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100

The favorite social media platform of the 45th president, Donald Trump. He uses it to convey his ideas and receive opinions from the people. One of his messages are his response to the Democrat party opposing his idea of a multi-billion dollar wall border. He claimed, "It's incredible how Democrats [...] say that a Wall doesn't work. It does [...] They say it's old technology - but so is the wheel...".

What is Twitter?

100

The most popular game of 2018, which won the "Game of the Year" award against Red Dead Redemption and Spider-Man: The Game. It hosts 125 million players and 7 seasons. In the "Battle Royale" game mode, you battle up to 99 other players using various weapons of different rarities as a killer storm closes in on the island.

What is Fortnite?

100

The runner-up country of the 2018 World Cup, who lost 2-4 to France. This Central/Southeastern European country's team includes players such as Rakitic of Barcelona and Modric of Real Madrid.

What is Croatia?

100

The prime minister of this country lost re-election in 2018 after a $4.5 billion scandal for misappropriating development funds.  Name the country.

What is Malaysia?

100

Name the chief minister of Karnataka that won the assembly elections in 2018 winning the lowest seats of the 3 major political parties.

Who is H D Kumaraswamy?

200

An American professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, she accused Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanagh of sexual assault.

Who is Christine Blasey Ford?

200

The American rapper and songwriter who died June 18, 2018 by gunshot as he got into his BMW. His popularity and fame suddenly increased after he died. Some of his most popular and latest albums include "17" and "?".

Who is XXXTentacion or Jahseh Onfroy

200

The winner of the world chess championship 2018 has the highest Elo rating in the history of chess.

Who is Magnus Carlsen?

200

At the age of 29, she became the youngest woman to serve in Congress defeating incumbent Joe Crowley in NY midterm elections.  Name this second place winner in Intel Science and Engineering Fair in microbiology for research on antioxidants.

Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

200

September 6 proved to be a landmark day for gender equality in the country. It was a day, the honourable Supreme Court  of India gave the historic judgment decriminalising homosexuality.  What is the section number of the Indian Penal Code that was rendered obsolete?


What is section 377?

300

The former Secretary of Defense within the Trump Administration who retired following Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria, a move that the Pentagon opposed.

Who is James Mattis?

300

This first movie of this unusual Marvel superhero's saga includes a young man fighting for his claim to the throne from within the futuristic third-world country, Wakanda, which he calls home.

Who is The Black Panther?

300

The city in which the 2018 Winter Olympics was held. In the 2018 Olympics, the USA won 23 total medals in various sports such as curling, hockey, skiing, snowboarding, etc.

What is Pyeongchang, South Korea?

300

With 2 million twitter followers, he founded the 'Democracy for Arab world now' posing a direct threat to crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Who is Jamal Khashoggi?

300

This top 10 news maker of 2018 is a 2 year old with significant instagram and twitter followers.

Who is Taimur Ali Khan?

400

The lawyer of Donald Trump until May 2018. He was arrested and given 3 years in prison as well as a $50,000 fine. This was due to not only eight counts of campaign finance violations and tax/bank fraud, at which he pleaded guilty to on August 21, 2018, but also for lying to a Senate committee about his efforts to build a "Trump Tower" in Moscow. He pleaded guilty to this in November 2018.

Who is Michael Cohen?

400

The latest movie of the 6 title film series, starring Tom Cruise as he takes on his latest mission to retrieve plutonium cores. This action-packed, high grossing movie includes intense scenes such as real skydiving onto a club as a part of Ethan Hunt's mission as an agent of the IMF.

What is Mission: Impossible - Fallout?

400

This team defeated the reigning world champion Germany in the 2018 soccer world cup.

What is Meh-heee-koooo!

400

The Boston Globe initially reported on the DNA test by explaining that Warren was somewhere between 1/32 and 1/512 Native American. However, the paper eventually issued two corrections that damaged Warren’s ancestral claims even further.  What is the generational range of her Native American ancestry?

1/64 to 1/1024

400

Name the most searched Indian celebrity of 2018 who dethroned 2017's #1 Sunny Leone.

Who is Priya Prakash Varrier?

500

Name the senator who announced to run for president in 2020 on Dec 31, 2018.

Who is Elizabeth Warren?

500

The inane trend among kids, teens, and even millennials of 2018 that includes consuming these inedible cleaning devices. They are known for washing your laundry by just popping one into your washing machine.

What are Tide Pods?

500

He could have broken the record for most runs in a calendar year if he played the Asia cup.  He still holds the record for most runs in 2018 test matches as well as one day internationals.  You already know who it is, so, name the player who scored the maximum runs in a calendar year in 2014.

Who is Kumar Sangakkara?

500

A group of 12 boys were stuck with their football coach in a cave for 18 days before being rescued by Navy Seals.  Name the cave and spell it :)

Tham Luang Nang Non cave.  Brownie points if you named the country.  Give yourself a medal if you named the Chiang Rai province. 

500

The #1 Instagram post of the year reads - "Happy B'day my love.  The most positive and honest person I know.  Love you.".  Who was this post addressed to?

Who is Anushka Sharma?

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