Despite its neighbor China disagreeing from the Security Council, North Korea was recently accused of this by the United Nations.
What are crimes against humanity?
100
Protests about whether Ukraine should be more European or Russian-influenced took place for months in this capital city.
What is Kiev?
100
This Seahawk recently signed a contract to become a Lion.
Who is Golden Tate?
100
This smartphone app was purchased by Facebook for the unheard of sum of 19 billion dollars.
What is WhatsApp?
100
Zach Galifishnizzle interviewed President Obama on his show recently, though the main point was to plug this program to young people.
What is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?
200
A Boeing 777 from this airline disappeared nearly three weeks ago, leaving the world in doubt as to what really happened until a few days ago.
What is Malaysia Airlines?
200
Protests across Ukraine in early 2014 led to this president fleeing the scene for shelter in Russia.
Who is Yanukovych?
200
Tragically, this machine crashed from a news building in downtown Seattle last week.
What is a helicopter?
200
Arizona, Texas, and Kentucky all had this in common last month. The same could not be said for the country of Uganda, which took the opposite stance.
What are an expansion of gay marriage rights?
200
Republicans are looking to use the low enrollment in the President's health care plan against Democrats in this upcoming event.
What are midterm elections (this November)?
300
Navy SEALS boarded a ship from this country last week, stopping the sale of nationalized oil on the black market.
What is Libya?
300
Russian President Putin decided to use his military to "protect" ethnic Russians in this peninsular region of Ukraine.
What is Crimea?
300
This tunneling machine has been plagued by malfunctioning, the latest requiring a complete removal of the cutter head to replace its seals.
What is Big Bertha?
300
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel proposed that the US downsize this institution in the near future to help save money.
What is the army (military)?
300
President Obama recently used his executive power to strengthen pay for this group of laborers.
Who are overtime workers?
400
Israel bombed Syrian military sites in retaliation for a Syrian attack on this contested region.
What is the Golan Heights?
400
A referendum took place recently in a heavily ethnic Russian area of Ukraine, with over 90% voting to do what?
What is secede from Ukraine/become part of Russia?
400
The city of Seattle decided to regulate the number of uberX and Lyft vehicles on the road at any one time, due to complaints from this industry.
What is the taxi (or limousine) industry?
400
A Senate committee accused this institution of spying on Congress, possibly violating the 4th Amendment.
What is the CIA?
400
He made a personal phone call to President Obama to complain about the NSA's creation of fake social networking accounts to spy on people.
Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
500
The OPCW stated that Syria had only removed 11% of these by February 5th, though the pace has picked up significantly since then.
What are chemical weapons?
500
This minority group lives among the ethnic Russian majority of the peninsula in question, and they have a bad history of being persecuted and deported by Joseph Stalin in the 1930s.
Who are the Tatars?
500
Headlining the news this week was a mudslide that has left up to 90 people missing in this town near Arlington. (Not on quiz, but important to know anyway!)
What is Oso, Washington?
500
Rachel Canning of New Jersey ran away from home at age 18 and then attempted to sue her parents to pay for this. (She has since moved back home.)
What is her college tuition?
500
President Obama and European leaders have applied these financial/trade penalties to punish Russia for its actions in Ukraine. (They also kicked Russia out of the G-8 this week.)