World News Quiz: What have you missed this week?

1

Which political figure received a coronavirus vaccine shot live on television this week?

Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Vladimir Putin
Boris Johnson

1 / 7

2

On Wednesday, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed two cases of another new variant of coronavirus. Which country were the new cases linked to?

South Africa
The U.S.
Canada
Japan

2 / 7

3

The UK and the EU finalized a post-Brexit trade agreement on Christmas Eve. Do you still remember when the UK voted in a referendum to leave the EU?

June 23, 2016
March 29, 2017
June 7, 2019
January 31, 2020

3 / 7

4

NASA, the U.S. space agency, has released a dramatic video showing how the Perseverance Mars Rover is expected to complete its journey to the Red Planet on February 18, 2021. Do you know which of the following objects will be aboard the rover to Mars?

Almost 11 million names
A COVID-19 vaccine
Moon samples
Cotton seeds

4 / 7

5

Queen Elizabeth II delivered her annual Christmas message as the country continues its fight against COVID-19. What was highlighted in this year's speech?

"There is hope in the new dawn."
"On our own, we cannot end wars or wipe out injustice."
It is "small steps, not the giant leaps" that bring lasting change.
The year was "quite bumpy."

5 / 7

6

Ezra Feivel Vogel, a prominent expert on Asian studies and a social sciences professor at Harvard University, died aged 90. Which of his works took 10 years of research and writing?

China and Japan: Facing History
The Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asia
China at War: Regions of China
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

6 / 7

7

Some people have compared 2020 to a dystopian movie. There were terrifying, tragic, resilient, heroic moments, but also some joyful ones if you could find them. Do you remember the name of the first giant panda born outside of China amid the COVID-19 pandemic?

Fan Xing, born in the Netherlands
Tian Bao, born in Belgium
Xing Bao, born in Spain
Jia Panpan, born in Canada

7 / 7

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