Current Events December 2015

Question 1

These two teams proceeded into the College Football Playoff

Answer 1

Alabama and Clemson

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Dubai

Question 3

This country accuses the US of attempting to sanction it recently

Answer 3

Iran over rocket/missile tests

Question 4

The top aides of this presidential candidate resigned

Answer 4

Ben Carson

Question 5

There has been flooding in this section of the US

Answer 5

the Midwest; Missouri and Illinois

Question 6

Donald Trump was featured in this group’s video.

Answer 6

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

Question 7

____ executed ____ recently; sparking tensions with Iran

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Singer _____ has recently passed away

Answer 8

Natalie Cole

Question 9

this person is charged with sexual assault

Answer 9

Bill Cosby

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Ethan Couch

Question 11

this country held elections without violence

Answer 11

CAR (Central African Republic)

Question 12

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

Answer 12

New York Knicks

Question 13

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

Answer 13

KaloBios

Question 14

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

Answer 14

North Korea

Question 15

this sports team fired their coach recently

Answer 15

Philadelphia Eagles

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Alan Kurdi of Syria

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Motorhead

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Japan; Korea

Question 19

this key city has been taken from ISIS by Iraqi forces

Answer 19

Ramadi

Question 20

this country had a deadly landslide recently which killed many civilians

Answer 20

China

Question 21

China has lifted its restrictions on its

Answer 21

one child policy

Question 22

This movie beat record ticket sales exceeding 1 billion

Answer 22

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Question 23

Tornadoes struck this state killing 11

Answer 23

Texas; Dallas

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Steve Harvey; Columbia; Philippines

Question 25

dozens were killed in a butane gas explosion in this country

Answer 25

Nigeria

Question 26

this person is pardoned by Jerry Brown

Answer 26

Robert Downey Jr.

Question 27

members of this community received compensation for a previous murder

Answer 27

Sandy Hook

Question 28

this company reported a breach in the security of their data

Answer 28

Hyatt

Question 29

this protest hit this location on Christmas

Answer 29

Black Lives Matter; Mall of America in Minneapolis

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Ted Cruz

Question 31

this company launched the first successful rocket that landed itself

Answer 31

SpaceX

Question 32

this city declared two red smog alerts

Answer 32

Beijing

Question 33

the ____ debate in _____ had ____ win

Answer 33

Democratic;

Question 34

this city removed 4 Confederate monuments in the city

Answer 34

New Orleans

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Chipotle

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Cuba and the US

Question 37

this government body _____

Answer 37

fed increases interest rates

Question 38

Defense Secretary Ash Carter

Answer 38

used a personal email to handle government issues

Question 39

Pete Rose was permanently banned by the

Answer 39

MLB

Question 40

The price of this resource has sunk to its lowest levels

Answer 40

oil

Question 41

this organization sued Ohio's attorney general

Answer 41

Planned Parenthood, who accused him of attempting to ban abortion