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Who wrote last Sunday in The Washington Post: “Donald Trump said he has made a lot of sacrifices. He doesn’t know what the word sacrifice means”?

Ride-hailing service Uber gave up its battle to enter which country?

On Monday, U.S. warplanes began an offensive against the Islamic State group in which country?

Who said in a statement released Monday, “While our party has bestowed upon [Donald Trump] the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are best among us”?

Apple swapped its emoji of a pistol for an emoji of what?

What is the title of the latest installment in the Harry Potter series?

Who said that Donald Trump is “woefully unprepared” and “unfit” to be president?

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked an order from a lower court that directed a public school district in Gloucester County, Virginia to do what?

A U.S. company got permission to land a spacecraft where?

What does the Twitter hashtag #palletsofcash refer to?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ghazala Khan, whose son, U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004

China

Libya

Senator John McCain

A squirt gun

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

President Barack Obama

Allow a transgender student who identifies as a boy to use the boys’ bathroom at the high school

On the moon

Delivery of $400 million by the U.S. to Iran to settle a failed arms deal that dates to the overthrow of the shah in 1979. The settlement was announced in January on the same day a nuclear pact with Iran was completed and Tehran released four American hostages. Critics (and some members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard) referred to the payment as ransom. According to the Obama administration, the payment marked the first installment of a $1.7 billion refund and had nothing to do with Iran’s agreeing to release the prisoners.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bombing last Saturday that killed at least 80 people in what city?

Who won the Tour de France?

How many times has he won the Tour?

Which company agreed to buy Yahoo’s internet business?

Match the quote (letter) with the speaker (number):

a) “Don’t boo, vote.”

b) “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.”

c) “When they go low, we go high.”

d) “In the spring of 1971, I met a girl.”

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1) Michelle Obama

2) Former President Bill Clinton

3) Hillary Clinton

4) President Barack Obama

John Hinckley Jr. will be freed from a mental hospital, a judge ruled. Why was Hinckley hospitalized?

What breakthrough did the ALS ice bucket challenge deliver?

A seven-year-old girl died on Tuesday after being hit by a rock thrown by what resident of the Rabat Zoo in Morocco?

How many Baltimore police officers were found guilty of crimes in the death of Freddie Gray?

Who became the world’s third-richest person?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kabul

Chris Froome

Three

Verizon

a, 4; b, 3; c, 1; d, 2

He tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. A jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity.

One of the projects it funded pinpointed a gene called NEK1 as a likely culprit.

An elephant

Zero

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, whose fortune is estimated to be worth $65.3 billion. He trails only Bill Gates, worth $78 billion, and Amancio Ortega, founder of the Zara clothing chain, whose fortune is estimated to be $73.1 billion.

 

 

A gunman fatally shot three police officers on Sunday in which city?

Who won golf’s British Open?

What “first” did his victory represent?

What company launched a rocket on Monday to the International Space Station?

How many years in a row is the world on pace to set a record for high temperatures, according to scientists at NASA?

What actor and cast member of Saturday Night Live left Twitter after a harassment campaign directed at her?

How did Twitter respond?

Who was booed off the stage at the Republican National Convention when he did not endorse Donald Trump for president?

Why did the National Basketball Association decide to move its All-Star Game from North Carolina?

Senator Tim Kaine, whom Hillary Clinton named as her running mate, previously served as mayor of which city?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Baton Rouge

Henrik Stenson

He became the first Swedish man to win a golf major

SpaceX

Three

Leslie Jones

The company banned the organizer, Milo Yiannopoulos, from it service

Senator Ted Cruz

To protest a state law that bans transgender people from using bathrooms in public buildings that do not correspond with their gender at birth

Richmond, Virginia

About 35,000 people from what country streamed into Colombia to buy food and basic goods?

Who won the Wimbledon women’s and men’s singles titles?

Which nation won soccer’s European Championships?

What is Pokémon Go?

Which U.S. senator said the following on Tuesday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire: “There is no doubt in my mind that as we head into November, Hillary Clinton is far and away the best candidate.”

Who became U.K prime minister?

How many women have served in that post?

An international tribunal ruled that China’s claims to historic and economic rights in the South China Sea have no legal basis. What country brought the legal challenge against China?

Who called Donald Trump a “faker”?

What app did President Recap Tayipp Erdogan of Turkey use to broadcast messages urging the public to resist a coup attempt?

 

 

 

 

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Venezuela

Serena Williams, Andy Murray

Portugal

The first mobile edition of a video game that launched in 1996. The mobile version lets you interact with and catch Pokémon that are integrated into your real-world view via your phone’s camera.

Bernie Sanders

Theresa May

Two

The Philippines

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

FaceTime

 

 

Elie Wiesel died last Saturday. What is the title of his autobiographical account of life in Auschwitz?

On Monday, NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered Jupiter’s orbit. When did Juno leave Earth?

What is Diet Pepsi Classic?

Who is Irvine Randle and why did he gain internet fame?

Who was “extremely careless” in her handling of classified information, according to the FBI?

What soccer star from Argentina was hit by a Spanish court with a 21-month prison sentence and a 2 million euro fine?

What is the Chilcot report?

The U.K. will soon have a female prime minister. Who is she likely to be?

In separate incidents, police in Baton Rouge and St. Paul fatally shot black men. What were the men’s names?

At least 11 police officers were injured, five fatally, in a sniper attack in which city?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“Night”

August 2011

Diet Pepsi with Aspartame. The company revived the recipe to halt a slide in sales after removing the artificial sweetener last summer.

A 54-year-old teacher from Houston who became an Internet sensation for being an insanely hot granddad

Hillary Clinton

Lionel Messi

A report by Sir John Chilcot, a former British civil servant, that found misjudgment by former Prime Minister Tony Blair in the run-up to war in Iraq

Either Home Secretary Theresa May or Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom

Alton Sterling and Philando Castile

Dallas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down parts of a law in what state that imposed limits on abortion providers?

What automaker agreed to pay $15 billion to settle claims stemming from a diesel emissions cheating scandal?

Pat Summitt died Tuesday at 64. What record did she hold?

On July 4, a NASA spacecraft is expected to complete its journey to what planet?

Following Brexit how many countries will remain in the European Union?

What leaders attended the summit of the three amigos?

What furniture retailer recalled 29 million dressers sold in the U.S. since 1989?

What country lifted its ban on transgender members of the armed forces?

Which former London mayor bowed out of the race to become the U.K.’s next prime minister?

Friday marked the 100th anniversary of which battle from World War I?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Texas

Volkswagen

She won more national basketball championships than any other Division I college coach

Jupiter

27

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico and President Barack Obama

IKEA

The U.S.

Boris Johnson

The Battle of the Somme

Who won golf’s U.S. Open?

Who is Aiden Clinton Mezvinsky?

How many astronauts returned from the International Space Station?

What country is home to the world’s fastest supercomputer?

How many refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons were there around the world at the end of last year, according to the United Nations refugee agency?

Tesla offered to buy what company?

Why did Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives stage a sit-in?

Why did British Prime Minister David Cameron announce his intention to step down this October?

Which of the following issues did the U.S. Supreme Court not rule on this week?

a) Immigration policy

b) Press freedom

c) The Fourth Amendment

d) The use of race in university admissions

What team won the NBA Championship?

 

 

 

 

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Dustin Johnson

The son of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky and granddaughter of President Bill and Hillary Clinton

Three

China

65 million

SolarCity, which designs and installs solar power systems

To force a vote on gun control

Because the U.K. voted to leave the European Union

Press freedom

The Cleveland Cavaliers

How many Tony Awards did “Hamilton” win?

Microsoft announced a deal to buy which social-networking company?

What is the E3 expo ?

What member of Britain’s royal family posed for the cover of a gay magazine?

What phrase did President Barack Obama call “a political talking point”?

Hackers reportedly stole data about whom from the Democratic National Committee?

Where did Disney open its latest theme park?

According to a top Facebook executive, your news feed on that social network will be all what in the next five years?

How is the Broadway revival of “She Loves Me” set to make history on June 30?

What’s the only thing that Steven Spielberg is telling us about the Indiana Jones movie slated for release in 2019?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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11

LinkedIn

The world’s premier video gaming convention, which began Tuesday in Los Angeles

Prince William, who posed for the cover of Attitude as part of an interview to raise awareness of anti-LGBT bullying

“radical Islam”

Donald Trump

Shanghai

video

It will be the first time a Broadway show has been streamed live

That he won’t be killing off Harrison Ford at the end of it

 

Who won the French Open men’s and women’s titles?

Ramadan began on Monday for most of the world’s Muslims. What does the holiday celebrate?

What two teams are competing in the Stanley Cup finals?

Bernie Sanders said he would continue his presidential campaign until the last primary this Tuesday. Where will the last primary be held?

Why are some people outraged by a screenwriter’s wanting Leonardo DiCaprio to play Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet, in an upcoming biopic?

What tennis star was suspended from competition for two years after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance?

At least four people died and several others were injured in a shooting at a market in which Israeli city?

What country has the world’s longest-serving monarch?

What head of state addressed the U.S. Congress?

Name at least three of the eulogists at the memorial service for Muhammad Ali?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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?

 

 

 

 

 

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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