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Current Events from the summer of 2015
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1
China's central bank drove this currency down for 3 straight days, panicking global markets
Dollar
Yuan
Euro
Yen
2
A journalist for Univision was kicked out of this candidates press conference
Donald Trump
Marco Rubio
Rand Paul
Hillary Clinton
3
These three man earned the Legion of Honor, France's highest award. Why?
Helped stop a gunman on a high speed train from Paris
Overpowered a hijacker on a flight from Paris to New York
Died fighting a wildfire on the outskirts of Paris
They graduated at the Sorbonne
4
At their first Republican debate, why did Donald Trump imply Megyn Kelly had done poorly?
She is a democrat
She was menstruating
She is from Fox News
She is a woman
5
2 Soldiers made history in August by being the first women to graduate from where?
Notre Dame
Navy Seal school
Army Ranger School
Harvard Law
6
Six Nations led by the U.S. reached a deal limiting Iran's nuclear program for what tradeoff?
releasing Iranian prisoners of war
American military technology
Lifting oil and financial sanctions on Iran
Investing in Iran's oil fields
7
This woman was found dead in a jail cell 3 days after a traffic stop in a Texas county jail
Kindra Chapmann
Joyce Curnell
Sandra Bland
Raynette Turner
8
After 9 years, NASA's Horizon spacecraft flew past this planet and sent back pictures in July
Mercury
Pluto
Mars
Saturn
9
On July 27th, The Boy Scouts of America ended its ban on which of these?
Openly gay scouts
openly gay scout leaders
Mormons
transgender scouts
10
In a bipartisan stampede, 18 presidential candidates spent their weekend at this event
South Carolina Citadel
Wine and Harvest Festival
Ohio Jazz and Rib fest
Iowa State Fair
11
In August, hackers publicly dumped almost 10 gigbytes of account info from what site?
Blind Date
Ashley Madison
Match.com
Cougar Life
12
Many European countries are now faced with a flood of migrant citizens from which region?
North Africa and the Middle East
South America
Southeast Asia
Russia
13
With what country did the U.S. recently reopen an embassy that had been closed since 1951?
South Korea
Ukraine
Cuba
North Korea
14
August was the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. How many people perished in the disaster?
17,000
1,700
17
170
15
A Kentucky County Clerk refused to issue this in late August
Drivers licenses to men
Drivers licenses to immigrants
Birth certificates to black babies
Marriage licenses to gay couple
16
On August 6th, survivors gathered in this city to mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic age
Hiroshima, Japan
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
Nagasaki, Japan
Las Vegas
17
Three of these headlines appeared in the New York Times in August. Which 1 was from the Onion?
Miss Piggy and Kermit Break Up Ahead of New ABC Muppets Show
Coke Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity From Soda
Hitchhiking Robot Meets Its End in Philadelphia
State Standards, Teachers To Change Lives Of 30% Of Students
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President Obama issued an executive order renaming this mountain after its native name, Denali
Rainier
St Helens
Vesuvius
McKinley
19
From which country is the infamous 'El Chapo', drug kingpin who escaped prison in July?
Mexico
Ecuador
El Salvador
Columbia
20
Three of these are NEw York Times headlines. Which one is from the Onion?
Earth in July was hottest month on record
Johns.and Johns. issues Nothing but Tears shampoo for babies
World will not end next month, NASA claims
Giant Panda gives birth to two cubs at National Zoo