Week of Aug. 31, 2020 Current Events

Question 1

Jerry Falwell, Jr. resigned as president of ____ University, an evangelical Christian college, due to a personal scandal

Accepted Answer

Liberty

Question 2

To protest police violence, the _____refused to play their scheduled playoff game, and were followed by other NBA teams

Accepted Answer

Milwaukee Bucks

Question 3

Protests erupted after a police officer shot ____ a 29-year-old Black man, seven times in the back in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Accepted Answer

Jacob Blake

Question 4

Which group updated its uniforms for the first time in decades?

Accepted Answer

Girl Scouts

Question 5

As global cases of COVID-19 surpassed 25 million, _____ remains the country with the most cases.

Accepted Answer

U.S.

Question 6

______became the first person ever to reach a financial worth of $200 billion.

Accepted Answer

Jeff Bezos

Question 7

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister_____announced his resignation due to a health condition called ulcerative colitis

Accepted Answer

Shinzo Abe

Question 8

The most severe damage from Hurricane Laura happened in _____ where it made landfall, and eastern Texas.

Accepted Answer

Louisiana

Question 9

What was the prison sentence given to actress Lori Loughlin for the college admissions scandal involving her daughters?

Accepted Answer

Two months

Question 10

Acclaimed actor and producer ____ who starred in the movie “Black Panther,” died of cancer at age 43.

Accepted Answer

Chadwick Boseman

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