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News quiz, week ending June 3

How many times was Muhammad Ali the world heavyweight boxing champion?

The World Health Organization said last Saturday there was “no public health justification” for doing what?

President Francoise Hollande of France and German Chancellor Angela Merkel traveled on Sunday to eastern France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of which battle of World War I?

What is “Rolling Thunder”?

Whom did the U.S. Libertarian Party select as its presidential and vice presidential nominees?

Who won the Indianapolis 500?

Iraqi forces are battling with the Islamic State to retake what city?

Who was Harambe?

Where did the world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel open?

What caused Prince’s death?

 

 

 

 

 

Answers

Three

Postponing or canceling the Rio de Janeiro Olympics because of the Zika outbreak

The Battle of Verdun

An annual motorcycle rally that takes over the National Mall in Washington each Memorial Day weekend

Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson and former Massachusetts Governor William Weld

Alexander Rossi, a 24-year-old American rookie

Fallujah

A 17-year-old gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo who was killed by zoo officials last Saturday to protect a child who had climbed through a public barrier and entered the gorillas’ enclosure

Switzerland

An accidental overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic opiate