Current Events Quiz #13

On Saturday, January 21 in Monterey Park and on Monday, January 23 in Half Moon Bay, two mass shootings occurred in the state of _______, claiming the lives of 18 people altogether.

• New Hampshire

• Virginia

• California

• Texas

Four members of the militia group __________ were found guilty of seditious conspiracy related to the events of January 6 on Tuesday, January 23.

• National States' Rights Party

• Antifa

• Proud Boys

• Oath Keepers

Is inflation rising or lowering in the U.S.?

In quiet protest against Russia’s bombing of the Ukrainian Dnipro apartment building, Russians are laying bouquets of flowers on ____________, in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Krasnodar.

• the bases of statues of Ukrainian poets

• the steps of Ukrainian embassies

• entryways to apartment buildings

• Dnipro streets

On Saturday, January 21, former top ______ official, Charles McGonigal, was arrested for ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and attempts to remove Deripaska from the U.S. sanction list.

• FBI

• CIA

• State Department

• White House

In Malawi, nearly 1,000 people have died in a recent ______ outbreak, which Malawi had nearly eradicated.

• Yellow Fever

• Malaria

• Zika Virus

• Cholera

In the country of _____, anti-government protests which began last month are mounting, leading to the closure of Machu Picchu on Saturday, January 21.

• Brazil

• Peru

• Ecuador

• Chile

On Tuesday, January 24, several top ______ officials were dismissed in an anti-corruption drive by the president.

• American

• Ukrainian

• Brazilian

• Hungarian

On Tuesday, January 24, classified documents were found at _________'s home.

• Brett Kavanaugh

• Rudy Giuliani

• Mike Pence

• Kamala Harris