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2016 was quite a year!
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Who had the #2 top selling album of 2016?
A Head Full of Dreams - Coldplay
Purpose - Justin Bieber
25 - Adele
Lemonade - Beyonce
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What was the most downloaded app of 2016?
Messenger
Pokemon GO
YouTube
Snapchat
3
Which notorious criminal was captured in January in a deadly predawn shoot?
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
Griselda Blanco
Pablo Escobar
Whitey Bulger
4
Which country announced its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations in October?
The Maldives
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Dominican Republic
5
Which famous couple split in 2016?
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Prince William and Princess Kate
David Beckham and Victoria Beckham
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Which team won the MLB (Major League Baseball) 2016 World Series?
Cleveland Indians
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Boston Redsox
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Which team won the MLB (Major League Baseball) 2016 World Series?
Boston Redsox
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
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Who finished second in the medals table to USA at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games?
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
China
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Who stars in the 2016 science fiction-horror TV series "Stranger Things"?
Nicole Kidman
Winona Ryder
Reese Witherspoon
Drew Barrymore
10
Which of these nations elected their first female prime minister in 2016?
Taiwan
Japan
India
China
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Which author topped Forbes' list of the World's Highest Paid Authors in 2016?
J. K. Rowling
James Patterson
Dan Brown
Paula Hawkins
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What was the top grossing film of 2016?
Zootopia
Finding Dory
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Captain America: Civil War
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Boxing great "Muhammad Ali" died in 2016. What did he suffer from?
Cancer
Alzheimers
Pneumonia
Parkinson's
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Which team won the MLB (Major League Baseball) 2016 World Series?
New York Yankees
Boston Redsox
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
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Who challenged (and won) against Ronda Rousey at the 2017 UFC championship?
Valentina Shevchenko
Amanda Nunes
Holly Holm
Julianna Pena
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Which team won the UEFA European Championship in 2016?
Germany
France
Portugal
Russia
17
Released in February of 2016, name British singer-songwriter Elton John's 32nd studio album
The Diving Board
The Captain and the Kid
Peachtree Road
Wonderful Crazy Night
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What was Amazon's best selling book of 2016?
Love you Forever
The Girl on the Train
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
19
How old was David Bowie when he died?
80
72
69
66
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Which team won the CFL Grey Cup in November of 2016
Ottawa Redblacks
BC Lions
Calgary Stampeders
Edmonton Eskimos
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Which group won Vocal Group of the Year at the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards?
Maddie and Tae
Zac Brown Band
Little Big Town
Lady Antebellum
22
The Brazilian Senate impeached which President of Brazil on August 31st, 2016?
Michel Temer
Itamar Franco
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Dilma Rousseff
23
Which film won Best Picture at the 2016 Oscars?
Room
Joy
The Revenant
Spotlight
24
Tim Kaine (Hillary Clinton's running mate) hailed from which state?
South Carolina
Virgina
Texas
New York
25
What is the most commonly broken New Year's Resolution?
Travel to New Places
Learn Something New
Quit Smoking
Lose Weight and Get Fit
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How many electoral college votes did Donald Trump win?
300
288
279
306
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What virus outbreak was announced by the World Health Organization
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Lassa Virus
Influenza A Virus
Zika Virus
