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Compiled byWILL DUDDING,ANNA SCHAVERIENandJESSICA ANDERSONAUG. 14, 2020
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Joe Biden selected Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate.
Her father is from Jamaica, and her mother immigrated from which country?
Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
One week after resuming in-person classes, a school district in which state ordered over a thousand people to quarantine?
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
Texas
Sumner Redstone, the billionaire entrepreneur and media mogul, died on Tuesday.
Which company did he acquire in 1987, at the age of 64?
Disney
Fox
NBC
Viacom
Which U.S. government agency announced a substantial reorganization?
Environmental Protection Agency
Food and Drug Administration
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
Postal Service
Two major conferences announced that they would postpone their college football seasons.
One was the Pac-12. What was the other conference?
Atlantic Coast
Big Ten
Big 12
Southeastern
Which country became the first in the world to approve a possible vaccine for the coronavirus?
Australia
India
Russia
United States
The government of which country resigned on Monday?
Belarus
Colombia
Lebanon
Israel
The police in Hong Kong on Monday arrested Jimmy Lai, above, a prominent pro-democracy media tycoon, and raided the offices of his newspaper.
What is the name of his publication?
Apple Daily
China Daily
Democracy Daily
Mandarin Daily
Which company sued Steve Easterbrook, above, its former C.E.O.?
American Airlines
McDonald’s
Target
Victoria’s Secret
Who won the 102nd P.G.A. Championship last Sunday?
Dustin Johnson
Brooks Koepka
Rory McIlroy
Collin Morikawa
Which annual event went on as planned, recently drawing about 250,000 people to a town that has fewer than 7,000 residents?
Burning Man
California International Marathon
Coachella
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
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