WABE News Quiz, November 25, 2022

Results

#1. Hosea Helps has been serving low income and homeless Atlanta residents for over 50 years and was started by this Civil Rights activist.

It’s Hosea Williams.

Founded in 1971, Hosea Helps has grown to become one of Atlanta’s most well-known nonprofits, serving over 50,000 people annually through meals, clothing and social services.

#2. True or False: Saturday early voting will be allowed in Georgia.

It’s True.

The Court of Appeals declined a request by the state to stay a lower court’s ruling that said state law allows early voting that day. The Georgia Supreme Court agreed.

Find an early voting location here.

#3. Barack Obama will return to Georgia on Dec. 1 to _______?

It’s to campaign for Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Obama’s return trip to Georgia is scheduled for Dec. 1, the eve of the final day of early in-person voting. No word yet on if he will show up to Michelle’s book event at The Fox Theatre on Dec. 2.

#4. The 2022 World Cup began this week in which country?

It’s Qatar.

After a 12-year buildup that’s been more complicated and controversial than perhaps any World Cup before, the 2022 event finally began in Qatar.

North America – including Mercedes-Benz Stadium – will get its chance to host in 2026.

#5. True or False: Abortions around six weeks are banned in Georgia.

It’s True… again.

In another confusing turn, the Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy, eight days after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that the state’s abortion ban was invalid.

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