AWQ Current Events Statistics

The research team dated ___ samples from __ different animal species to trace the timeline of these extinctions around _______ years ago

172, 8, 13,000

The Troubles began in the ______s over ______ rule in _______. More than _______ died in the violence, with around ________ deaths still under investigation

1960s, British, Ireland, 3500, 1200

In ____, UNESCO added the Great Wall, of sections totaling more than ______ miles in length, to its World heritage site list

1987, 13,000

The Troubles violence was brought to an end in _____ with the signing of the ___________ ____________ ___________ ____________

1998, Good Friday Agreement peace accord

The _________ River was the site of a _______ massacre ordered by the ________ dictator ________ _________ that killed thousands of _________

Dajabon, 1937, Dominican, Rafael Trujiullo, Haitians

______ ________ was found guilty of killing ________ ___________ during the Troubles, receiving a three-year suspended sentence

David holden, Aiden mcAnespie, three-year

__________ _________ President ______ ___________ said the excavation of a canal on the river in _______ Would harm Dominican farmers

Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, Haiti

The ____________ __________ temporarily shut its border with ______ after the assassination of Haitian President ____________ _________ in _______ ______

Dominican republic, Haiti, Jovenel Moise, July 2021

Under ______ draft legislation, the government will outlaw __ names of meat from describing protein-based products

France's, 21

_______ President ____________ _________'s aid __________'s ambassador to _______ is being held hostage at the _______ embassy

French, Emmannuel Macron, France, Niger, French

An economist from _____________ ________ coined the term _____ in ______ as an acronym for _______,______,______,______

Goldman Sachs, BRICS, 2001, Brazil, Russia, India, China

The case centers on a Syrian family who arrived in ______ in _____

Greece, 2016

Observers and the UN officials cautioned that the move could worsen the economic turmoil in _______, which imports more than __ of its goods from the _________ _________

Haiti, 1/4, Dominican republic

The mummy was buried beneath the ________ ___________, an ancient adobe and clay pyramid

Huaca Pucllana

The _________ __________ was built around ____ CE by an earlier civilization known as the ________ culture

Huaca Pucllana, Lima

Most eyes in ______ of more than _____ billion people were glued to their televisions to watch the moon landing, and _____ million people tuned into a live stream for it

India, 1.4, seven

______ and the _______ decided to trade in ________ rupees, rather than dollars

India, UAE, Indian

______ is the world's _____ largest economy

India, fifth

PRO leader ________ ______ chided Prime Minister ______ _____ and his cabinet for being "agents of foreign powers"

Jindrich Raichl, Petr Fiala

Between _____ and ____ there were more than ____ requests for compensation for winemakers who wanted to end production or diversify their land usage

June, July, 580

______ wants to expand his country's hare of the global space market by more than ______% in the next _____ years

Modi, 500%, 10

Prime Minister _______ _______ _______ from ____________ accepted _________ Ambassador _______ ________

Mohammad Hassan Akhund, Afghanistan, Chinese, Zhao Sheng

The recent _________ earthquake took place within the _______ Plate, about ____ miles south of the boundary between the _____ and _________ plates

Moroccan, African, 340, Africa, Eurasia

___________ King _______ VI's order to provide shelter after _________ earthquake came ___ hours after the earthquake occurred

Moroccan, Mohaed, Moroccan

The earthquake tremor in ________ began in _________ on _______ and was felt in _______, as far away as ________ - a distance of more than ____ miles

Morocco, Marrakesh, Friday, Casablanca, Portugal, 400

The new _______________________ (____________________) _____ offers amnesty to ___________ forces and paramilitaries if they cooperate with its investigations

Northern Ireland Troubles (legacy and reconciliation) Bill, British

_______ also voiced support for ___________'s populist Prime Minister _______ ________ and former ______________________ Prime Minister _________ _____

Raichl, Hungary, Viktor Orban, Slovakian, Robert Fico

The Alliance of _________ _______ is between ____, ________ ______, and ______

Sahel States, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger

Three _________ states were members of the ________-backed ___ _________ Alliance JOint Force with ________ and ________, launched in ________ to tackle armed groups

Sahel, France, G5 Sahel, Chad, Mauritania, 2017

Chief of British defense staff, Adm. Sir Tony Radakins aid that ________ has regained __ the land that ______ had occupied since the fighting started in __________ _____

Ukraine, 1/2, Russia, February, 2022

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised _________'s counteroffensive against ______ forces

Ukraine, Russian

While visiting the ___________ capital of _____ to announce a new $_ _______ aid package to the country, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told NBC news that the _________ were making tangible progress

Ukrainian, Kyiv, 1, billion, Ukrainian

_________ soldiers broke through the _______ lines along the southern front near the city of _______________

Ukrainian, Russian, Zaporizhzya

In _______, more than ____ people were injured following clashes at an event in _______.

Sweden, 50, Stockholm

The ______took control of ________________ in ________ after the withdrawal of ___-led troops

Taliban, Afghanistan, 2021, US

The Eritrean embassy in _____ organized an event celebrating the country's ___ years of independence from ____________.

Tel Aviv, 30, Ethiopia

The _______ Moon lander used its thrusters to float up almost ___ inches above the surface, and then moved ____ inches laterally

Vikram,16, 16

The recently discovered mummy belongs to the _________ culture, an ancient civilization that inhabited the central coast of what is now ______, before the rise of the ______ empire

Ychsma, Peru, Inca

_________ recently sacked defense minister ________ ________, replacing him with ______ _______

Zelenskyy, Oleksii Reznikov, Rustem Umerov

Foxconn, a _________ electronics firm, broke ground on a $_____ million factory in __________

taiwanese, 500, india

More than ___ meat-associated names can describe meat alternatives, as long as they do not exceed a certain amount of plant proteins

120

The Wagner force marched within _______ miles of _______ before halting

125, Moscow

The Eritrean demonstration soon devolved into a riot that saw more than ____ people injured

150

_____ is one of Apple's biggest markets and generates nearly __ of the company's revenue

China, 1/5,

A new study found evidence that our early ancestors were nearly wiped out at one point in history and took more than __________ years to recover

100,000

Archaeologists recently discovered a preserved ______ year-old mummy with long, brown hair in the __________ capital of _____

1000, Peruvian, Lima

Following _______'s ban on Apple products, Apple shares fell more than __%

China, 6

The population bottleneck persisted for approximately _________ years before our ancestors recovered and multiplied

117000

The ____ members of ______' gross domestic product surpasses that of the _ most advanced industrial democracies

10, BRICS, 7

Local media reported in ____ that __% of the Ming Great Wall has disappeared

2016, 30

In _____, both _______ And the _________ _________ recognized a _______ affirming their shared rights to access the river's water

2021, Haiti, Dominican Republic, 1929

More than _______ people died following a ____ magnitude earthquake that rocked ________ over the weekend

2100, 6.8, Morocco

The first part of the Great Wall was built in ____ BCE

220

_____ people were injured in the __________ earthquake

2400, Moroccan

WHO estimated that at least _________ people were affected by the __________ earthquake

300,000, Moroccan

Earlier, researchers found a ________ year old mummy from the ____________ culture which populated the area between ________ and ________ BCE

3000, Manchay, 1500, 1000

A new computer model analyzed genetic information from _____ present-day human genomes, including genetic sequences from __ _____ and __ ___________ populations

3154, 10 African, 40 non-African

Damaged section of the Great Wall belongs to the __nd Great Wall established by the ____ Dynasty, which ruled from ____ to ____

32, Ming, 1368, 1644

_____% of ___________ lives in poverty

40, Argentina

Fire and changing climate contributed to the rapid increase in population which reached its height around ____________ years ago

813000

Around ___% of Apple products are made in _____

90, China

___% of human ancestors around the globe disappeared around ____________ years ago, with only around ______ individuals survived

99, 900,000, 1280

President _______ ________ _______ ______ designated the ___________________ ____________ group as a "terrorist organization" after his ______ coup that deposed his democratically elected predecessor, ____________ ________

Abdel fattah el-Sissi, Muslim Brotherhood, 2013, Mohamed Morsi

__ ________ warned it wouldn't be easy to ditch the dollar

Al Jazeera

_________ is printing money to pay its bills while also withdrawing $_____billion from an IMF bailout program, adding to the $____billion already owed to the organization

Argentina, 7.5, 40

JAvier Milei won the largest share in the _________ primary election, a ___% of the primary vote while the conservative opposition won ____%, and the ruling Peronist party of President Alberto Fernandez received ____%

Aug.13, 30, 28, 27

The ______ club is adding six new countries - ____________, ______________, ___________, ___________, _________, ________

BRICS, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates

Some _______ members - _______ and ________ ________ - depend on the ___economically and militarily

BRICS, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, US

______ _________ froze __________ visas sand warned he would close the ___ mile border if the two sides did not reach an agreement

Luis Abindaer, Haitian, 224

In ___ ____, authorities banned two foreign tourists from the Great Wall for ignoring a "no crossing" sign

May, 2021

In ____ ____, the Badaling Great Wall tourism site implemented regulations allowing the blacklisting of tourists

april, 2020

The ________ _______ and ______ have been embroiled in a row over construction in the ___________, or _________ River

dominican republic, Haiti, Dajabón, Massacre