1. About how many people are estimated to have attended the March For Our Lives in Washington?
a. 450,000
b. 600,000
c. 800,000
2. What caused snow across mountains in Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and Romania to turn orange?
a. Dust from a solar storm that drifted through the atmosphere
b. Dust from pollution caused by manufacturing in China
c. Dust from a sandstorm in the Sahara
3. What flight was the CEO of Qantas Airways referring to when he called it “a game changer?”
a. A flight from Perth to London
b. A flight from Sydney to London
c. A flight from Perth to Doha
4. Why did Jewish groups in Britain protest outside Parliament?
a. To object to a decision by the government to sell weapons to the Israeli military
b. To object to what they say is a failure by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to tackle anti-Semitism within the party’s ranks
c. To object to the Labour Party’s alleged criticism of Israel
5. Louis Vuitton named Virgil Abloh as the company’s next artistic director of men’s wear. Which of the following is Abloh best known for?
a. Luxury goods
b. Women’s wear
c. Street wear
6. What foreign leader was aboard an armored train that pulled into Beijing on Monday?
a. Kim Jong Un
b. Moon-Jae
c. Narendra Modi
7. The announcement by the Commerce Department that the U.S. census would reinstate a question about what provoked a backlash?
a. Race
b. Citizenship
c. Sexual orientation
8. A cyberattack hobbled which U.S. city?
a. Chicago
b. Austin
c. Atlanta
9. Why did protestors temporarily take over Sacramento’s city hall on Tuesday?
a. To protest the death of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by two Sacramento police officers
b. To protest problems that the city has found in drinking water supplied to some communities
c. To protest what they charge is a failure of the city to use minority-owned firms in construction projects
10. Donald Trump nominated Ronny Jackson to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. What is Jackson’s current job?
a. Director of the National Security Council
b. Assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs
c. Trump’s doctor
11. Which of the following toys are a haven for bacteria, according to a study published Tuesday?
a. Rubber ducks
b. PlayStation VR
c. Lego
12. The oldest documented human footprints in North America where found where?
a. Cuatrocientas, Mexico
b. Calvert Island, British Columbia
c. Helena, Montana
13. Which technology company did Donald Trump attack via Twitter?
a. Facebook
b. Google
c. Amazon
14. Which country held a presidential election that opposition and human rights groups largely labeled a facade?
a. Spain
b. Egypt
c. Peru
15. Who took to Twitter to publish a spoof of an animated series about the Marvel superhero Deadpool that he was working on when the FX network cancelled it?
a. Donald Glover
b. Jay-Z
c. Ta-Neshi Coates
Answers
1. c
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. c
6. a
7. b
8. c
9. a
10. c
11. a
12. b
13. c
14. b
15. a