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Current Events December 2015 Flashcards

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These two teams proceeded into the College Football Playoff

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Alabama and Clemson

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There was a fire in a 63 story building in this city on New Year’s

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Dubai

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This country accuses the US of attempting to sanction it recently

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Iran over rocket/missile tests

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The top aides of this presidential candidate resigned

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Ben Carson

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There has been flooding in this section of the US

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the Midwest; Missouri and Illinois

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Donald Trump was featured in this group’s video.

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Al-Shabab; part of Al Qaeda in a recruitment video

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____ executed ____ recently; sparking tensions with Iran

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Saudi Arabia, including a cleric named Al - Nimr a prominent Shiite cleric

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Singer _____ has recently passed away

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Natalie Cole

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this person is charged with sexual assault

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Bill Cosby

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this person was captured in Mexico being a fugitive who escaped probition

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Ethan Couch

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this country held elections without violence

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CAR (Central African Republic)

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Cleanthony Early, of this team, was shot and robbed in NYC

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New York Knicks

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drug company files for bankruptcy protection after leader arrested on fraud charges

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KaloBios

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A high ranked official of this country to its dictator died in a car crash

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North Korea

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this sports team fired their coach recently

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Philadelphia Eagles

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a toddler from this country drowned recently, starting widespread grief from refugee supporters

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Alan Kurdi of Syria

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A singer of this band passed away at 70 from aggressive cancer

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Motorhead

18
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This country agreed to pay compensation for using this country’s women during WWII

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Japan; Korea

19
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this key city has been taken from ISIS by Iraqi forces

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Ramadi

20
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this country had a deadly landslide recently which killed many civilians

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China

21
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China has lifted its restrictions on its

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one child policy

22
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This movie beat record ticket sales exceeding 1 billion

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

23
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Tornadoes struck this state killing 11

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Texas; Dallas

24
Q

He made a mistake in the Miss Universe pageant by crowning Miss ____ instead of Miss ____

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Steve Harvey; Columbia; Philippines

25
Q

dozens were killed in a butane gas explosion in this country

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Nigeria

26
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this person is pardoned by Jerry Brown

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Robert Downey Jr.

27
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members of this community received compensation for a previous murder

A

Sandy Hook

28
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this company reported a breach in the security of their data

A

Hyatt

29
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this protest hit this location on Christmas

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Black Lives Matter; Mall of America in Minneapolis

30
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the Washington post pulled a cartoon that depicted _____ daughters as monkeys

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Ted Cruz

31
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this company launched the first successful rocket that landed itself

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SpaceX

32
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this city declared two red smog alerts

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Beijing

33
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the ____ debate in _____ had ____ win

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Democratic;

34
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this city removed 4 Confederate monuments in the city

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New Orleans

35
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this fast food chain had a blow in its reputation after a widespread sickening at Boston College

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Chipotle

36
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these two countries have decided to resume flights among years of sanctions

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Cuba and the US

37
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this government body _____

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fed increases interest rates

38
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter

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used a personal email to handle government issues

39
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Pete Rose was permanently banned by the

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MLB

40
Q

The price of this resource has sunk to its lowest levels

A

oil

41
Q

this organization sued Ohio’s attorney general

A

Planned Parenthood, who accused him of attempting to ban abortion

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