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2015 Year in Review
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A plane going fromSpain to Germany crashed on 3/24 into the Fr. Alps killing 150. Whose fault?
ISIS bomb
Turkish jet
Russian missile
Co-pilot suicide
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An 10/31 crash of a plane going where on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt killed all 224 aboard
Kiev
Moscow
Baghdad
Toronto
3
This just in: what world leader thinks Donald Trump is an 'absolute leader' in the campaign?
King Abdullah
Justin Trudeau
Vladimir Putin
Imelda Marcos
4
What country recently issued a Red Alert due to its poor air quality and pollution?
Japan
China
Morocco
Mexico
5
Who musteredthe faithful & impressed many in September during his first visit to the US?
Francois Hollande
Pope Francis
Xi Xinping
Bashir al Assad
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On Jan. 7, a terrorist attack on the French satirical newspaper __________left 12 people dead
Kashkazi
L'Indépendant
Charlie Hebdo
Le Monde
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The opposition party of Nobel laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi won victory in nat'l elections in
Nepal
Indonesia
Thailand
Myanmar
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Ahmed Mohamed, a 14 y.o. from TX, became famous in Sept after he was detained for making what?
a bomb
a clock
a rap song
a bomb threat
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The worst mass shooting ofthe yr was on 12/2 in ______when a heavily armed couple killed 14.
Paris
New York
Mogadishu
California
10
A gun battle eruptedinside a ___ inCo. Springs 11/27 when a man w/ an assault rifle openedfire
college bookstore
Planned Parenthood office
shopping mall
bus terminal
11
Scientists believe most or all of global warming since 1950 was caused by the human release of
helium
greenhouse gases
carbon monoxide
hydrogen
12
Gov J Brown on 4/1/15 ordered mandatory water use reductions for the first time in __ history.
Idaho
New Mexico
California
Maine
13
In Sept a clerk in this state refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples.
Virginia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Alaska
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Who is Hillary Clinton's biggest Democratic challenger?
Ben Carson
Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders
Martin O'Malley
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130 people were killed by terrorists here, most at a concert hall, restaurant and a stadium.
Nairobi
Paris
Beijing
London
16
After 9 yrs & 3bil miles, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zipped past ___ andits 5 moons in July
Pluto
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
17
On 10/1, a manopened fire at a _____in Oregon in a rampage that left 10 people dead.
nursery school
campaign rally
rock concert
community college
18
The president and the chancellor or the University of _ resigned over increasing racial tension
Nebraska
Missouri
Miami
Virginia
19
Due to fears of an aging population, China's Communist Party ended its decades old ___ policy.
one child
social security
rice tariff
environmental
20
On July 20, the UnitedStates formally reopened the embassy in _________that it closed in 1961.
Honduras
Cuba
North Korea
Bosnia
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A Jan. outbreak of this inCA, at Disneyland, was due to children who had not been vaccinated.
whooping cough
influenza
measles
small pox
22
Defense Secretary Ash Cartersaid in Dec. that the Pentagon would open all combat jobs to _____.
gays
disabled vets
Krampus
women
23
Somali militants burst intoa university in _________ on April 2 and killed nearly 150 students.
Kenya
Cuba
Greece
Russia
24
Thee EPA accused German automaker ______Sept. of using software to cheat on emissions tests.
Mercedes
Volvo
Volkswagen
BMW
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Paul D. Ryan was elected the 54th _________,replacing John A. Boehner, in October.
Prime Minister of Canada
Speaker of the House
Vice President
CEO of Microsoft