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
