Did you stay up-to-date . . . this year?
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News Quiz: 2019 in Review
ByCHRIS STANFORDandWILL DUDDINGDEC. 27, 2019
Did you stay up-to-date this year? To end 2019, we’re testing your memory and giving you a second chance to answer the most difficult question about an event from each of the past 12 months.Last week, 88 percent of respondents correctly answered the question about the strikes in France. Only 42 percent knew the university that removed the Sackler name from campus buildings.The quiz is published on Fridays.Click here for other weeks’ quizzes.Related Article
In January, which automaker agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle lawsuits over its use of illegal software on diesel vehicles that produced false results on emissions tests?
BMW
Fiat Chrysler
Toyota
Volkswagen
In February, Britain experienced record winter temperatures at the same time that several wildfires broke out across the country.
Two of the fires were in Ashdown Forest, which was the inspiration for a location related to which fictional character?
Bilbo Baggins
Jane Eyre
Robin Hood
Winnie the Pooh
In March, the first American spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts since the retirement of the space shuttles in 2011 was launched.
The demonstration flight involved a vehicle built by SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk. Which word completes the name of the craft: Crew?
Centaur
Dragon
Pegasus
Phoenix
In April, “reiwa” was introduced in Japan as the name for what?
The country’s new imperial era
The mascot for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The royal family’s newest grandchild
Toyota’s new self-driving car
In May, “Parasite,” a social satire about class struggle, won the top prize at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival.
It was the first film from which country to win the Palme d’Or?
India
Iran
Nigeria
South Korea
In June, NASA announced that it was sending a mission to Titan, a moon that has long intrigued planetary scientists.
Titan is the largest moon of which planet?
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
In July, protesters in Hawaii attempted to disrupt the start of a construction project.
What was being built?
A golf course
A military base
A power plant
A telescope
In August, the San Francisco Board of Education voted to conceal, but not destroy, a series of murals in a high school’s hallways that some considered offensive to minorities.
The murals depict scenes from the life of which U.S. president?
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
In September, President Martín Vizcarra ordered Congress to dissolve, prompting lawmakers to try to suspend him.
It was the deepest political crisis in at least three decades in which country?
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Uruguay
In October, India banned the export of a staple of its national cuisine, after drought and monsoon rains led to a severe shortage.
What type of food was it?
Chickpeas
Lentils
Onions
Peppers
In November, Clive James, whose wit and writing style made him a fixture in Britain, died at 80.
A wide-ranging critic, he was best known for his work on which subject?
Art
Food
Music
Television
In December, Dan Brouillette, a former lobbyist for Ford Motor Company, was confirmed as the new leader of which federal department?
Commerce
Energy
Labor
Transportation
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