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1. Who is the young leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the successor of Kim Jong-Il?
4. W is the name of the daughter of the Duke and what Duchess of Cambridge.
6. Which franchise just released a movie that gained about $241M on opening night?
12. What is the first name of the Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate?
13. Which artist returned with their album '25' after their 3-year hiatus?
15. Which two countries are restoring full diplomatic relations since 1961?
17. Which country just ended their One-child policy after decades on October 29, 2015?
18. What is the name of the presidential candidate who is the brother of a past president and son of a past president?
19. What element has the symbol 'W'?
20. What is the name of the presidential candidate who is a neurosurgeon that Obamacare is a bad idea?
21. Which Lakers basketball player wrote a story titled “Dear Basketball'?
22. Which country had a vote on whether to agree to the proposed budget cuts by creditors in return for loans that this country needs because they are bankrupt?
23. What is the name of the 2030 Agenda that comprises of 17 new Sustainable Development Goals, that will guide policy and funding to end poverty and other problems?

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2. Who is the American computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, and the chairman of one of the most famous social media sites?
3. The Netflix Original Series that sparked outrage in people about the justice system.
5. Who is the Mayor of New York City?
6. The four newly discovered elements completes the___ row of the periodic table.
7. Which country had a deal with six nations (U.S, U.K, France, China, Russia, and Germany) to limit their ability to produce nuclear weapon in exchange for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions?
8. Who is the controversial Republican candidate who is running for president?
9. What did North Korea claim they successfully created and detonated sometime this week?
10. What is the name of the American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show that parodies contemporary culture and politics?
11. What well-loved fruit is threatened by a fungal infection that it may lead to its extinction?
14. What is the nickname of the Mexican drug lord who heads the Sinaloa Cartel, and was just recaptured this week?
15. What type of bacteria did Ötzi the Iceman contract?
16. What is the name of the German Chancellor who took in refugees fleeing from the tension in the Middle East?

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1. Kim Jong-un 4. Charlotte 6. Star Wars 12. Malala 13. Adele 15. United States and Cuba 17. China 18. Jeb Bush 19. Tungsten 20. Ben Carson 21. Kobe Bryant 22. Greece 23. Global Goals
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2. Mark Zuckerberg 3. Making a Murderer 5. Bill de Blasio 6. Seventh 7. Iran 8. Donald Trump 9. hydrogen bomb 10. Saturday Night Live 11. banana 14. El Chapo 15. ulcer-causing 16. Angela Merkel

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