World News Quiz: What have you missed this week?

1

Yoshihide Suga was elected to replace Shinzo Abe, Japan's long-serving prime minister. But for which of the following roles is the new leader also known?

Strawberry farmer
"Uncle Reiwa"
Biologist
Japanese foreign minister

1 / 7

2

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the history-making jurist and feminist icon, has died, aged 87. She was the second woman ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court. But who appointed her?

Donald Trump
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
George H. W. Bush

2 / 7

3

Scientists found an unexplained presence of a gas in the atmosphere of Venus, prompting suggestions living organisms could be floating in the planet's clouds. But what was the gas?

Phosphine
Hydrogen
Phosphate
Carbon dioxide

3 / 7

4

Which public figure was formally stripped of the honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) award by Britain's Queen Elizabeth?

J.K. Rowling
Harvey Weinstein
Benedict Cumberbatch
David Beckham

4 / 7

5

The U.S. will bar people in the the country from downloading Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok starting Sunday. The U.S. Commerce Department said the move was for which of the following reasons?

Cybersecurity risk
Ensuring user privacy
National security threat
Other

5 / 7

6

The first international passenger flight in eight months landed in Wuhan, the worst-hit city in China during the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday, marking the resumption of international flights to and from the city. The flight departed from which city?

Tokyo
Seoul
Phnom Penh
Kuala Lumpur

6 / 7

7

Wildfires in California continue to blaze, with over 8,500 hectares burned since the beginning of the month. But which of the following reasons caused so many wildfires in the state?

Warmer temperatures
Lack of rainfall
Santa Ana Winds
All of above

7 / 7

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