News Quiz: Coronavirus Vaccine, W.H.O., Johnson & Johnson

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A researcher replicating the coronavirus in order to develop a vaccine. Douglas Magno/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization. Christopher Black/World Health Organization, via Getty Images

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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Erin Schaff/The New York Times

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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The debris of a house on Thursday in Satkhira, Bangladesh. Munir Uz Zaman/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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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Three sailors were killed in the mass shooting in December. Kyle Grantham for The New York Times

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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The Titanic leaving Southampton, England, in 1912. Associated Press

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?

“Game of Thrones”

“Harry Potter”

“The Hunger Games”

“Twilight”