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Question 1

(December 2015) Which former president announced that he was cured of melanoma?

Accepted Answer

Jimmy Carter

Question 2

(March 2016) Caitlyn Jenner said that she would like to be a "transgender ambassador" for whom?

Accepted Answer

Ted Cruz

Question 3

(F) What country announced it will hold a referendum to decide whether it will stay in the EU?

Accepted Answer

UK

Question 4

(December 2015) What did the Federal Reserve do?

Accepted Answer

Raise interest rates

Question 5

(February 2016) Gianni Infantino was named the new president of ___?

Accepted Answer

FIFA

Question 6

(February 2016) The death of which SCOTUS justice sparked a political dogfight?

Accepted Answer

Antonin Scalia

Question 7

(February 2016) Which novelist, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, died at the age of 89?

Accepted Answer

Harper Lee

Question 8

(February 2016) Which Missouri senator was recently diagnosed with breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Claire McCaskill

Question 9

(February 2016) What country introduced a smartphone that costs $11?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 10

(September 2015) Which car company came under fire for cheating on its diesel emissions tests?

Accepted Answer

Volkswagen

Question 11

(December 2015) What announcement did the Sec. of Defense make regarding women?

Accepted Answer

All combat roles are available to women

Question 12

(September 2016) ISIS destroyed what ancient city in Syria?

Accepted Answer

Palmyra

Question 13

(September 2015) What country elected Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party as PM?

Accepted Answer

Canada

Question 14

(March 2016) What American astronaut returned to Earth after spending a year in space?

Accepted Answer

Scott Kelly

Question 15

(January 2016) Symptoms of zika virus (transmitted by sexual contact or mosquitoes)?

Accepted Answer

fever, rash, joint pain, red eyes

Question 16

(October 2015) John Boehner resigned as Speaker of the House. Who replaced him?

Accepted Answer

Paul Ryan

Question 17

(September 2015) Homo naledi is a newly discovered species of _____ found in South Africa.

Accepted Answer

early human

Question 18

(October 2015) What natural disaster struck the Hindu Kush and caused 398 deaths?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

Question 19

(August 2015) Where were debris from Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 found?

Accepted Answer

Reunion Island, Indonesia

Question 20

(November 2015) Which city voted against HERO, prop. for gender identity & sex. orientation?

Accepted Answer

Houston

Question 21

(January 2016) What Mexican drug lord was recaptured and incarcerated?

Accepted Answer

El Chapo

Question 22

(October 2015) Who testified before the House Select Committee ovr private emails and Benghazi?

Accepted Answer

Hillary Clinton

Question 23

(December 2015) Which country elected women to local government positions for the first time?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 24

(September 2015) Who resigned in August and then was re-elected as PM of Greece?

Accepted Answer

Alex Tspiras

Question 25

(September 2015) What was found on Mars by NASA?

Accepted Answer

Water

Question 26

(March 2016) Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon was killed in a car crash one day after __?

Accepted Answer

Indictment for bid-rigging.

Question 27

(January 2016) What law and/or deal went into effect?

Accepted Answer

Iran nuclear deal

Question 28

(February 2016) Mitt Romney blasted who as a "phony", "misogynist", and "very, very not smart"?

Accepted Answer

Donald Trump

Question 29

(Februaru 2016) What country launched a long-range rocket into space?

Accepted Answer

North Korea

Question 30

(February 2016) What physics theory, predicted by Albert Einstein, was confirmed?

Accepted Answer

General relativity

Question 31

(December 2015) What country surpassed Saudi Arabia in levels of oil production?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 32

(March 2016) Scientists discovered a gene (IRF4) that likely causes what?

Accepted Answer

Grey hair

Question 33

(November 2015) What ISIS militant, infamous for beheading videos, is killed in Syria?

Accepted Answer

Jihadi John

Question 34

(November 2015) What US city has contaminated drinking water and is in a state of emergency?

Accepted Answer

Flint, Michigan

Question 35

(December 2015) What did 147 countries formally agree upon at the 2015 UN Climate Change conf.?

Accepted Answer

Reducing carbon emissions

Question 36

(September 2015) Who replaced David Letterman as the host of The Late Show?

Accepted Answer

Stephen Colbert

Question 37

(November 2015) What country shot down a Russian warplane in Syria?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 38

(December 15) What state sued Obama administration b/c they refuse to admit Syrian refugees?

Accepted Answer

Texas

Question 39

(September 2015) Who resigned as Speaker of the House?

Accepted Answer

John Boehner

Question 40

(December 2015) The Committee to Protect Journalists announced that __ were killed in 2015?

Accepted Answer

69

Question 41

(November 2015) Leaders of what country agreed to meet after 65 years?

Accepted Answer

China and Taiwan

Question 42

(September 2015) Who replaced Tony Abbott as the PM of Australia?

Accepted Answer

Malcolm Turnbull

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