China has the highest population with over 1.4 billion. THIS COUNTRY is in second place, with 1.2 billion people.
WHAT IS INDIA. Together, China and India have approximately 36% of the total world population within their borders.
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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been accused of doing THIS in his high school years.
WHAT IS BULLYING. He was accused of attacking his fellow student John Lauber by pinning him down forcefully and cutting his long hair. The accusation suggested that Romney did this because he believed Lauber to be gay.
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After a failure to form a coalition and a government, THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY will be holding new elections.
WHAT IS GREECE. The current political crisis is pushing Greece closer to bankruptcy and an exit from the Eurozone.
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Iran gave an upbeat assessment of its atomic activity in talks with THIS UN WATCHDOG today.
WHAT IS THE IAEA. Many are still skeptical about progress because Iran has yet to grant inspector access to suspicious sites.
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Attribute this quote: “I meeeeeeeaaaaaaan...”
WHO IS BRIAN HOLMES.
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THIS COUNTRY has the highest standard of living as listed in the UN Human Development report.
WHAT IS NORWAY. Following up are Australia, The Netherlands, and The United States.
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49 Mutilated bodies have been found in Mexico, killed by who the police believe is THIS MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL.
WHO ARE THE ZETAS. Since 2006, 50,000 have died in drug-related violence in the country.
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Lady Gaga has been denied a permit to perform in THIS COUNTRY’s capital, Jakarta.
WHAT IS INDONESIA. The permit was not given due to officials’ concern with her safety after the Islamic Defenders Front threatened to intercept Gaga at the airport.
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The European Union's anti-piracy force has attacked pirate installations on THIS COUNTRY’S coastline by air for the first time since its mandate was expanded earlier this year.
WHAT IS SOMALIA. The mandate is not expanded to allow EU forces to attack fuel supplies, trucks, and boats, but not the pirates themselves.
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Advisor Emeritus Chadwick Alger was born in THIS DECADE.
WHAT IS THE 1920s.
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THIS COUNTRY has the highest tally of Olympic Gold Medals won (at the summer Olympics only).
WHAT IS THE UNITED STATES, with 929 gold. The Soviet Union follows up with 395.
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The Columbia - US free trade agreement came into effect five years after it was signed, with THIS PRODUCT as Columbia’s first US-bound export.
WHAT ARE FLOWERS. The US’s first Columbia-bound export is due to be a Harley-Davison motorcycle.
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A man set himself on fire outside the courthouse in Oslo where THIS MAN’S trial is taking place.
WHO IS ANDERS BREIVIK. It is currently unknown if the self-immolation was motivated by the trial - the man was shouting something as he ran towards the courthouse, but it was not about Breivik or his victims.
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Airstrikes by the Yemeni army killed 16 members of this terrorist organization yesterday.
WHAT IS AL-QAEDA. The attacks are part of the military's broader campaign against fighters who have seized towns and territory across southern Yemen over the past year.
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Lame duck CCWA President Kapil “Melbrote” is a Youtube sensation in a parody of THIS FOOD PRODUCT’S commercial.
WHAT IS TOTINO’S PIZZA ROLLS.
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THIS COUNTRY has the most external debt (debt owed to nonresidents).
WHAT IS THE UNITED STATES, owing this big number: $15,570,789,000,000.
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The FBI has launched a probe into THIS FINANCIAL FIRM to investigate trading losses.
WHAT IS JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve are also looking into the losses.
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The Dalai Lama told reporters of a UK newspaper Sunday that THIS COUNTRY may have sponsored a plot to poison him.
WHAT IS CHINA. The Tibetan spiritual leader said he received information that women were instructed to lace their hair and clothing with poison and ask to be blessed for healing, but admits that the information cannot be proven.
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Today marks ‘Nabka,’ the day where many Palestinians were displaced from their homes with the declaration of Israeli statehood IN THIS YEAR.
WHAT IS 1948. There have been small protests today throughout Palestinian territories, and a large rally is scheduled to take place in the Gaza Strip.
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Most of us here are familiar with legendary tune ‘Chal Chaya-Chaya,’ a song number in THIS BOLLYWOOD FILM.