Current Events and Social Issues

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Some prison inmates in the Czech Republic are participating in a rehabilitation program by doing what activity?

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training dogs

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In what Middle Eastern nation did a rebel group sweep to power in recent weeks, quickly taking over territory and deposing the regime of President Bashar al-Assad?

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Syria

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As part of an effort to stop the poaching of rhinos, scientists in South Africa recently began doing what?

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inserting radioactive pods in the rhino horn

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What mobile app, which is reportedly used by more than half the U.S. population, is facing a January 19th deadline to either sell its American assets or become banned in the country?

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Tik Tok

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What instrument, from where we get the phrase “pull out all the stops,” was once called the king of instruments by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

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organ

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The powerful Santa Ana winds, which heat up as they sweep toward the ocean from inland deserts, have been blamed for spreading recent wildfires in what U.S. state?

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California

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December 11th marked 88 years since King Edward VIII became the first ruler to voluntarily give up the throne of what country?

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England

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What kind of leader (e.g. a prime minister, prince, etc.) did the Bamoun people of Cameroon recently put “on trial,” judging his work with both severity and humor in a centuries-old tradition?

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king

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In what U.S. state have most of the recent sightings of mysterious drones occurred, causing concerns among residents, leaders, lawmakers and law enforcement? Options: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut

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New Jersey

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On part of the island of Kauai, 22 native Hawaiian families carry on the ancestral tradition of making pa’akai, which is the Hawaiian word for what?

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harvesting salt from the sea