The following questions provide a review of some key topics and issues that have been in the news.
- Who is Roberta Battaglia?
- Recipient of the Golden Buzzer on America’s Got Talent
- Author of Canada Reads pick for 2020
- Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics
- Nobody famous
- What therapy was approved for the first time in Canada?
- Immunotherapy
- Game-based therapy
- Dog therapy
- Psychotherapy
- Which countries filled the vacant two seats on the UN Security Council?
- Mexico and India
- India and Ireland
- Canada and Ireland
- Norway and Canada
- Which TV anchor stepped down to make room for more diverse voices?
- Marilyn Dennis
- Amanda Lang
- Ben Mulroney
- Keltie Knight
- What does the Sergei Magnitsky Law do?
- Allows governments to impose financial restrictions on foreign nationals
- Allows governments to freeze assets of foreign nationals
- Allows governments to prohibit financial transactions by known human rights abusers
- All of the above
- What book has been chosen for Canada Reads?
- Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club
- From the Ashes
- Radicalized
- We Have Always Been Here
- What is social distancing?
- Physical distancing from others
- Keeping a safe space between yourself and other people not from your household
- Staying at least two metres apart inside and outside
- All of the above
- Who has Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden selected for his running mate?
- Kamala Harris
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Condoleezza Rice
- Which country claims to be the first to have developed a vaccine against Covid-19?
- Russia
- United States
- Finland
- China
- Which charity is under scrutiny as a result of government favour?
- United Way
- Imagine Canada
- We
- Doctors Without Borders
- Who is the new leader of the federal Conservatives?
- Peter Mackay
- Erin O’Toole
- Derek Sloan
- Leslyn Lewis
- How many agreements does the federal government have for Covid 19 vaccines?
- 4
- 9
- 1
- 0
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