Month: July 2018

1. Which two nations signed a peace deal?
a. Yemen and Saudi Arabia
b. Syria and Turkey
c. Ethiopia and Eritrea

2. David Davis and Boris Johnson resigned from the British government. What positions, respectively, did each hold?
a. Brexit secretary and foreign secretary
b. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Brexit secretary
c. Home Affairs secretary and foreign secretary

3. Who are the world’s three richest people, in order, according to Bloomberg?
a. Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett
b. Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg
c. Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg

4. Starbucks said it would stop using disposable plastic straws by 2020. Roughly how many straws would the move eliminate annually?
a. One million
b. One billion
c. Two billion

5. Where did Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, attend college and law school?
a. Stanford
b. Harvard
c. Yale

6. How many boys were rescued from a cave in Thailand
a. 10
b. 12
c. 13

7. Which of the following social networks announced steps to remove suspicious accounts?
a. Twitter
b. Snapchat
c. Facebook

8. Elon Musk said he would fund which of the following?
a. Research into so-called superbugs
b. Research to develop the world’s fastest quantum computer
c. Installation of filters on taps in houses in Flint, Mich. that have contaminated supplies of water

9. The U.S. Department of Justice charged 12 Russian with which of the following in 2016:
a. Meeting with representatives then-candidate Donald Trump
b. Hacking the Clinton presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee
c. Hijacking Facebook and other social media platforms

10. Which of the following two teams will meet in soccer’s World Cup final?
a. England and France
b. France and Croatia
c. France and Russia

 

 

 

 

 

Answers
1. c
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. a
8. c
9. b
10. b

1. Who won Mexico’s presidential election?
a. Enrique Pena Nieto
b. Andres Manuel Obrador
c. Juan de Dios Rodriguez

2. What team will LeBron James play for next season?
a. The Golden State Warriors
b. The Cleveland Cavaliers
c. The Los Angeles Lakers

3. This fall, Britain’s National Health Service will become the first such service in the world to do which of the following?
a. Read, analyze and interpret patients’ DNA to help diagnose rare diseases
b. Use artificial intelligence to analyze images of cancers
c. Offer mental health services for children

4. Rescuers worked to free 12 boys trapped in a cave in which country?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Argentina
c. Thailand

5. The killing of which of the following by an American hunter in South Africa sparked an outrage worldwide?
a. A black rhino
b. A male lion
c. A male giraffe

6. How old was the United States on Wednesday?
a. 229 years
b. 242 years
c. 257 years

7. Who resigned as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?
a. Jeff Sessions
b. Scott Pruitt
c. Ryan Zinke

8. Which retailer pulled “Impeach 45” clothing from its website after an outcry from Trump supporters?
a. Amazon
b. Target
c. Walmart

9. Which of the following did the mayor of London approve in advance of President Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom next week?
a. A closure of air space above the city
b. A blimp that caricatures Trump as a diaper-wearing infant
c.  A giant inflatable chicken that resembles Trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. b
7. b
8. c
9. b

1. Which of the following is the first sitting world leader to give birth in more than three decades?
a. The prime minister of New Zealand
b. The prime minister of Iceland
c. The prime minister of Chile

2. Now that Saudi Arabia has ended its ban on female drivers, how many other countries ban women from driving?
a. None
b. One
c. Two

3. Turkey’s president won reelection in a vote that does not authorize which of the following:
a. A third term as president
b. Sweeping new powers over the legislature and judiciary
c. Tighter ties with NATO

4. Which of the following companies said it would move some production to other countries to avoid tariffs on U.S. goods?
a. Ford Motor
b. John Deere
c. Harley-Davidson

5. According to the US Supreme Court, President Trump’s travel ban:
a. Falls within the scope of presidential authority
b. Exceeds the scope of presidential authority
c. Ought to be addressed by Congress rather than by the courts

6. Uber regained its license to operate in which city?
a.Paris
b.London
c.Barcelona

7. Justice Anthony Kennedy, who said he would retire, is the court’s leading champion of which of the following:
a. The death penalty
b. Gay rights
c. Restrictions on abortion

8. Where do Presidents Trump and Putin plan to meet on July 16?
a. Brussels
b. Moscow
c. Helsinki

9. A gunman in the U.S. killed five people at the offices of which newspaper?
a. The Baltimore Sun
b. The Lexington Herald
c. The Capital Gazette

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers
1. a
2. a
3. c
4. c
5. a
6. b
7. b
8. c
9. c