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Current Events - January 20th, 2017
Current Events - January 20th, 2017
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The Final Four in the NFL march towards Super Bowl February 5th in Houston. Pitt, NE, GB, ATL #
51 (LI)
50 (L)
40 (XL)
35 (XXXV)
2
Pres Obama delivered final news conference this week. CNN poll puts his approval rating at this
50%
75%
40%
60%
3
Donald Trump 45th man to take the Pres Oath of Office. How many words are actually in this oath
35
50
Nobody has ever counted.
45
4
This team has the worst record in the NBA with only 8 wins through 40 games as of Tuesday.
Philadelphia 76ers
Cleveland Cavaliers
Brooklyn Nets
Miami Heat
5
China is investing $2.5 billion to fight air pollution in the nation's capital, reduce emission
Tokyo
Beijing
Seoul
Shanghai
6
4000 US troops and over 2000 pieces of military equipment sent to
this country
message Russia?
Hungary
Ukraine
Poland
Germany
7
Astronaut, last person to walk on the moon in December of 1972, has died at the age of 82, NASA
Gus Grisholm
John Glenn
Gene Cernan
Neil Armstrong
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A fighter jet mistakenly bombed a refugee camp killing 50 civilians in this West African nation
Madagascar
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Kenya
9
El Chapo,
a notorious drug dealer, brought to the USA to stand trial. Drug empire in country?
Afghanistan
Mexico
Colombia
Brazil
10
Back in 2014, Flight #370 left this country and crashed in Indian Ocean. 239 passengers died?
Malaysia
Indonesia
Australia
India
11
The Mistress,
a book by this prolific author, is #1 on the NY Times Bestsellers list of fiction
R L Stine
Danielle Steel
John Grisham
Nicholas Sparks
12
Avalanche caused by an earthquake buried hundreds in a hotel, killing two, in this country?
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
13
Ringling Brothers Circus is closing for declining tix sales and protest animal rights. Years?
75 years
101 years
146 years
150 years
14
The #6 most downloaded song on Itunes is
This Town
by this former
One Direction
band member?
Harry Styles
Liam Payne
Zayn Malik
Niall Horan
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3rd Monday in January National Holiday to commemorate the contributions of Dr. MLK, Jr. Year?
1968
2001
2006
1986