This nation abandoned plans to make women wearing niqab sit in separate glassed enclosures at parliament, a provision included in the nation's security measures against ISIS.
What is Australia?
100
This world's largest restaurateur has vowed to make fundamental changes following a 30% decline in profit.
What is McDonald's?
100
The Chinese government has denied reports that it was involved in an attempt to steal user data from this backup service.
What is iCloud?
100
1790- The tricolor is chosen as this nation's official flag.
Who is France?
100
Two separate people posted a link discussing a biker gang of this nationality working to fight ISIS.
What is Dutch?
200
ISIS militants launched fifteen attacks on this Middle Eastern region on Monday.
What is Kurdistan? (Northern Iraq)
200
Satya Nadella of this tech company has received a pay package worth $84.3 million dollars, an announcement arriving less than a month after he asked women to not ask for pay raises, but have "faith in the system".
What is Microsoft?
200
Chinese state media have urged citizens to think carefully when choosing this, so that they don't pick one with an unfortunate meaning. Included on the list of what not to pick are "Dumbledore" and "Satan".
What is an English name?
200
1967- 100,000 people march to the Pentagon to protest the U.S.'s involvement in this.
What is the Vietnam War?
200
Joe Staff posted a link discussing this organization's failure to contain the Ebola virus.
What is the WHO (World Health Organization)?
300
This Minnesota Republican has been given personal security detail following an online threat by ISIS.
Who is Bachmann?
300
Slowing growth results in this nation make it likely that they will miss their annual growth target for the first time since 1998.
What is China?
300
Hong Kong student protesters shared information and insights at this conference, the 2014 theme being "Defeating Dictators".
What is the Oslo Freedom Forum?
300
1854- This noted nursing revolutionary and statistician was sent to the Crimean War.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
300
Erik Leiden posted the distressing news that Ohio State was no longer ranked first on this popular trivia site: Michigan was.
What is Sporcle?
400
Much of the foreign support for ISIS, especially in Western countries, is stemming from this online, English-language magazine.
What is Dabiq?
400
CEO Christophe de Margerie of Total SA, an oil company out of this country, died Monday in a plane crash. He was known for being good friends with Vladmir Putin.
What is France?
400
Experts from this nation are headed to China this week to advise the country on building more environmentally friendly cities.
What is the UK?
400
1993- Melchior Ndadaye is killed in a military coup in this country, prompting 500,000 people to flee.
What is Burundi?
400
Elisa Roncagli posted encouraging people to attend a talk tonight by Marjane Satrapi, the author of this popular graphic novel that was adapted to an Oscar nominated film.
What is Persepolis?
500
Hundreds of cars have been abandoned at the Turkey border as the result of fighting in this Syrian border town under siege by ISIS.
What is Kobani?
500
A labor court in Hesse found today that a strike, beginning on Monday, by pilots of this airline was legal.
What is Lufthansa?
500
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told artists, authors and actors that their work should present these, and not carry the "stench of money".
What are socialist values?
500
1941- The Kragujevac massacre takes place by German soldiers in this country.
What is Serbia (Yugoslavia)?
500
While teaching in France, Chelsea Hill visited European Parliament and the Human Rights Court in this city.