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1
Forbes magazine predicts she will surpass Mark Zuckerberg as youngest self-made billionaire.
Kylie Jenner
Chloe Kardashian
Kim Kardashian
Kaitlyn Jenner
2
According to Late Night, he became Trump's new "KGBFF" after summit in Helsinki.
Vladamir Putin
Justin Trudeau
Emmanuel Macron
Theresa May
3
Winners of Wimbledon women's and men's tennis championships 2018:
Rafael Nadal & Serena Williams
Angelique Kerber & Novak Djokavic
Roger Federer & Venus Williams
Kevin Anderson & John Isner
4
In June, protests and policy changes surrounded which hot-button issue?
Global Warming
Border Immigration
Nuclear Proliferation
Witch Hunts
5
A tourist boat off the coast of Hawaii was damaged how?
A lava bomb
Sharks
Icebergs
Poisoned by Russian spies
6
July 15 winners of soccer's World Cup AND in which country?
France in Russia
England in Belgium
Croatia in Qatar
Russia in Brazil
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In "techonomics," one company surpassed a trillion in value while another lost $100 billion.
Apple and Facebook
Tesla and Uber
Snapchat and Instagram
Spacebook and Vine
8
Embarrassed politicians Cheney, Palin, Jason Spencer, and others with "Who is America" pranks.
Sacha Baron Cohen
Trevor Noah
James Corden
Conan O'Brien
9
Twelve soccer players were freed in a dramatic rescue from where?
Mt. Kilauea
A cave in Thailand
Russia
A detention center in TX
10
Seventeen people were killed in Branson, MO disaster in what kind of craft?
River Ark
Possum Ferry
Duckboat
Speedboat
11
His album Scorpion broke a 54 year-old Beatles' record for most hits in the Billboard Top 10.
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake
Drake
Kanye West
12
Remaining major candidates for Governor of Georgia 2018:
Stacey Abrams (D) & Brian Kemp (R)
Stacey Abrams (D) & Casey Cagle (R)
Keisha Lance Bottoms (R) & Brian Kemp (D)
Nathan Deal (R) & Casey Cagle (L)
13
What 70 year-old retail chain closed its last 800 stores and went out of business?
Blockbuster
Best Buys
Sears
Toys R Us
14
All but one of the following companies had to temporarily close when demand could not be met.
Build-a-Bear
Netflix
Movie Pass
Amazon Prime
15
With which world leader did President Trump NOT meet this summer?
Angela Merkel
Queen Elizabeth
Kim Jong Un
Ali Khameni
16
Top grossing summer movie June-July 2018:
Jurassic World
Incredibles 2
Deadpool Returns
Avengers: Infinity War
17
After losing his third championship to Golden State, which NBA "King" signed with LA?
Kobe Bryant
Steph Curry
Levar Ball
LeBron James
18
This thoroughbred became just the 13th in a hundred years to win horse racing's triple crown:
Seattle Slew
Justify
American Pharaoh
Affirmed
19
Nominated to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Neil Gorsuch
Merrick Garland
Brett Kavanaugh
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Two high profile suicides reawakened awareness of depression and mental health.
Clay Jensen & Hannah Baker
Robin Williams & Dano Plato
Courtney Love and River Phoenix
Kate Spade & Anthony Bourdain