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Blood, sweat, tears. Health, wealth, stealth. Our news quiz will test what you know of the world that sped past last week, and glimpse the one to come.
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Lab-grown blood is finally a reality. Forget A B and O types, Rh-null is so rare, only 50 people have been known to have it. Transfusions, understandably, make headlines. What is the more common name for this precious blood?
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The title is a question. The points don’t matter. The comedians have performed for a live audience since 1988 and will shoot their final season next year. Ryan, Colin, Wayne and the gang bid a hoe-down farewell to which show?
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X is the world’s only nation that begins with that letter. X’s natives make up only 11% of the population. X will see a lot of football fans between today and December 18, but no beer sales. Habibi, what is X?
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Lost paperwork, visa rules and his insistence on entering the UK as a citizen meant Iranian Mehran Karimi Nasseri spent more than 18 years stuck at Paris’s airport. He died last week. Which 2004 film is loosely based on his situation? 5
Men can’t have them. On average, a woman has
1.71 of them. Now,
Russian President Putin has awarded Mother Heroine awards to women who have more than 10 of them. Congratulations! What are we counting? 6
Black Friday is November 25. Gear up for sales and your year-end shopping. It’s the day after which American holiday? Think turkey pardons, butterballs, family dinners, and the official start of the holiday season.
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In Odisha, elephants drank from pots of local liquor that were set aside to ferment. They got so drunk, they fell asleep. Forest officials had to beat drums to rouse them. Name the drink. It’s made from the sweet flower of the Butter Tree?
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India banned it in April and lifted the ban last week. One acronym.
Three letters. Think of an orange-and-white traffic cone for the logo of this free, opensource, cross-platform media player.
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Earth now has 8 billion people. Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania will collectively contribute to the next billion. Which country, more populous than ours, is not on this list?
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Thus far, climate activists have attacked a Klimt painting in Austria, a Monet in Germany and a Van Gogh in London. Two other artworks have been attacked, but in a different way. What did activists do to the two works?