1. In which city did police shoot dead a gunman whose attacks on an event promoting free speech and at a synagogue left two people dead and five police officers wounded?
2. Apple is looking to make what mode of transportation, according to industry sources?
3. What country did Sri Lanka’s new leader, Maithripala Sirisena, visit on his first official overseas trip as president?
4. Egypt bombed targets in what country after the Islamic State released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians?
5. Why did the Obama administration postpone plans to allow hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to apply for work permits and legal protection?
6. What Mandarin word created confusion in the West about whether the Chinese New Year is the year of the goat or the year of the sheep?
7. Who won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club?
8. What country was hit by both Cyclone Marcia and Cyclone Lam?
Answers:
1) Copenhagen; 2) A self-driving electric car; 3) India; 4) Libya; 5) A federal judge in Texas issued an order that temporarily blocked the administration from putting into effect its plans; 6) The Chinese character “yang,” which can translate as either goat or sheep; 7) Miss P, a 15-inch beagle; 8) Australia