1. Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals who together hail from 13 nations. Name at least five of those nations.
2. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said that this trial, which began Monday, is going to be “a tough time” for his city. To what was he referring?
3. Who wrote that “PETA needs to chill?”
4. This U.S. state became the 36th state where same-sex marriages are legal statewide.
5. NASA said the Kepler Space Telescope has found how many Earth-like planets?
6. This tech industry giant said it would set aside $300 million over the next three years to improve the diversity of its workforce.
7. Gunmen killed 12 people Wednesday at the offices of this satirical magazine in Paris.
8. Who won Sri Lanka’s presidential election?
Answers:
1) Italy, Portugal, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Mexico, Myanmar, Thailand, Uruguay, Spain, Panama, Cape Verde Islands, Tonga; 2) The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is charged with detonating a bomb that killed three and injured more than 260 people at the Boston Marathon in 2013; 3) Sarah Palin, responding to criticism of a photo of her son standing on the family’s dog; 4) Florida; 5) Eight; 6) Intel; 7) Charlie Hebdo; 8) Maithripala Sirisena, a former health minister