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Question 1

Which 3 countries signed an accord at the Whitehouse?

Answer 1

Israel, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain

Question 2

Which country had over 1000 police officers private information been leaked?

Answer 2

Belarus

Question 3

Who is the current president of Belarus?

Answer 3

Alexander Lukashenko

Question 4

A statue of Melania Trump has been unveiled near her home town in what country?

Answer 4

Slovenia

Question 5

Name of the accused child sex abuser to be extradited to Australia

Answer 5

Malka Leifer (lifer)

Question 6

Which US Supreme Court Justice passed away last Friday?

Answer 6

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Question 7

How old was Ruth Bader Ginsburg when she passed away?

Answer 7

87 years old

Question 8

Who was the Russian politician allegedly poisoned?

Answer 8

Alexei Navalny (Na-Val-Ly)

Question 9

How was Alexei Navalny allegedly poisoned?

Answer 9

Novichok laced in his water bottle

Question 10

What’s happened this week with the NYC Police?

Answer 10

An officer has been accused of spying for Chinese Authorities (Baimadajie Angwang)

Question 11

Twitter has launched internal investigations over what issue?

Answer 11

Racially biased image-cropping function

Question 12

US judge blocks Executive Ban on what app?

Answer 12

WeChat

Question 13

Which company is currently in negotiations to buy Tiktok

Answer 13

Oracle

Question 14

Which 2 organisations have the Aust. Govt. made a vaccine deal with?

Answer 14

Astrazeneca and Oxford University

Question 15

Julian Assange was offered a pardon in exchange for what?

Answer 15

The source of the Democratic National Convention hack

Question 16

What was found under a house in Romania this week?

Answer 16

1st Edition Books by Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton

Question 17

What deal did the European Space Agency make this week?

Answer 17

Deal with NASA make a spacecraft capable of deflecting Asteroids

Question 18

Boycott movement to strip China of hosting rights to the ______?

Answer 18

2022 Winter Olympic Games

Question 19

Thai protesters have spent the last 2 months doing what?

Answer 19

Challenge the Thai Monarchy

Question 20

US Underscretary of State Keith Krach was sent on a visit what country?

Answer 20

Taiwan

Question 21

Who was elected to be the next Prime Minister of Japan?

Answer 21

Yoshihide Suga (formerly Chief Cabinet Secretary) (Yoshi-hi’day)

Question 22

The Venezuelian President Maduro has been accused of what?

Answer 22

Crimes against humanity

Question 23

Background: Who is the NZ opposition leader?

Answer 23

Judith Collins

Question 24

Background: Who is the President of Brazil?

Answer 24

President Bolsonaro (recieving surgery bladder stone)

Question 25

What happened with the US Treasury this week?

Answer 25

Buzzfeed obtained leaks to the FinCEN Files

Question 26

Is “FinCEN” is short for what organisation?

Answer 26

US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Question 27

FinCEN Files are comprised of 2,100 what?

Answer 27

Suspicious Activity Reports ($2.7 Trillion)

Question 28

Background: Who is Joe Biden’s running mate?

Answer 28

Kamala Harris

Question 29

Trevor Milton Resigns as Executive Chairman from what company?

Answer 29

Nikola (Fraud Allegations)

Question 30

Italy has recently passed a referendum to do what?

Answer 30

Reduce the size of parliament by a third (63% voted For)

Question 31

Why is Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in the news?

Answer 31

His royal pardon has been challenged by the court