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Summer 2021 News Quiz
Summer 2021 News Quiz
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1
The partial collapse of this type of building in Surfside, Florida, in June, led to the deaths 98 people
Shopping mall
Office building
Church
Condo
2
What sentence did Derek Chauvin receive for the murder of George Floyd?
22 years in prison
Death penalty
5 years probation
Life imprisonment
3
In August the Taliban overran Afghanistan. Its capital is:
Tashkent
Karachi
Herat
Kabul
4
What is the name of the Tokyo Olympics Mascot ?
Miraitowa
Hodori
Amik
Fuwa
5
The 2020 Olympic Games began in
August 2021 in Tokyo
June 2020 in Tokyo
July 2021 in Tokyo
July 2021 in Osaka
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Which country was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in August?
San Domingo
Puerto Rico
Haiti
Cuba
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Why did President Biden call on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign ?
Accusations of embezzling public money
Accustations of cheating on his wife
Accusations of sexual assault
Accusations of electoral fraud
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Hundreds of unmarked graves have been discovered at the site of an Indian Residential School in which country?
The United States
Australia
Mexico
Canada
9
Which tennis star withdrew from the French Open?
Naomi Osaka
Andy Murray
Jennifer Brady
Roger Federer
10
Which 2 CEOs went into space this summer?
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk
Mark Zuckerberg and Richard Branson
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos
11
What were residential schools in Canada?
Government schools to assimilate Native children.
A community´s neighbourhood school.
Government schools to assimilate Asian children
Schools for the children of new residents to Canada
12
What do you celebrate on Juneteenth?
The ending of slavery
The end of the American Civil War
Independence from the British
The arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers
13
Prince Harry and Megan Markle announced the birth of their child, what have they named her?
Penny
Elizabeth
Christine
Lilibet
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Britney Spears wanted...
to remove her father as her legal conservator
to get married
to maintain her father as her legal conservator
to release an new album
15
India celebrated the anniversary of its independence. How many years?
50
75
100
60
