CNN Student News: Ten Questions

(CNN Student News) -- February 21, 2008

1. Which U.S. presidential candidates won Tuesday's contests in Wisconsin, Hawaii and Washington State? How many delegates do the Republican and Democratic frontrunners currently have?

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2. According to the program, how is Sen. John McCain signaling he'd go after Sen. Barack Obama in a general election? How did Obama's camp respond?

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3. Why do you think that the timing of McCain's remarks is significant? Do you think that McCain's remarks or the Obama camp's response will influence American voters? State your rationale.

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4. In your opinion, what skills and experience should a candidate have to be an effective U.S. president?

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5. What nations did President George W. Bush visit during the last leg of his African tour?

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6. According to the segment: Why were some Africans concerned about Mr. Bush's trip to Africa? How did Bush respond to this concern?

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7. How much money is the U.S. giving African nations to battle neglected tropical diseases and malaria? How else do you think that Africa and the U.S. can benefit from Bush's trip?

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8. According to the program, what are the differences between a meteoroid, a meteor and a meteorite? In what part of the United States did a meteor streak through the sky on Tuesday morning? What do you think that scientists might learn from studying meteorites?

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9. What mission did the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis recently complete? If you had the opportunity to travel on a space shuttle mission, would you want to go? Why or why not?

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10. How does a total lunar eclipse occur? When will the next total lunar eclipse take place? If you witnessed last night's eclipse, what did you see?

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