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in PoliticsWhich is the only G7 country that does NOT fully recognize same-sex marriage?
Answer: Japan is the only G7 country (the world’s seven largest advanced economies) that does not fully recognize same-sex marriage.
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in PoliticsHow many people served as chancellor of Austria in 2021?
Answer: Austria swore in a new chancellor, Karl Nehammer, 49, formerly the country’s interior minister, on Dec. 6, 2021 – the third person in two months to take the position after the resignation of Sebastian Kurz in a corruption scandal.
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in PoliticsXiomara Castro is the first female president of which country?
Answer: Xiomara Castro is the president-elect of Honduras. She takes office on 27 January 2022. Castro will be Honduras’s first female president and the first president not to be a member of either the Liberal Party or the National Party since Honduran democracy was restored in 1982. More answers inside!
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in PoliticsIs Matthew McConaughey running for Texas governor in 2022?
Answer: About two weeks before the candidate filing deadline for the Texas primary, Matthew McConaughey, 52, posted a video on Twitter and Instagram on Nov. 29, 2021, stating that a run for Texas governor is “a path that I’m choosing NOT to take at this moment.”
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in PoliticsWho described himself as “the last dictator in Europe”?
Answer: Alexander Lukashenko heads the authoritarian government of Belarus and has referred to himself as “the last dictator in Europe.” More answers inside!
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in PoliticsHow old is Prince Charles in 2021?
Answer: Prince Charles was born on Nov. 14, 1948, which makes him 73 in 2021._x000D_
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in PoliticsWhere did Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, go first on their first royal tour since the start of the coronavirus pandemic?
Answer: Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, kicked off a three-day visit to Jordan on Nov. 16, 2021, before moving on to Egypt. It is the first royal tour since the start of the coronavirus pandemic._x000D_
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Which country still has KGB in 2021?
Answer: Under Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s principal security agency kept its symbolic acronym of KGB. More answers inside!
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in PoliticsThe 2021 climate talks ended with a first deal on what?
Answer: The 2021 COP26 UN climate talks ended with a deal that targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global warming for the first time. More answers inside!
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in PoliticsWhy did Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II miss the 2021 Remembrance Day Service?
Answer: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II missed the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph War Memorial in central London on Nov. 14, 2021, due to a sprained back. The 95-year-old monarch has been absent from public life since Oct. 21, 2021, after she was ordered to rest following a night in hospital._x000D_
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in PoliticsWhich method was used in the failed assassination attempt of Iraq’s Prime Minister in 2021?
Answer: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi escaped unharmed in an assassination attempt by three armed drones in Baghdad on Saturday night, Nov. 6, 2021.
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in PoliticsAccording to Texas senator, Ted Cruz Big Bird did what to qualify as “government propaganda”?
Answer: Texas senator Ted Cruz tweeted “Government propaganda … for your five-year-old!” in response to Sesame Street’s Big Bird’s Nov. 6, 2021, tweet, “I got the Covid-19 vaccine today!”.
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in PoliticsSheikh Hasina Leads Which Country?
Sheikh Hasina, 74, is Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She’s been in the position since January 2009, making her the 7th current longest-serving prime minister worldwide._x000D_
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in PoliticsWho is Michelle Wu?
Michelle Wu, 36, was elected Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, as the 56th mayor of Boston. Boston had only elected white men as mayor before her. Wu, the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, will be sworn in on Nov. 16, 2021.
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in PoliticsWho was the first Black mayor of New York City?
David Dinkins was the first Black mayor of New York City, serving in office from 1990 to 1993. Get more facts!
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in PoliticsWho is Dario Antonio Úsuga, known as Otoniel?
Dario Antonio Úsuga is the man Colombia describes as “the world’s most dangerous drug trafficker.
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in PoliticsWhat is the Earthshot Prize?
The Earthshot Prize is Prince William’s environmental program that aims to find new ideas to tackle climate change. The prize’s name takes inspiration from the Apollo moon landings, nicknamed Moonshot, which helped advance humankind’s technological achievements._x000D_
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in PoliticsWhat is Little Amal?
Little Amal is a giant puppet of a nine-year-old Syrian girl. Since July 2021, the 3.5 meter-tall artwork has walked 8,000km to support refugees in Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and the UK. The complex 14-week traveling street theatre ends its international walk in Manchester on Nov. 3, 2021.
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in PoliticsHow did President Duterte react to Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize?
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte congratulated opposition journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it “a victory for a Filipina.” Get more facts!