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Today, the US State department _______________ the Keystone Pipeline project.
stopped
approved
declined
altered
2
Who is the new leader of the Alberta provincial conservative party?
Alison Redford
Jason Kenney
Brian Jean
Naked Nenshi
3
Who is currently the supreme leader of North Korea?
Kim Kardashian
Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-il
Lil Kim
4
This football team is heading to the White House to meet Donald Trump
Denver Broncos
New Orleans Saints
New England Patriots
Seattle Seahawks
5
A lion cub was recently smuggled into this country
Canada
France
Belgium
Ukraine
6
What did the Liberals release this week?
a speech to Trump on immigration
a new strategic defence plan
news on an increase in immigration
A new budget
7
Which #1 seed lost in the 32 round of the NCAA basketball?
Duke
UNC
Kansas
Villanova
8
Who is leading the NHL in points?
Connor Mcdavid
Sidney Crosby
Patrick Kane
9
Who will have to pay more after the federal governments new tax laws go through?
tax cheaters
smokers
ALL OF THE ABOVE
drinkers
10
What is the name of Samsung's new personal assistant on the Galaxy S8?
Bixby
Cortona
Siri
Alexa
11
Which politician recently spent $127 000 on a vacation
Putin
Trudeau
Trump
Merkel
12
Where was the man who was responsible for the London attack born?
Iraq
Britain
Pakistan
California
13
This terrorist group claimed responsibility for the London terrorist attack
ISIL
Al Qaeda
Boko Haram
Taliban
14
He is the US Supreme Court nominee:
Chuck Schumer
Neil Gorsuch
Bob Casey
Clarence Thomas
15
An earthquake could cause which US city to sink almost a meter?
Seattle
New York
Orlando
Los Angeles
16
In North Dakota, the house of a _______ was targeted and burned down
Syrian doctor
white supremacist
Mormon leader
black preacher
17
The $ raised from this phone will go to support
funding to eliminate child poverty
funding to fight HIV/AIDS
funding for mental illness
funding for Africa
18
North Korea accused this country of espionage this week:
Japan
China
Philippines
South Korea
19
TD Bank had a scandal this week that involved:
Employees tampering with customer accounts
Employees fighting with customers
Employees stealing
Murder
20
$72 000 of that cost for the trip was for:
food for Canadian-themed parties
people who work for the family and children
helicopter trip that isunder investigation for
RCMP security detail that would be on any trip
21
Sign of life from approximately 3.8 billion years ago was found in which Canadian province?
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Alberta
Ontario
22
Who recently created a new record for the amount of points scored in one basketball season?
King James
Stephen Curry
Kyrie
Malcolm Hill
23
A company is building a plane that can fly from North America to Europe
and back again without fueling up
on nothing but electricity
on solar energy
using half of the jet fuel of previous planes
24
Which new album was released this past week?
Drake "More Life"
Justin Bieber "Purpose"
Beyonce "Lemonade"
Ed Sheehan "Divide"
25
The Calgary Flames were recently on a winning streak and won ___ games in a row
8
7
9
10
26
This city suffered a terrorist attack this week
Paris
Brussels
London
Berlin
27
This company is under scrutiny for paying no tax in New Zealand.
Apple
Google
Microsoft
Epsom
28
Laptops and tablets have been banned from planes coming from to the USA from these countries:
Russia
UK and France
Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Canada and Sweden
29
The Prime Minister of Great Britain is:
David Cameron
Theresa Green
Theresa May
Sadiq Khan
30
This company had a computer outage that affected all of its locations across Canada
Best Buy
Walmart
Shoppers Drug Mart
Safeway
31
A man showed his sobriety after being pulled over by the cops by:
creating balloon animals
doing a handstand for 20 seconds
a comedy act
juggling
32
This animal can catch a cold from a human
Chimpanzee
Mouse
Badger
Gorilla
33
This country came out on top in a recent search for the world's happiest country:
Switzerland
Norway
Finland
Canada
34
ABC News' twitter account was hacked and the hackers posted a message in support of:
The death penalty
Trump
LGBTQ rights
Abortion
35
Shaquille O'Neil has made which of the following claims?
The moon landing was fake.
The earth is flat
Obama spied on Trump
Aliens exist
36
The Calgary Zoo is holding a vote on naming:
The zoo's most dangerous animal
Canada's new national animal
Canada's cutest animal
The zoo's cutest animal
37
Who is first in the NBA Western Conference?
Utah Jazz
LA Clippers
Golden State Warriors
San Antonio Spurs
38
This animal can run faster than a horse:
badger
ostrich
gorilla
bunny
39
This week the "Trump care" bill in parliament was
terminated
delayed
at an all-time high in the polls
approved
40
This Broadway hit is coming to New York
The Lion King
Hamilton
Cats
Phantom of the Opera