Feb. 8 Weekly News Trivia

Question 1

This U.S. city mayor has halted "no-knock warrants" after police burst into Amir Locke's apartment and killed him

Accepted Answer

Minneapolis

Question 2

This tech company made the largest video game developer acquisition in history after buying Activision for $68 billion

Accepted Answer

Microsoft

Question 3

Billboard has named this musician as its 2022 "Woman of the Year"

Accepted Answer

Olivia Rodrigo

Question 4

This Canadian celeb will be hosting the first ever open-air venue Juno Awards this May

Accepted Answer

Simu Liu

Question 5

It was revealed this week that, mathematically, THIS is the worst possible Wordle starting word

Accepted Answer

xylyl

Question 6

The World Wildlife Fund has attracted criticism over its latest fundraising campaign for:

Accepted Answer

Selling NFTs

Question 7

This MP has become the interim leader of the Conservative party after Erin O'Toole's ouster

Accepted Answer

Candice Bergen

Question 8

A new mental health crisis response pilot begins in Toronto next month with THIS as its most prominent feature

Accepted Answer

Nonpolice crisis response teams

Question 9

Convoy protesters have largley migrated to this online fundraising platform after GoFundMe dropped them

Accepted Answer

GiveSendGo

Question 10

This social media giant lost total daily active users in its last quarter, the first time in the company's history

Accepted Answer

Facebook

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