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1
After research in autophagy, biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi received what international award?
UNESCO Peace Prize
Nobel Prize
Pulitzer Prize
World Food Prize
2
Name the body of the UN whose meeting takes place in Sept at its headquarters in New York City.
General Assembly
Main Assembly
International Safety and Security
International Economic & Finance
3
Typhoon Meranti struck the southern part of what island before making landfall on China?
Taiwan
Borneo
Sumatra
New Guinea
4
Name the city that is scheduled to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
Barcelona
Tokyo
Paris
London
5
Where does the CEO of SpaceX hope to start sending people in the year 2024?
Neptune
the moon
Jupiter
Mars
6
According to UN, the US is in the midst of "epidemic" in abuse of what highly addictive drug?
cocaine
heroin
marijuana
7
A nearly $1 billion NASA mission aims to reach and return dust from what kind of space object?
asteroid
star cluster
moon
meteor
8
The Pope canonized a woman known for her humanitarian work. What was her name before sainthood?
Mother Theresa
Cheng Yen
Mother Angelica
Maria Elizabeth
9
What country did Hurricane Matthew cause "largest humanitarian event" since earthquake in 2010?
Jamaica
Haiti
Cuba
Dominican Republic
10
What is "largest living thing on Earth," which is massive ecosystem of islands and coral reefs?
Red Sea Coral Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Belize Barrier Reef
Florida Keys
11
There are two new moons that occur in a single calendar month, what is the second one called?
Blood Moon
Super Moon
Blue Moon
Black Moon
12
What is the term for the "wall" or rise of ocean water blown ashore by a hurricane's winds?
tsunami
local wind storm
winter storm
storm surge
13
A term for "battleground state,"place where voters choose Repub or Demo candidate for president
primary states
swing states
sway states
key states
14
Before death in October, King Bhumibol Adulyadej was world's longest-reigning monarch of _____.
Vietnam
Indonesia
Myanmar
Thailand
15
What organization, part of the UN, issued a warning about air pollution levels around the world
World Tourism Organization
Food & Agriculture Organization
World Health Organization
International Maritime Organization
16
A crew finished a year-long, simulated mission to Mars. They lived in a dome in what state?
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
Hawaii
17
For the first time since 1960, U.S. commercial flights resumed to what Caribbean country?
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Barbados
Cuba
18
Pres Obama says one U.S. gov goal by 2030 is to send people on a round trip to what location?
Jupiter
International Space Station
Mars
moon
19
What was once the second-largest city in Iraq before ISIS terrorists took control of it in 2014
Baghdad
Mosul
Basra
Damascus
20
What nation sent two astronauts into space for a 30-day mission on an orbiting laboratory?
Japan
North Korea
Indonesia
China
21
Name the U.S. president who signed the act that created the National Park Service 100 years ago
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
22
What term is used to describe the generation of American workers who were born after 1980?
Millennials
Generation X
Silents
Baby Boomers
23
Name the national park that is the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S.
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Great Smoky Mountains
Everglades
24
Name president whose government denies meddling in U.S. election despite accusations from U.S.
Vladimir Putin
Shinzo Abe
Benjamin Netanyahu
Dilma Rousself
25
Yellow-faced bees, which are now protected as an endangered species, are native to what state?
North Carolina
Washington
Hawaii
Colorado
26
What animal in China and is no longer considered endangered thanks to an increase in habitat.
Giant Panda
Mongolian fox
Red Panda
snow leopard
27
What disease spreads through dirty water was concern after Hurricane Matthew destroyed Haiti?
malaria
cholera
yellow fever
polio
28
What is the cheapest way to move gas or oil: through a pipeline, tanker truck, or ship?
pipeline
ship
tanker truck
29
Several missiles targeted a U.S. warship in the Red Sea. What war-torn country fired missiles?
Afghanistan
Syria
Yemen
Oman
30
The Galaxy Note 7, which was discontinued, was a smartphone made by what technology company?
Samsung
Apple
Android
Verizon
31
The EU has ruled that the Apple tech company owes up to $14.6 billion in taxes to what country?
Belgium
Poland
Ireland
Germany
32
What country did China say was "playing with fire" for conducting military training with U.S.?
Thailand
Japan
South Korea
Vietnam