
News of the Week Quiz (05.04.2019)
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- Q1Which social media network was shut down this week?BeeboMySpaceFriendsterGoogle+20s
- Q2The World Health Organization reported that global life expectancy has increased by ______ years between 2000 and 2016.6.54.55.58.520s
- Q3Justin Bieber was criticized for an insensitive April Fools' prank this year. What was the prank?Faking that he'd been shotFaking his wife's pregnancyFaking a donation of $30million to charityFaking his retirement20s
- Q4Carbon dioxide levels are the highest they have ever been in ____________ years, which was when Greenland was mostly green and sea levels were 20 meters higher.5 million7 million2 million3 million20s
- Q5Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie finalized the biggest divorce settlement ever on Thursday. MacKenzie obtained 25% of the couple's Amazon shares, which is worth approximately how much?$6 billion$1 billion$56 billion$36 billion20s
- Q6Which EU country most strongly opposes giving the UK an extension for Brexit?FranceGermanyThe NetherlandsSpain20s
- Q7Which country has successfully passed a law that will punish social media companies if they do not quickly remove violent posts?New ZealandAustraliaUnited KingdomJapan20s
- Q8What is the name of the horse that made history as only the second horse to win back-to-back Grand National races?Tiger LilyTiger WoodsTiger RollTiger Run20s
- Q9Which national airline has moved its base to a new, $11-billion airport?Korean AirTurkish AirlinesBritish AirwaysQantas20s
- Q10Marine plastic pollution is estimated to cost the world up to ________________ per year.$0.5 trillion$2 trillion$1.5 trillion$2.5 trillion20s