Living on One Dollar
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100

What was Chino's dream? 

To play soccer.

100

What type of machines are forestry officials in Mexico using to help reseed portions of the woods that were scorched by fires last year?

Drones

100

The Europeans divided the Middle East based on what resource?

Oil

100

In September, a U.S. trade official said a deal was in the works with China that would include the sale of a popular social media app to an American company. Name this app.

TikTok

100

What nation, which has the second-largest economy in Europe, experienced a political crisis in early September following the loss of a confidence vote by former Prime Minister François Bayrou?

France

200

What are pulgas?

Fleas

200

In what South American nation would you find the ancient Inca site Machu Picchu, where recent protests in September had stranded hundreds of tourists and had contributed to a travel warning?

Peru

200

What had the British promised Arabs in WWI if they should rise up against the Ottomans?

Independence

200

What was the name of the hurricane that struck six U.S. states just over a year ago and had a devastating effect on parts of North Carolina and Tennessee, which saw heavy rain beforehand?

Helene

200

On its list of vulnerable heritage sites, the World Monuments Fund recently included what location for the first time?

The moon

300

According to the documentary, how many people around the world live on less than $1 per day? 

1.1 billion

300

In what nation are locals in the High Atlas Mountains trying to preserve their “whistle language,” though its use is dwindling as the remote population shrinks?

Morocco

300

Who were the 'bad guys' who were not invited to discuss the Treaty of Versailles?

Germany, the Austro-Hungarians and the Ottoman Empire

300

In what Asian country was the gaming app Discord used to help choose the nation’s interim (temporary) prime minister, days after its former leader resigned following violent protests?

Nepal

300

A state in Australia is expanding conservation efforts for what animal, though the logging industry says the new protections will negatively impact hundreds of jobs?

Koalas

400

How much money did each person in the "savings club" get?

$144

400

What country, which is both an ally of Russia and a trading partner of the U.S., is now subject to a 50% tariff on goods it sells in America because of its continued purchase of Russian oil?

India

400

The secret agreement signed between Britain and France that divided up part of the Ottoman Empire.

Sykes-Picot Agreement

400

What war-torn country in southern Asia was recently struck by a 6.0-magnitude earthquake, which flattened villages and badly damaged many rural homes made from bricks and mud?

Afghanistan

400

In what African country – the only nation whose capital contains a national park – are some residents saving fuel and reducing pollution by cooking with solar ovens?

Kenya

500

How many people lived in Pena Blanca?

300

500

September 10th marked 179 years since American inventor Elias Howe was granted a patent for what kind of device?

Sewing Machine

500

What treaty signed after World War I was not secret, and involved the dismembering of the Ottoman Empire.

Treaty of Sevres

500

September 8th marked the 125th anniversary of the deadliest natural disaster in American history: a hurricane that struck what city in Texas?

Galveston

500

In September, NATO fighter jets shot down several Russian drones after they flew into the airspace of what European country?

Poland

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