1. Who won this year’s French Open women’s championship?
a. Sloane Stephens
b. Jelena Ostapenko
c. Simona Halep
2. Which of the following about Siya Kolisi, a South African rugby player, is not correct?
a. He became the first black African to captain South Africa’s Springboks in an international test match
b. He became the first black African to play for the Springboks in an international test match
c. He became the first black African to captain a victory for the Springboks in an international test match.
3. Which of the following did Dennis Rodman not do at the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore?
a. Wear a “Make America Great Again Hat”
b. Offer to serve as US Ambassador to North Korea
c. Cry
4. Which of the following did the US and North Korea not agree to in a joint statement they signed at the summit?
a. To recovering and repatriating remains of prisoners of war
b. To work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
c. That North Korea would destroy a missile testing site
5. Which three nations will host soccer’s World Cup in 2026?
a. Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia
b. The US, Canada and Mexico
c. Spain, Portugal and Malta
6. Who is London Breed?
a. The first African American woman to be elected mayor of San Francisco
b. The first African American woman to be elected mayor of Los Angeles
c. The first African American woman to be nominated for governor of Georgia
7. Elon Musks’ Boring Company won a contract to build which of the following:
a. A high-speed underground rail link between Los Angeles and San Francisco
b. A high-speed underground rail link between Washington and Baltimore
c. A high-speed underground rail link between Chicago’s O’Hare airport and the city’s downtown
8. Which of the following best describes a report by the US Department of Justice about former FBI Director James Comey’s handling of an inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails?
a. That Comey’s actions biased the investigation
b. That Comey’s actions departed from FBI norms
c. That Comey’s actions promoted transparency
9. About how many migrant children did the US separate from their families at the southern border, over a six-week period ending May 31?
a. Almost 1,000
b. Almost 2,000
c. Almost 3,000
10. What the French president, Emmanuel Macron, refer to when he accused Italy of being “cynical and irresponsible?”
a. The Italian government’s barring a ship carrying 629 migrants from entering any Italian port
b. The Italian government’s threatening to leave the European Union
c. The Italian government’s proposing to regulate bloggers
Bonus: In honor of the World Cup 2018, here are 31 photos of soccer fields around the world. You need not be a fan of soccer to appreciate the images.
Answers
1. c
2. b
3. b
4. c
5. b
6. a
7. c
8. b
9. b
10. a