News Quiz: Coronavirus Vaccine, W.H.O., Johnson & Johnson
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The first coronavirus vaccine to be tested in people appears to be safe and able to stimulate an immune response against the infection, its manufacturer announced this week.
What is the name of the company?
Bayer
GlaxoSmithKline
Sanofi
Moderna
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A pledge of $2 billion was made to the World Health Organization by which country?
China
Germany
India
U.S.
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In the biggest casualty so far amid the retail closures in the U.S. tied to the coronavirus pandemic, which 118-year-old department store declared bankruptcy?
Bloomingdales
J.C. Penney
Macy’s
Saks Fifth Avenue
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President Trump announced that he was firing Steve Linick, above.
Mr. Linick led the office of the inspector general at which federal department?
Defense
Labor
State
Treasury
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What was the name of the cyclone that hit parts of India and Bangladesh this week?
Yaas
Burevi
Amphan
Fani
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Johnson & Johnson announced that it would discontinue North American sales of a version of which product?
Shampoo
Infant formula
Skin cream
Baby powder
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President Ashraf Ghani and his chief rival, Abdullah Abdullah, reached a power-sharing deal in which country?
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Libya
Pakistan
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A top official from which entertainment company resigned to become the chief executive of TikTok, the video-sharing app?
ABC
Disney
HBO
Netflix
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U.S. law enforcement officials said a Saudi Air Force cadet who killed three sailors at a Florida military base last year had been in regular contact with which group?
Al Qaeda
Boko Haram
Hamas
Islamic State
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An underwater salvage company was granted approval to cut into the wreckage of the Titanic to try to recover what?
An anchor
Human remains
Jewelry
A telegraph
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The new book “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” tells the story of a character named Coriolanus Snow and is a prequel to which best-selling series?