NewsTracker Answers for week of Sep. 23, 2024

Q: A mouse crawled out of a passenger’s meal last week during a flight from Norway to Spain, forcing the airliner to make an unscheduled landing in Denmark. Passengers didn’t panic, but airlines strictly prohibit rodents onboard because the animals can chew through electrical wiring. Where is Denmark?

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Q: The Scandinavian Airlines flight took off from Norway’s capital city bound for Malaga, Spain, a popular tourist destination. What is the capital of Norway?

A. Copenhagen

B. Helsinki

C. Oslo

D. Stockholm


C. Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway, with a metropolitan population of about 1.5 million people. The mouse jumping out of the food package surprised passengers but apparently didn’t upset them all that much. A passenger seated next to the woman with the meal posted a photo of them smiling on Facebook.


Q: The plane landed in Denmark’s capital where passengers changed to another Scandinavian Airlines aircraft to continue on to Malaga. What is the capital of Denmark?

A. Copenhagen

B. Helsinki

C. Reykjavík

D. Stockholm


A. Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark. with a metropolitan population of about 3.3 million people. It served as the capital of a union of Denmark, Norway and Sweden for a century during the Middle Ages. Helsinki is the capital of Finland. Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland. And, Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.


Q: Malaga is on Spain’s southern coast on which body of water?

A. Bay of Biscay

B. Mediterranean Sea


B. The 2,800-year-old city of Malaga is on the Mediterranean’s Costa del Sol, or "Coast of the Sun." The Iberian Peninsula is home to Spain and Portugal, and it is bordered on the north by the Bay of Biscay, on the west by the North Atlantic Ocean, and on the south and the east by the Mediterranean Sea. It connects to France and the rest of Europe in the northeast.


Q: One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, Malaga was founded about 770 BC by Phoenicians from the city of Tyre which still exists in which modern nation?

A. Algeria

B. Greece

C. Italy

D. Lebanon


D. Tyre is the fourth-largest city in Lebanon and has been continuously inhabited for more than 4,700 years. It was the leading city of the Phoenicians, ancient mariners who dominated trade in the Mediterranean for about 1,000 years. In Greek mythology, Europe was named after Europa, a princess kidnapped from Tyre by Zeus, the king of the gods.