Summer Quiz

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What do you remember about this summer's events?Inspired by the New York Times Summer quizamelie.silvert@ac-lille.fr

Summer Quiz 2020

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Entertainment

Two famous social media were targeted by the Trump administration.

Whatsapp and FB

Tik Tok and We chat

Reddit and Snapchat

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Donald Trump cited national security concerns related to the use of these two apps.There had been a problem involving Tik Tokers who had interfered with a Trump rally in June.The order essentially set a 45-day deadline for an acquisition of TikTok, which is in talks to be acquired by Microsoft.

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History

How many people protested across the US after George Floyd's death?

8 to 12million

1 to 3 million people

15 to 26 million

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The recent Black Lives Matter protests peaked on June 6, when half a million people turned out in nearly 550 places across the United States. That was a single day in more than a month of protests that continue till today.These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the country’s history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts.

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Sports & Leisure

The baseball looks really different this year in the US. What was seen on the field?

Masked players

Cardboard people

Tanks of sanitizer

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Science & Nature

Which president claimed they had found a vaccine for the Coronavirus?

Vladimir Putin

Xi Jinping

Emmanuel Macron

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Russia has become the first country in the world to approve a vaccine for the coronavirus, President Putin announced on Aug. 11, though global health authorities say the vaccine has yet to complete critical, late-stage clinical trials to determine its safety and effectiveness.

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Arts & Literature

Who dominated the Emmy 2020 with a record number of nominations?

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HBO

Netflix

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Netflix smashed the record for most nominations of any network, studio or streaming platform, with 160, breaking the record set last year by HBO. HBO came in second, with 107 nominations. The next closest competitor, NBC, had 47.

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Geography

Which country sees its tropical forest destroyed by arsons?

Congo

Brazil

Venezuela

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In Brazil, deforestation of the Amazon through clear-cutting appears to be on the rise under the pro-development policies of the country’s president.The worldwide total loss of old-growth, or primary, tropical forest — 9.3 million acres, an area nearly the size of Switzerland — was about 3 percent higher than in 2018 and the third largest since 2002.

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History

What flag was banned by Nascar? (the US American car association)

The Chinese flag

The Confederate flag

The Korean flag

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The Chinese flag

The Confederate flag

The Korean flag

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Sports & Leisure

On July 20, Saudi Arabia effectively cancelled......for what some scholars say may be the first time in history?

political elections

Weddings

The Haji Pilgrimage

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political elecrions

Weddings

The Haji Pilgrimage

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Science & Nature

Which species could become extinct by the end of the century?

Walruses

Polar bears

Snowy owls

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Walruses

Polar bears

Snowy owls

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Arts & Literature

Religious freedom

Gender parity

Open debate

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A Letter on Justice and........ ,” signed by 153 prominent artists and intellectuals, which warned against an “intolerant climate”

Arts & Literature

Religious freedom

Gender parity

Open debate

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Geography

What district does Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez represent?

Washington

Wisconsin

New York 14

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Wisconsin

New York 14

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Entertainment

Which Disney movies are to be released later in the year?

MulanStar Wars

BraveDeadpool

The little MermaidAvengers

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MulanStar Wars

BraveDeadpool

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