

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8. Of what crime have Michael Keys, Clay Roberts and Valerie Craven been accused?

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9. How do you think that counterfeiting currency can impact the U.S. money supply?

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10. What would you do if you came across counterfeit money?

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