Other (Sports, Government, Court Decisions, Health & Other Disasters)
100
On June 12, a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 more when he opened fire HERE in Orlando, Fla, making it one of the worse mass shootings in United States history.
What is a gay nightclub?
100
The FBI director, James B. Comey, on July 6 recommended no criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her handling of classified information using THIS while she was secretary of state.
What is private email server?
100
THIS became a widespread obsession in mid-July, sending people into streets and parks all over the world, and spawning anecdotes about people falling off cliffs, discovering dead bodies and wandering unthinkingly into the street.
What is Pokemon Go!?
100
The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into the fatal July 5 shooting of a THIS black man by the Baton Rough, LA, police after a searing video of the encounter reignited contentious issues surrounding police killings of African-Americans.
Who is Alton Sterling?
100
On June 19, LeBron James delivered on the grandest stage of his superhuman career, leading THIS TEAM their first championship in franchise history.
What is the Cleveland Cavaliers?
200
On July 14, a Tunisian immigrant with no known radical ties killed 84 people and injured hundreds during Bastille Days in this Mediterranean city.
What is Nice, France?
200
The Republican National Convention got off to a rocky start on July 18 with a speech from THIS PERSON who borrowed key passages, word for word, from Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention eight years ago.
Who is Melania Trump?
200
This is the first South American country to host the Olympics.
What is Brazil?
200
Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in a suburb of St. Paul during the week of July 5. A passenger documented the aftermath in video streamed on THIS.
What is Facebook Live?
200
Four cases of THIS in Miami were highly likely to have been caused by infected mosquitoes.
What is Zika infection?
300
A lone gunman killed nine people and seriously injured 27 others near a shopping mall in this German city on July 22.
What is Munich?
300
In the most electric moment of the Republican National Convention, boos and jeers broke out as it became clear that THIS PERSON was not going to endorse Donald J. Trump.
Who is Ted Cruz?
300
Many athletes logged historic victories during the Rio Games, including the MOST DECORATED Olympian in history who won his 23rd and final gold medal on Aug. 13.
Who is Michael Phelps?
300
Three days after the Philando Castile shooting, a retaliatory attack on white police officers shocked the nation as a black Army veteran with a troubled history opened fire on officers patrolling a protest in THIS CITY, killing five police officers.
What is Dallas?
300
On Aug. 14, President Obama declared this storm-drenched STATE a major disaster area.
What is Louisiana?
400
Three suicide attackers killed at least 41 people and wounded dozens more at this Turkish main airport on June 28.
What is Istanbul?
400
Mr. Trump said on July 27 that he hope THIS COUNTRY had hacked Hillary Clinton's email, essentially encouraging an adversarial foreign power's cyberspying on a secretary of state's correspondence.
What is Russia?
400
After giving a lurid interview on Aug. 14 about being robbed at gunpoint along with three teammates, this AMERICAN SWIMMER and 12 time Olympic medalist was accused of fabricating his account and of drunkenly vandalizing a gas station bathroom.
Who is Ryan Lochte?
400
On July 17, three police officers in THIS DIVIDED CITY, still struggling with the raw and churning emotions set off by the shooting of Mr. Sterling, were killed in a shooting.
What is Baton Rouge?
400
Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter on June 30 removed one of the final barriers to military service by lifting the Pentagon's ban on THESE PEOPLE serving openly in the armed forces.
What is transgender people?
500
During celebrations for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a minivan packed with explosives blew up and killed nearly 330 people on July 2 in central Baghdad. This GROUP almost immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
What is The Islamic State (ISIS or ISEL)?
500
Donal J. Trump belittled the parents of THIS PERSON who had strongly denounced Mr. Trump during the Democratic National Convention, saying that the father had delivered the entire speech because his mother was not "allowed" to speak.
Who is a slain Muslim soldier?
500
He is called the FASTEST MAN IN THE WORLD, a sprinter from Jamaica winning a 3rd gold medal for the 3rd consecutive Olympics.
Who is Usain Bolt?
500
After a black police officer shot and skilled a fleeing armed black man in THIS CITY on Aug. 14, angry crowds took out their frustration on the police and property during two days of street demonstrations.
What is Milwaukee?
500
Dozens of Syrian civilians have been killed as fighting rages in THIS CITY, a divided city that was once the country's industrial center.