Current Events 12.17 to 1.27

Question 1

This Texas county is suing to get 128 Democrats off this years' electoral ballots:

Accepted Answer

Dallas

Question 2

Nintendo's new video game accessories are made out of what?

Accepted Answer

cardboard

Question 3

Scientists in Shanghai, China, announced they had successfully cloned what?

Accepted Answer

two monkeys

Question 4

South Carolina lawmakers presented a proposal for a monument honoring what person or group?

Accepted Answer

Black Confederate soldiers

Question 5

An ex-CIA officer arrested at John F. Kennedy Int. Airport had notebooks filled with what?

Accepted Answer

real names of CIA assets & undercover officers

Question 6

The US announced it will hold back more than half the funding for a UN agency that helps who?

Accepted Answer

Palestinian refugees

Question 7

Athletes from N. & S. Korea will march together under a unified flag during which sports event?

Accepted Answer

The Olympics

Question 8

2017 received this climate ranking by NASA, just behind the year 2016:

Accepted Answer

second-warmest year

Question 9

An emergency alert warning of an incoming missile attack was dispatched here on Jan. 13:

Accepted Answer

Hawaii

Question 10

A plan unveiled this week would send 650,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh back to where?

Accepted Answer

Myanmar

Question 11

Cape Town, South Africa, is in danger of running out of what?

Accepted Answer

water

Question 12

Judge Aquilina read a letter from sex abuser Larry Nassar. What did she do with the letter?

Accepted Answer

She tossed it

Question 13

It's now against the law to operate a drone while intoxicated in which state?

Accepted Answer

New Jersey

Question 14

The tech world is abuzz about "ripple." What is it?

Accepted Answer

A cryptocurrency

Question 15

Hawaii announced it's suspending nuclear warning siren tests while it investigates what?

Accepted Answer

false emergency missile alert

Question 16

CIA Director Mike Pompeo says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un really wants what?

Accepted Answer

To take over the entire Korean peninsula

Question 17

The US plans to move the Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. When will this happen?

Accepted Answer

By the end of 2019

Question 18

Which Middle Eastern country had widespread protests over poor economy and cost of living?

Accepted Answer

Iran

Question 19

The Senate ended the 3-day shutdown because of the promise of Rep. leaders to address what?

Accepted Answer

the fate of the "Dreamers"

Questions 19