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1
Which fast-food restaurant no longer uses GMOs in it's products?
McDonald's
Arbys
Wendy's
Burger King
2
The Baltimore Riots were caused by the death of?
Malcolm Brown
Freddie Gray
Eric Garner
Ryan Larsen (the homerun king)
3
What is the name of the terrorist group located in Nigeria that kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls?
Hezbollah
Boko Haram
The Foss Family
Shining Path
4
Which female democratic candidate is running for the second time in the 2016 Election?
Jill Stein
Hillary Clinton
Peta Lindsay
Michelle Obama
5
Which rapper recently declared he was running for the 2016 presidential Election?
Waka Flocka
Lil Wayne
Drake
Snoop Dogg
6
Who is the chancellor of Germany?
Helmut Kohl
Angela Merkel
Gregg Lerner
Helmut Schmidt
7
A volcano dormant for 42 years recently erupted in what country?
Peru
Chile
Sri Lanka
Brazil
8
The Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch as...?
Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Attorney General
Secretary of the Treasury
Solicitor General
9
Memorial Day falls on this date in 2015.
May 25th
May28th
May 27th
May 26th
10
Who was found guilty for all 30 counts in the Boston Bombings trial?
Abubakar Shekau
Ahmed Godane
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Abimael Guzman
11
Who won the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship?
Duke
Kean University
Kentucky
Connecticut
12
In early March 2015, 2 secret service cars crashed at what significant US building?
Dallas Airport
Pentagon
Yankee Stadium
White House
13
Which horse won the 2015 Kentucky Derby?
Dortmund
Orb
Pony Express
American Pharaoh
14
Who is the US's new Secretary of Defense?
Chuck Hagel
Eric Holder
Jack Lew
Ashton Carter
15
The New Attorney General is...
Hillary Clinton
Sarah Palin
Gina Lynch
Loretta Lynch
16
Who was the first pick in the 2015 NFL Draft?
Leonard Williams
Jameis Winston
Amari Cooper
Marcus Mariota
17
What city recently played a baseball game with no fans in it?
Arizona
San Francisco
New York
Baltimore
18
A 7.8 earthquake hit in which place?
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Japan
19
Which states Gov. recently signed the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law?
Wisconsin
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
20
Who won the "fight of the century"?
Lola (Tyler Foss's dog)
Floyd Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao
Nick Laurie's dad
21
What former patriot was convicted for first degree murder?
Tom Brady
Rob Gronkowski
Ray Lewis
Aaron Hernandez
22
Which NBA player did not hit a buzzer-beating shot to win their playoff game from 5/8 to 5/11?
LeBron James
Derrick Rose
John Wall
Paul Pierce
23
Which UK Prime Minister just won a second term?
Tony Blair
Benjamin Netanyahu
David Cameron
Gordon Brown
24
How did Tom Brady "cheat" during the AFC Championsip?
Took Steroids
Deflated Footballs
Spiked the Colts' Gatorade
Paid The Refs
25
The massive great white shark spotted off of the coast of Wildwood is named?
Mary Lee
Mary
Susan
Jamie
