February 2023 Current Events - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. O-Where do a lot of plastic bags end up?
   O-rivers and streams
2. I-capital of Russia
   I-Moscow
3. O-If the bill passes the house and the senate, who would need to sign it into law?
   O-Governor Brian Kemp
4. G-What years did Carter serve as president?
   G-1977 to1981
5. B-U.S. Secretary of State who visited Turkey this week
   B-Antony Blinken
6. G-What is Mrs. Carter's first name?
   G-Rosalynn
7. B-The president of Turkey
   B- Recep Erdoğan
8. B-smaller earthquake that occurs in the same general area after a larger quake
   B-aftershock
9. G-What elected office did Carter hold before he ran for president?
   G-Governor of Georgia
10. G-What was Carter's occupation before he entered politics?
    G-Peanut farmer
11. I-President of Ukraine
    I-Volodymyr Zelenskyy
12. O-Plastic grocery bags are hard to what?
    O-recycle
13. I-1.5 million Ukrainian refugees are now living in what country?
    I-Poland
14. I-President of Russia
    I-Vladimir Putin
15. B-the magnitude on the Richter Scale of the earthquake
    B-7.8
16. B-The capital of Syria
    B-Damascus
17. N-In what U.S. city is the biggest Mardi Gras celebration?
    N-First female VP of the US
18. B-The president of Syria
    B-Bashar al-Assad
19. I-What body of water does Ukraine border?
    I-Black Sea
20. O-When would the ban start?
    O-January 1, 2026
21. G-What year was Jimmy Carter born?
    G-1924
22. B-The capital of Turkey
    B-Ankara
23. N-former First Lady of the US
    N-Michelle Obama
24. O-What was the first state to ban single-use bags?
    O-California
25. G-How many other former presidents have lived to be as old as Carter is now?
    G-0
26. N-award-winning ballet dancer
    N-Misty Copeland
27. N-Fought for voting rights and women's rights in the 1960s and 1970s
    N-Fannie Lou Hamer
28. I-one of Russia's main exports
    I-oil
29. N-Led people out of slavery in the 1800s
    N-Harriet Tubman
30. O-If the bill is approved by the senate, who will need to approve it next?
    O-Georgia House of Representatives
31. O-How many other states have bans on single-use plastic bags?
    O-8
32. I-When did Russia's invasion of Ukraine begin?
    I-February 24, 2022
33. I-Ukraine is worried that what other country might start supporting Russia?
    I-China
34. O-What is it called if the governor decides not to sign a bill into law?
    O-veto
35. G-How old is Jimmy Carter?
    G-98
36. B-fracture in the earth's crust where earthquakes can occur
    B-fault
37. I-Capital of Ukraine
    I-Kiev
38. G-What important honor did Carter receive in 2002?
    G-Nobel Peace Prize
39. N-US gymnast with 7 Olympic medals
    N-Simone Biles
40. B-When did the earthquake occur?
    B-February 6 at 4:17 a.m.
41. N-Grammy Award-winner singer and rapper
    N-Lizzo
42. N-Refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, AL in 1955
    N-Rosa Parks
43. O-What party do the senators who proposed the bill belong to?
    O-Democrats
44. G-What is the name of the Georgia town where the Carters live?
    G-Plains